The tentative approval of Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc.´s proposed $7.25 billion settlement of a merchant fee price-fixing case will be challenged in a federal appeals court, according to a notice filed by objecting plaintiffs in Brooklyn, New York.
Access to justice is a core American value. But a new survey of the rule of law across the globe finds that the U.S. ranks surprisingly low relative to its high-income peers in terms of access to legal counsel in civil disputes and equal protection under criminal law.
Apple Inc. has fired the manager responsible for its troubled mapping software, seeking to win back the trust of users disappointed after the program debuted in September, according to people familiar with the move.
Apple Inc. and LG Electronics Inc. are set to face trial over claims by an Alcatel-Lucent SA unit that they infringed patents for electronic devices including phones and computers.
A federal judge in Denver on Monday ordered the consolidation of seven lawsuits brought against the Cinemark theater chain by survivors and relatives of those killed in a shooting rampage in which 12 moviegoers were slain as they watched a Batman film.
Ericsson, the world´s biggest telecom network equipment maker, said it was suing Samsung Electronics Co for patent infringement after two years of talks failed to yield a license agreement.
China´s second-biggest insurance company has threatened to take legal action against the New York Times for reports that Premier Wen Jiabao´s relatives had accumulated massive wealth, largely through holdings in the firm.
Less than a week after a former employee was convicted in a $2.3 billion trading fraud, UBS AG was slapped with a nearly $50 million fine by British authorities, and Swiss regulators announced restrictive measures, including a ban on investment-banking acquisitions by the firm.
The FBI sees social media as a potential breeding ground for securities fraud, and has agents scouring Twitter and Facebook for tips, according to two top agents overseeing a long-running investigation into insider trading in the $2 trillion hedge fund industry.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday revived a challenge to President Barack Obama´s healthcare reforms, allowing a Christian college to pursue litigation raising First Amendment objections to a law that the court mostly upheld in June.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has dismissed a number of senior officials accused of involvement in the latest corruption scandal to hit the government.
Many countries have ratified ILO conventions on maternity protection, but pregnant women still face workplace discrimination.
The couple at the centre of the Ukip fostering row spoke yesterday of their desire to have the three children returned to them.
Hostess Brands Inc., the baker of Twinkies and Wonder bread, began firing employees after winning interim court approval to shut down and start selling assets that a financial adviser said may bring in $1 billion.
Apple Inc. was ordered by a federal judge in its patent lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. to disclose licensing terms of a settlement with HTC Corp.
The fallout from the latest insider trading case against a former SAC Capital Group employee could reverberate throughout Steven A. Cohen´s $14 billion hedge fund and impact the billionaire trader himself even though he has not been charged with any wrongdoing.
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy went before a Bordeaux court on Thursday to answer questions relating to an investigation into illegal campaign financing claims.
Anti-smoking activists are cheering a decision by the Quebec Court of Appeal to release the federal government from all responsibility in two class-action suits against three tobacco companies.
The US government delegation that paid a visit to the European Parliament´s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs last week didn´t waste much time on pleasantries.
Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday it will take an $8.8 billion write down related to its purchase of Autonomy PLC and alleged that Autonomy executives committed accounting fraud to inflate the company´s value during the sale.
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