OCT
4
2012

Google settles with publishers over digital books

Google Inc and a group of publishers have agreed to a settlement, capping seven years of litigation over the rights of publishers and Google´s mission to become the world´s digital library.

OCT
4
2012

Wal-Mart sued in Florida by women claiming discrimination

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the biggest U.S. retailer, was sued in Florida by 11 women who claim the company engages in gender-based discrimination, two days after a similar case was brought in Tennessee.

OCT
4
2012

Johnson & Johnson agrees to settle five Rispersal suits

Johnson & Johnson agreed to settle five lawsuits over claims that its antipsychotic drug Risperdal caused increased breast-tissue growth in boys.

OCT
4
2012

In Brazil, Google is in the middle of a battle over free speech

Many Brazilians were mortified last week when a judge detained Google´s top official in the nation over a YouTube video that had stirred ire in a mayoral campaign.

OCT
4
2012

No Doubt settles video game image fight

No Doubt has settled its lawsuit against gaming giant Activision over the use of band members´ likenesses in the video game "Band Hero," court records state.

OCT
4
2012

Teacher knocks out Tyson´s visit

A school teacher from Wellington has been hailed as the woman who stopped convicted rapist Mike Tyson visiting New Zealand.

OCT
4
2012

Italian tax collectors accused of pocketing millions for parties

The head of an Italian tax collection agency and four of his employees have been accused of stealing 100 million euros (£63 million) of taxpayers´ money.

OCT
3
2012

Samsung claims jury foreman misconduct tainted Apple case

Apple Inc.´s billion-dollar trial victory in August was tainted by the jury foreman´s failure to disclose a lawsuit and his personal bankruptcy, Samsung Electronics Co. said in a request to a judge for the verdict to be thrown out.

OCT
3
2012

Judge hits Abbott laboratories with $700m in fines for off-label drug marketing

A federal district judge in Virginia on Monday hit Abbott Laboratories with the second-largest criminal fine for a single drug.

OCT
3
2012

Judge tosses BP fuel dealers´ brand-name claims

A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed claims by BP fuel stations and convenience stores that the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico diminished the value of the oil giant´s brand and cost them business.

OCT
3
2012

Brazil’s president has won admirers but must navigate a slowdown and preserve gains

Brazil´s 36th president leans forward and casts an intent look around the table, ensuring no one misses her simple yet bold idea of what she wants for the country.

OCT
3
2012

China firm sues Obama over blocked US wind farm deal

A Chinese-owned firm in the US is suing President Barack Obama after he blocked a wind farm deal on national security grounds.

OCT
3
2012

Vatican orders probe of police for ´abuse´ of Pope´s butler after arrest

The Pope´s butler accused the Vatican of mistreating him during his two month incarceration, alleging that he was kept in a tiny cell with the lights on 24 hours a day for up to 20 days.

OCT
3
2012

Runaway teacher Jeremy Forrest to return to UK

French court told teacher agrees to extradition to face charges of child abduction after travelling to France with Megan Stammers.

OCT
2
2012

Supreme Court won’t hear appeal over airport full body scanners

The Supreme Court won´t hear a Florida man´s attempt to challenge the use of full-body scanners at airports.

OCT
2
2012

Northern Ireland Assembly blocks same-sex marriage proposals

A motion to introduce same-sex marriage in the North was narrowly defeated in the Northern Ireland Assembly yesterday when only three unionist members supported it.

OCT
2
2012

State prosecutors drop Strauss-Kahn rape charges

A French court in the northern city of Lille has ruled that there are not sufficient grounds to try former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on rape charges related to a vice ring, after a key witness withdrew her statement.

OCT
2
2012

Gmail access restored inside Iran

Iran has lifted restrictions imposed a week ago on the secure version of the Google email service and search engine.

OCT
2
2012

Backers aim to widen ban on gay conversion therapy

Gay rights advocates are making plans to get other states to join California in banning psychotherapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight, even as opponents prepared Monday to sue to overturn the first law in the nation to take aim at the practice.

OCT
2
2012

Moscow court postpones Pussy Riot hearing

A Moscow appellate court postponed a hearing on Monday in the case of the punk protest band Pussy Riot after one of three defendants said that she wanted to fire her lawyers because of disagreements.

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