SEP
21
2015

Japan´s Parliament Approves Landmark Laws To Expand Military´s Role

The ruling party faced three days of intense debate over the measures to circumvent Japan´s post-war pacifist constitution, allowing its Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to operate overseas.

SEP
18
2015

GM agrees $900m settlement for faulty ignition switches

The car maker was being investigated for not checking millions of cars, despite staff knowing for more than a decade about the defect.

SEP
17
2015

KitKat goes unprotected as European court rejects trademark case

Nestlé failed to convince European court of justice that four-fingered version of its chocolate bar should be protected by law.

SEP
17
2015

Microsoft Accused of Discriminating Against Women in Lawsuit

Suit alleges discrimination against female employees in technical and engineering Jobs.

SEP
16
2015

Federal appeals court bolsters power of ´fair use´ in copyright law

The fair use doctrine, composed of a four-part test, essentially permits use of copyrighted materials where the use in question is sufficiently transformative to have little to no impact on the marketability of the original.

SEP
16
2015

H-P Outlines Up to 30,000 More Job Cuts

Hewlett-Packard’s new enterprise business seeks to cut $2.7 billion in costs.

SEP
15
2015

Iran: Criminals sentenced to buy books

Individuals are told to buy and read five books, then write a summary of them, which is returned to the judge.

SEP
15
2015

Google Found Guilty of ‘Abusing Dominant Market Position’ in Russia

Russian antitrust agency will have 10 business days to issue its ruling on the case in full.

SEP
14
2015

Justice Dept. Vow to Go After Bankers May Prove a Promise Hard to Keep

The Justice Department this week announced new policies for prosecuting corporate employees, responding to criticism that it has secured huge fines from banks but few indictments of bankers.

SEP
14
2015

Google hires TrueCar president to head self-driving car project

The project might have a CEO, but Google isn’t ready to make self-driving cars an official Alphabet company.

SEP
11
2015

Travelling to work ´is work´, European court rules

This time has not previously been considered as work by many employers.

SEP
11
2015

Ghana suspends 22 judges on corruption charges

The charges are based on video footage collected in a nationwide investigation conducted by Anas Aremeyaw Anas.

SEP
9
2015

Hungary Boosts Penalty for Illegal Border Crossings

Migrants face several years in prison as well as expulsion.

SEP
9
2015

Appeals Court Sides With Facebook in Fight Over Postings

The decision by a division of the San Francisco-based 1st District Court of Appeal rejected two murder defendants´ efforts to get access to records from the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts of the victim and a prosecution witness.

SEP
8
2015

Apple and Other Tech Companies Tangle With U.S. Over Data Access

Companies like Apple say they are protecting their customers’ information by resisting government demands for access to text messages.

SEP
4
2015

How A Suit Against Uber Could Redefine The Sharing Economy

A federal judge in California has allowed some Uber drivers to proceed with a class-action suit against the company.

SEP
3
2015

U.S. court denies $2 million legal fees to conservatives in voting rights case

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld a lower court´s decision to reject the fee request

SEP
3
2015

U.S. judge approves $415 mln settlement in tech worker lawsuit

The plaintiffs alleged that Apple Inc, Google Inc , Intel Corp and Adobe Systems Inc agreed to avoid poaching each other´s employees.

SEP
2
2015

India accuses Google of stifling competition

The accusations are similar to other allegations Google has faced in the US and Europe.

SEP
2
2015

Uber Loses Bid to Block Drivers From Suing as Group for Tips

It could affect Uber drivers around the country, even though the San Francisco case is limited to some of the 160,000 in California.

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