JUN
28
2016

VW in $14.7bn US deal over rigged cars

Group to buy back or fix 475,000 vehicles and help fund tech push

JUN
28
2016

Supreme Court Strikes Down Texas Abortion Restrictions

The 5-to-3 decision was the court’s most sweeping statement on abortion since Planned Parenthood v. Casey in 1992

JUN
27
2016

Nissan Sues South Korea Over Emissions-Cheating Accusations

South Korea’s Ministry of Environment says Nissan used defeat devices in hundreds of its Qashqai SUVs

JUN
27
2016

EU´s Founding Members Urge The U.K. To Quickly Exit The Bloc

Representatives from the six founding member countries – France, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Italy – were huddled in crisis mode at the meeting to plan the bloc´s future course without the U.K.

JUN
24
2016

German government agrees to ban fracking after years of dispute

Coalition revived proposals after companies said last week they would push ahead with projects

JUN
24
2016

Man can’t be punished ‘simply for being homeless’

A homeless man was convicted of criminal trespassing for taking shelter in privately owned buildings during harsh winter weather

JUN
24
2016

Supreme Court limits scope of blood alcohol tests for drunk drivers

After three unrelated cases in Minnesota and North Dakota, the case went to the Supreme Court

JUN
24
2016

Led Zeppelin cleared of stealing riff for Stairway to Heaven

Los Angeles jury finds Robert Plant and Jimmy Page did not steal the most famous passage from the 1971 anthem from the band Spirit

JUN
24
2016

U.K. Votes to Leave European Union

Prime Minister David Cameron says he will step down after referendum makes nation first to leave 28-nation bloc

JUN
23
2016

Obama signs law granting EPA power to regulate toxic substances

The law makes major changes to the TSCA, which has not been modified since it was passed in 1976

JUN
23
2016

Obama´s sweeping immigration reforms blocked in 4-4 supreme court deadlock

Obama calls decision ‘heartbreaking’ as suspension of executive action to shield families from deportation delivers major blow in final months of presidency

JUN
23
2016

VW to pay near $10.2B to settle emissions claims

The money is to settle claims from its unprecedented diesel emissions cheating scandal in the U.S.

JUN
23
2016

Britain votes on EU membership after tight and bitter campaign

An Ipsos MORI poll for the Evening Standard newspaper, conducted on Tuesday and Wednesday, suggested support for "Remain" stood at 52 percent while "Leave" was on 48 percent.

JUN
22
2016

Alibaba wins dismissal of lawsuit over pre-IPO regulatory warning

Alibaba has long faced accusations that its online platforms are a haven for counterfeiters, including in lawsuits by luxury brands such as Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent

JUN
22
2016

U.S. court sets aside Obama administration fracking rules for public lands

A federal judge has set aside new regulations for hydraulic fracturing on public lands

JUN
22
2016

Germany court upholds ECB bond-buying program

Germany´s top court ruled that a bond-buy program created by the ECB complies with German law

JUN
22
2016

Allstate Joins In-House Furor Over Associate Raises

Bank of America´s top lawyer isn´t the only in-house attorney expressing displeasure with associate salary raises

JUN
22
2016

Supreme Court rejects challenge to patent review process

The justices´ 8-0 decision backed a 2015 appeals court ruling that upheld the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office´s invalidation of New Jersey-based Cuozzo´s speedometer patent

JUN
21
2016

Supreme Court allows use of evidence after unlawful stop

The Supreme Court ruled that evidence seized incident to a lawful arrest on an outstanding warrant is not excluded

JUN
21
2016

Brazil’s Kroton ups offer in Estacio bidding war

A battle is brewing to consolidate Brazil’s fragmented private education market

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