Attorneys have filed a proposed class action against Google Inc. and Viacom Inc. for allegedly tracking children´s Internet use after they visited two Viacom websites. The complaint alleges violations of Video Privacy Protection Act and the Wiretap Act, plus intrusion upon seclusion and unjust enrichment.
A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama to stop isolating prisoners with H.I.V.
An appeals court in Milan on Friday overturned the conviction of three Google executives on charges of violating Italian privacy laws, in a decision that the company hailed as a victory for Internet freedom.
Facebook Inc.´s Instagram photo service is scrapping proposed changes to its service terms after an outpouring of complaints that the company would use the policies to sell users´ images and information without consent.
A federal judge said he won´t "rubber stamp" the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission´s settlement of foreign bribery allegations brought last year against International Business Machines Corp. - IBM
A deal announced this week with tobacco companies will distribute money that has been tied up for years to 17 states, but the funds may provide only short-term relief to underfunded tobacco bonds.
European Union regulators plan to issue a formal complaint against Samsung Electronics within weeks in its anti-trust probe over patents, EU´s competition chief Joaquin Almunia said Thursday.
Eli Lilly & Co. agreed to pay $29.4 million in a settlement of U.S. government allegations that the drug maker´s units made improper payments to foreign government officials to win business.
Bernard Madoff´s younger brother is scheduled to face a U.S. judge on Thursday who will weigh whether to sentence him to 10 years in prison for his role in the multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.
Obama is promising fast action on gun control, charging a high-level White House panel with the task of crafting "very specific proposals" within a month.
Daniele Canarelli gets a year´s suspended sentence for manslaughter after failing to recognise danger posed by patient.
Former federal judge and conservative legal scholar Robert Bork died early Wednesday at his Virginia home, his family confirmed to CNN. He was 85.
Court in northern France to proceed with sex offence inquiry against former IMF chief relating to prostitution ring.
A seven-year-old boy with a brain tumour should undergo surgery against his mother´s wishes, a court has ruled.
Reforms expected to allow for abortions where there is a medical risk to the woman´s life or a danger of suicide.
A McDonald´s waitress won £3,000 compensation today for being fired after sprinkling too much chocolate on an ice-cream.
On 5 December of the present year, the Brazilian Congress approved a bill of decree ("Projeto de Decreto Legislativo 73/2012") establishing the adhesion of Brazil to the United Nations Convention for Contracts on International Sale of Goods - CISG.
Samsung Electronics Co. will withdraw patent lawsuits seeking to block sales of Apple Inc. products as part of litigation over the use of its technology in European countries, the company said today.
German insurer Allianz SE has agreed to pay $12.4 million to resolve charges it violated a U.S. foreign bribery law, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday.
Intel Corp. won an appeal in a patent fight with Negotiated Data Solutions LLC (N-Data) over ethernet patents that make it possible for computers to easily talk to one another.
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