JUL
18
2016

Uber Background Check on Legal Adversaries Backfires

Executives at Uber hired an investigative firm to conduct a background check on the plaintiff suing

JUL
18
2016

Déjà vu: as with tobacco, the climate wars are going to court

The fossil fuel industry copied Big Tobacco’s racketeering playbook. They’re following the same path to court, where tobacco lost

JUL
18
2016

EU migrants may face ´right to stay´ curbs

The new Brexit secretary told Sky News there might have to be a cut-off point if there was a "surge" in new arrivals

JUL
18
2016

Jail for sharing your Netflix password? Understanding the law that could make it a federal crime

An overly broad court ruling exposes Americans to grave consequences for something harmless almost everyone does

JUL
15
2016

Florida Must Offer Kosher Meals to Prisoners, Appeals Court Rules

The state wanted permission to discontinue the kosher meals if the estimated $12.3 million cost was needed

JUL
15
2016

Google Faces New Round of Antitrust Charges in Europe

The claims relate to some of the search giant’s online advertising tools and parts of its search business linked to online shopping

JUL
15
2016

El Salvador abortion law change could leave women facing 50 years in jail

Rights groups condemn opposition proposal to put sentences for abortion on a par with penalty for aggravated murder with extreme cruelty

JUL
15
2016

Firms Offer Cash to Help New Lawyers Pay Student Debt

Some law firms are starting to contribute cash to help their newly hired lawyers

JUL
15
2016

Major win for Microsoft in ´free for all´ data case

The decision is being seen as a precedent for protecting the privacy of cloud computing services.

JUL
14
2016

City judge deemed incompetent in ‘unheard of’ move

A veteran Brooklyn Supreme Court judge has been found unqualified by a Democratic Party screening panel

JUL
14
2016

Appeals Court Deals Blow to GM on Ignition-Switch Suits

Federal appeals court finds bankruptcy sale shouldn’t shield General Motors from accident claims

JUL
14
2016

Top Republicans criticize Ruth Bader Ginsburg but don´t back Trump´s call for her to resign

Top Republicans who have never shied away from criticizing liberal Supreme Court rulings aren´t going as far as to say Ginsburg should quit.

JUL
13
2016

Fox set to pay out to unpaid interns after reaching settlement on Black Swan case

Reports suggest landmark five-year legal battle is set to conclude with media giant reimbursing those who have undertaken unpaid work at the company since as far back as 2005

JUL
13
2016

European court backs French woman sacked for wearing hijab

Asma Bougnaoui, who lost her job at an IT consultancy, should have been allowed to wear headscarf, says EU court advocate

JUL
13
2016

Germany wants better protection of stalking victims

The German government plans to clamp down on stalking by lowering the threshold for victims to file criminal complaints

JUL
13
2016

Spain and Portugal face first EU fines over deficit levels

The council found that both countries had failed to reduce their deficits to below 3% of GDP and had not tried hard enough to do so.

JUL
13
2016

Lawsuit filed against Facebook for facilitating terrorist attacks

A $1 billion lawsuit by victims of Middle East attacks is unlikely to succeed. But there may be a better way

JUL
12
2016

AMC Theatres buying Europe´s Odeon & UCI in $1.21B deal

Odeon & UCI will become an AMC subsidiary and continue operating under its current brand names

JUL
12
2016

YouTube’s increase in streaming hits music labels’ revenues

Effective payment rate from online video site halves to $0.001 per stream in 2015

JUL
12
2016

EU Competition Regulators Prepare Additional Charges Against Google

Move will likely sharpen previous accusations that Google uses its search dominance to favor its own service in the shopping market

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