MAR
13
2015

Commerzbank to pay $1.45bn for US banking violations

Germany´s second-largest bank, Commerzbank, has agreed to pay a total of $1.45bn (£980m) to US authorities for violating economic sanctions against businesses in Iran and Sudan.

MAR
12
2015

German court fines relatives for abducting gay Muslim

The father and two uncles wants to force him into marriage with a woman despite his homosexuality.

MAR
12
2015

Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke to pay $7.4m to Marvin Gaye´s family over Blurred Lines

Jury decides Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke copied 1977 hit Got to Give It Up in lawsuit filed by Gaye’s children.

MAR
11
2015

Ireland has mistakenly legalised ecstasy and ketamine for one day

A legal loophole means that you cannot be arrested for possession until the new legislation is passed.

MAR
9
2015

EU Rejects Deutsche Börse Appeal Against Blocked Merger With NYSE-Euronext

Court backs view that $17 billion deal would have created near monopoly in exchange-traded derivatives.

MAR
9
2015

Amazon opens second shop on Alibaba´s Chinese Tmall.com

Amazon is offering food, women´s footwear, toys and kitchenware on the platform in an attempt to expand further into the huge Chinese market.

MAR
9
2015

German Parliament approves gender quota legislation for large companies

A new quota that will force some of Europe’s largest companies to increase the number of women in their boardrooms to 30 percent by next year.

MAR
9
2015

J.P. Morgan, Justice Department reach $50 million robo-signing settlement

Bank to make payments to more than 25,000 homeowners.

MAR
6
2015

EU Court Rules E-Books Are Services, Not Goods

Electronic books can’t share reduced rates of value-added tax applied to paper books.

MAR
5
2015

Immigrants entering Europe tripled in 2014

Around 280,000 migrants entered the EU in 2014 compared to just over 100,000 in the previous year.

MAR
4
2015
MAR
4
2015

Egypt court delays parliamentary elections

Another court declared the election law´s provision on voting districts unconstitutional.

MAR
2
2015

Federal judge rules Nebraska same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional

The decision will not take effect until March 9 and has immediately been appealed to the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

MAR
2
2015
MAR
2
2015

WhatsApp’s Near-Suspension in Brazil Highlights Legal Concerns for Web Firms

Judge ordered telecommunications operators to suspend access to the popular smartphone messaging application.

FEB
27
2015
FEB
26
2015

Legal pot arrives in District of Columbia amid wrangle with Congress

Possession of small amounts of marijuana became legal in the District of Columbia on Thursday amid a face-off between local officials and the U.S. Congress over whether the new standards are lawful.

FEB
25
2015

Obama vetoes Keystone oil pipeline bill

The Republican-led Congress sent the bill to the president on Tuesday.

FEB
25
2015

Marijuana Is Now Officially Legal in Alaska

In small amounts, for use in private, if you are over the age of 21.

FEB
24
2015
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