JAN
18
2017

Ukraine files case against Russia at UN´s Highest Court

Ukraine has filed a case against Russia at the United Nations´ highest court, accusing Moscow of illegally annexing Crimea and illicitly funding separatist rebel groups in eastern Ukraine

JAN
18
2017

UK tackles corporate criminal liability

The U.K.’s much-anticipated move to reform its laws to make it easier to bring criminal charges against corporations with a chance of bringing the country’s corporate liability laws much closer to those in the U.S.

JAN
18
2017

Obama commutes sentence of Wikileaks source

Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning´s sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010.

JAN
17
2017

The Kansas Senate has a legal problem: not a single lawyer

For the first time since 1861, the 40-member legislative body has zero attorneys, despite an obscure statute that requires one; ‘It’s not the end of the world.’

JAN
17
2017

May ready to announce Britain will leave EU single market

rime Minister Theresa May will say Tuesday as she sets out her plan for Brexit

JAN
17
2017

Rolls-Royce to pay $810 m over bribery claims

Voluntary payments will mean UK manufacturing giant avoids being prosecuted by anti-corruption investigators

JAN
17
2017

BAT agrees terms to buy Reynolds for $49.4 billion

BAT Chief Executive Nicandro Durante said bringing the two companies together would drive "sustained profit growth and returns for shareholders"

JAN
16
2017

Facebook to roll out fake news tools in Germany

Facebook is introducing new tools in Germany to help combat the spread of fabricated news stories

JAN
16
2017

S Korea corruption: Prosecutors to seek arrest warrant

South Korea´s special prosecutor is seeking an arrest warrant for Samsung heir apparent Lee Jae-yong, accused of bribery, embezzlement and perjury

JAN
13
2017

Russia moves to decriminalize domestic violence

The country has already decriminalized assault and battery that does not lead to actual bodily harm

JAN
13
2017

Takata to pay $1 billion to settle U.S. air bag probe

The settlement includes a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million in victim compensation and $850 million to compensate automakers who have suffered losses from massive recalls

JAN
13
2017

US visa-free residency for Cubans ends

President Barack Obama has ended the longstanding policy that grants residency to Cubans who arrive in the US without visas

JAN
13
2017

Massachusetts court orders Exxon Mobil to turn over climate change documents

Climate change and its connection to fossil fuel companies has been prevalent in legal news in recent months

JAN
13
2017

Fiat accused over emissions software

Fiat Chrysler has been accused of not telling authorities about software that regulates emissions in thousands of its diesel vehicles

JAN
12
2017

U.S. Senate approves measure launching Obamacare repeal process

The resolution now goes to the House of Representatives, which is expected to vote on it this week

JAN
12
2017

US spy agencies in crisis over Trump claims

Intel chief expresses ‘profound dismay’ as non-partisan professionalism questioned

JAN
11
2017

MPs hear call for five-year transitional Brexit deal

The head of the London Stock Exchange has told MPs that the UK government should negotiate a five-year transitional Brexit deal

JAN
11
2017

Volkswagen confirms $4.3bn payment over diesel emissions

The group is also planning to plead guilty to criminal misconduct as part of a deal with the US Justice Department

JAN
11
2017

Banco Santander to issue up to 57 billion euros in debt over two years

The bank issued 20.5 billion euros of debt in 2016, according to provisional figures

JAN
11
2017

Swiss Muslim girls must learn to swim with boys

Switzerland has won a case at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) obliging Muslim parents to send their children to mixed swimming lessons

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