OCT
18
2016

UK lawmakers will ‘very likely’ have to ratify final Brexit deal

Although her government says it has the right to trigger Article 50 without consulting parliament, it has previously promised that lawmakers will be fully consulted over the subsequent negotiations

OCT
18
2016

Microsoft gender-bias case to go ahead

U.S. District Judge James Robart of Seattle in an order Friday denied the company´s request to dismiss key claims by women in the suit

OCT
18
2016

Disney to sue school that teaches lightsaber skills

Lucasfilm, the subsidiary behind Star Wars, is filing a lawsuit against LightsaberAcademy.com for trademark infringement and unfair competition

OCT
17
2016

Kuwait ruler dissolves parliament

Kuwait has been the subject of several protests and attacks the past several years

OCT
17
2016

Volkswagen to pay $175 million to U.S. lawyers suing over emissions

The lawyers in the class action litigation sought up to $332.5 million in fees and costs for their work in a $10 billion settlement that gives U.S. owners of 2.0 liter polluting cars the ability to sell back their vehicles to Volkswagen

OCT
17
2016

Judge Says Disney Didn’t Violate Visa Laws in Layoffs

In a terse decision, Judge Gregory A. Presnell of the United States District Court in Orlando rejected the former workers’ arguments that Disney and the two contractors had colluded to make false statements when they applied for temporary visas

OCT
17
2016

Tesco workers take company to court over alleged discrimination

Many longer-serving employees had their pay and benefits cut in July as a result of new rules negotiated by their union

OCT
14
2016

Uber Drivers Ruled Eligible for Jobless Payments in New York State

The decision could make it more difficult for Uber, its rival Lyft and other new businesses operating in what is known as the gig economy by raising their costs and challenging their business model

OCT
14
2016

Dutch Law Would Allow Assisted Suicide for Healthy Older People

In the Netherlands, a country vaunted for its liberalism, a proposal to legalize assisted suicide for older people who are generally healthy but feel they have led a full life has stirred up an ethical storm in some quarters

OCT
13
2016

Germany investigates couple trying to sell baby girl on eBay

Police in the western German city of Duisburg say they´re investigating the parents of a 40-day-old girl on allegations they were trying to sell their infant daughter on eBay

OCT
13
2016

German Court Rejects Complaint to Suspend Canada Trade Deal

Germany´s highest court has rejected calls from opponents of a European Union-Canada trade deal for an injunction that had the potential to spell an end to the pact

OCT
13
2016

McDonald’s Has a Graffiti Problem: Graffiti Artists and Their Lawyers

Burger chain is accused of stealing urban ‘taggers’ work in Europe; Norm’s lament

OCT
13
2016

Apple-Samsung iPhone patent feud leaves U.S. top court struggling

The eight justices heard arguments in Samsung´s bid to pare back $399 million of $548 million it paid Apple

OCT
13
2016

Uber drivers await tribunal verdict on employment status

Judgment over whether taxi app is acting unlawfully by not offering holiday and sick pay could be delivered on Wednesday

OCT
11
2016

Centuries of Buddhist Tradition Make Room for Bhutan’s First Law School

After each recruiting session, students too shy to voice their concerns aloud have whispered dozens of questions in Mr. Peil’s ear

OCT
11
2016

Australia same-sex marriage vote blocked by opposition

Australian opposition MPs have said they will block the prime minister´s plan to hold a national vote on legalising same-sex marriage

OCT
11
2016

Justices won’t hear dispute over access to health records

The justices on Tuesday let stand a state court ruling that said federal laws protecting health record privacy don´t prevent Legal Aid of West Virginia from reviewing patient files at the state´s two psychiatric hospitals

OCT
10
2016

U.S. top court to hear Apple-Samsung feud over iPhone designs

After five years of litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in the bitter patent dispute between the world´s two top smartphone manufacturers

OCT
10
2016

Nigeria seizes $800,000 in ´anti-corruption raids´ on judges

Nigeria´s security agency says it has seized $800,000 (£645,200) in cash in raids targeting senior judges suspected of corruption

OCT
10
2016

China court sentences former lawmaker to death for corruption

The announcement comes as the government has continued its anti-graft campaign speared by President Xi Jingping to root out any and all corrupt practices in the region

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