MAY
9
2016

Oracle and Google Head Back to Court

Long-running copyright battle over Java could lead to billions of dollars in damages

MAY
6
2016

Berlin bans thousands of Airbnb properties

Berlin hopes restrict since May 1 rental housing for individuals through platforms like Airbnb, under penalty of a fine of € 100,000 (US $ 114,383)

MAY
6
2016

Facebook loses bid to toss out Illinois suit over face-tagging photos

A US judge has rejected a request by Facebook to toss out a civil suit accusing it of violating privacy with face-recognition software to help "tag" people in pictures

MAY
6
2016

EU-Turkey visa deal on brink as Erdogan refuses to change terror laws

Refugee pact appears in danger of falling apart as Turkish president tells Europe: ‘We’ll go our way, you go yours’

MAY
5
2016

Florida Supreme Court weighs unconstitutional death sentences

The Florida legislature retooled the state´s capital punishment after the Supreme Court found that state had given judges powers that juries should wield in determining eligibility for execution

MAY
5
2016

Antidiscrimination Rule for Lawyers Faces Backlash

The proposal, drafted by an American Bar Association committee, would deem it “professional misconduct” for a lawyer to harass or discriminate based on factors such as race, sex, religion or socioeconomic status

MAY
5
2016

New rule would allow US consumers to sue banks and credit card companies

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau moves to prohibit mandatory arbitration clauses in fine print of financial firms’ consumer agreements

MAY
5
2016

UK courts chief to leave job after just over a year

Natalie Ceeney’s surprise departure comes during a period of modernisation for the Courts and Tribunal Service

MAY
4
2016

Amazon Business passes $1bn sales mark in less than year

Office products unit putting pressure on traditional retailers such as Staples and Office Depot

MAY
4
2016

Oldies-but-Goodies Copyright Fight Heads to New York’s High Court

“Happy Together” hit : The Turtles’ 1967 x Sirius XM Radio

MAY
4
2016

Thousands of court cases adjourned due to failures in interpreting services

Ministry of Justice figures show that more than 2,600 court cases have been affected over five years, as Capita withdraws from bidding for contract

MAY
4
2016

Lawsuit aims to stop licensing of Texas immigration detention facilities

Federal family holding centers likened to prisons in lawsuit, which adds that they damage the physical and mental health of vulnerable women and children

MAY
4
2016

Italian court rules food theft ´not a crime´ if hungry

Judges overturned a theft conviction against Roman Ostriakov after he stole cheese and sausages worth €4.07 from a supermarket

MAY
3
2016

China to investigate Baidu over student´s death, shares dive

China´s internet regulator said it will send a team to investigate Baidu Inc. over the death of a university student

MAY
3
2016

Saudi Arabia gives women the right to a copy of their marriage contract

Kingdom’s justice ministry announces move to ‘protect the rights of the woman’, ending practice of only supplying document to husbands

MAY
3
2016

St. Louis jury awards $55M in Johnson & Johnson cancer suit

Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay $55 million to a woman who claims its talcum powder caused her ovarian cancer

MAY
3
2016

Florida´s high court urged to throw out death sentences

Former judges and top legal officials are calling on the Florida Supreme Court to impose life sentences on nearly 400 people now awaiting execution on death row

MAY
2
2016

Woman sues Starbucks over ice-to-coffee ratio in cold drinks

As summer approaches, 29-page complaint calls Starbucks’ advertising misleading – but Starbucks says ‘ice is an essential component’ of iced drinks

MAY
2
2016

Greenpeace Leaks U.S.-E.U. Trade Deal Documents

The Dutch chapter of Greenpeace leaked a trove of documents from the talks over a proposed trade deal between the EU and the USA

MAY
2
2016

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Seattle minimum wage law

The law requires businesses in Seattle with more than 500 employees nationwide to raise their minimum wage to $15 by 2018.

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