MAY
14
2014

UK executive accused in GlaxoSmithKline China probe

GSK said it took the allegations "very seriously" and would co-operate with the authorities over the matter.

MAY
14
2014

Omission of search results is not a ´right to be forgotten´ or the end of Google

In part this has to do with how the decision is phrased. For starters, the court made clear that news media are exempt from such deletion requests; Google is only on the hook because it argued it is not media (to avoid having to comply with media regulation in Europe).

MAY
14
2014

Iraq debates law that would allow men to marry 9-year-old girls

But in the middle of the white pavilion, a woman´s voice rang out loud and strong. Fawzia al-Babakhan, a lawyer, delivered a blistering critique of a proposed law that would rewrite the rules for matters such as marriage and inheritance according to Shiite Islamic law.

MAY
14
2014

EU court backs ´right to be forgotten´ in Google case

The case was brought by a Spanish man who complained that an auction notice of his repossessed home on Google´s search results infringed his privacy.

MAY
13
2014

U.S. - Alaska couples challenge same-sex marriage ban

The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the District of Alaska, contends that the amendment, added to the Alaska Constitution in 1998, violates their due process and equal protection rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution.

MAY
13
2014

Lawyer for Pakistan doctor who helped US find Bin Laden quits

Lawyer Samiullah Khan Afridi told the Associated Press (AP) that he made the decision after he received a "final" warning from militants.

MAY
13
2014

Indonesia Constitutional Court establishes panels to resolve election disputes

The MK and the General Elections Commission (KPU) formed the panels in expectation of challenges to the election results, announced by the KPU on May 9, including accusations of electoral fraud.

MAY
13
2014

Russia calls for dialogue with Ukraine separatists following referendum

The referendums, organized by pro-Russian insurgents in Ukraine´s Russian-speaking eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, claim a vote of about 90 percent in favor of forming their own sovereign nations.

MAY
12
2014
MAY
12
2014

U.S. - Arkansas judge strikes down same-sex marriage ban

Reviewing not only state and federal constitutional arguments, but also interstate analysis on the issue, Judge Chris Piazza applied heightened scrutiny as a minimal standard of review.

MAY
12
2014
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12
2014
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12
2014
MAY
9
2014

China Air to Pay $90 Million in U.S. Antitrust Settlement

The accord with Taoyuan, Taiwan-based China Airlines brings the total value of the settlements in the cases to more than $835 million, lawyers for the customers said.

MAY
9
2014

Italy: Silvio Berlusconi begins community service at hospice

Scores of reporters were kept at a distance from the entrance to the hospice. Italy´s former prime minister gave a nod in their direction but ignored their shouted questions before disappearing into the hospice to start his first day of up to a year of community service.

MAY
9
2014

Quebec appeals court upholds conviction of Rwandan war criminal

Munyaneza was convicted in May 2009 and sentenced the following October for seven counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes under Canada´s Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.

MAY
9
2014

Apple outlines process for handing over your data to law enforcement

Any name, address, email address, or phone number you´ve entered when registering an Apple product can be handed over, though the company notes it doesn´t make any effort to verify this data.

MAY
9
2014

U.S. - Harvard to adopt student honesty pledge

In 2012 the university faced its biggest-ever cheating scandal.

MAY
8
2014

India Supreme Court bans bull fighting festival

The court found that the use of bulls in the festival "severely harmed" the animals and was an offense under the Prevention of Cruelty to the Animals Act.

MAY
8
2014

China detains rights lawyer ahead of Tiananmen Square anniversary

The Tiananmen protests began in April 1989 with mainly students and laborers protesting the Communist Party of China.

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