MAY
11
2018

Portugal president vetoes gender and name change law

The law, approved by parliament last month, would have allowed citizens to make the legal changes from the age of 16 without the need of a medical test.

MAY
11
2018

UK firms face action over failure to report gender pay gap

Equality watchdog vows zero-tolerance approach as it investigates up to 500 businesses

MAY
11
2018

London mayor to ban junk food ads on tubes and buses

Sadiq Khan calls child obesity ‘a ticking timebomb’, affecting 40% of the capital’s 10-year-olds

MAY
11
2018

Wells Fargo to pay $97 mln over breaks for commission-based workers

U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson rejected San Francisco-based Wells Fargo’s claim that damages in the case should be based on the home mortgage consultants’ hourly pay and not on the commissions that made up the bulk of their compensation.

MAY
11
2018

Lawsuit against U.S. border searches of phones can move forward: judge

The judge said that Supreme Court ruling “indicates that electronic devices implicate privacy interests in a fundamentally different manner than searches of typical containers or even searches of a person.”

MAY
11
2018

Skechers sues Adidas for false advertising, unfair competition over alleged player payments

An Adidas spokesperson called Skechers´ complaint "frivolous and nonsensical" and said "it should be summarily dismissed."

MAY
11
2018

Japanese city to appeal against court order over tsunami death of 23 schoolchildren

The city of Ishinomaki was ordered to pay 1.44 billion yen (US$13 million) to the children’s parents

MAY
11
2018

Barristers prepare to escalate protests over legal aid row

About 100 chambers in England and Wales have refused to take on new publicly funded cases

MAY
11
2018

Ministers risk judicial review of plan to deny immigrants data access

The campaign groups say the Windrush scandal underlines how casually lives can be harmed by Home Office mistakes and, if the data protection bill becomes law, EU citizens could be left in a similar position.

MAY
10
2018

Phones 4u founder John Caudwell ordered to pay £500,000 damages

Billionaire’s ex-financial adviser Nathalie Dauriac wins case involving constructive dismissal

MAY
10
2018

Two million diesel car owners could join VW class action in Germany

The German cabinet approved a draft law on Wednesday that paves the way for class action against the carmaker, which in 2015 admitted it had used illegal software to cheat U.S. diesel emissions tests.

MAY
10
2018

Pakistan passes transgender protections bill

The law´s purpose is "to provide for protection, relief, and rehabilitation of rights of the transgender persons and their welfare."

MAY
10
2018

China sentences Anbang´s ex-boss to 18 years in jail

The court said Wu illegally raised 65.2 billion yuan through the sale of insurance products beyond regulatory limits, and embezzled 10 billion yuan from Anbang’s insurance fund.

MAY
10
2018

Apple scraps $1 billion Irish data center over planning delays

Ireland relies on foreign multinational companies like Apple for the creation of one in every 10 jobs across the economy

MAY
10
2018
MAY
9
2018

U.S. House overturns rule meant to curb car loan bias

The House voted 234-175 to overturn a rule that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau implemented in 2013 aimed at preventing auto lenders from charging higher fees to borrowers based on race, national origin or credit score.

MAY
9
2018

Vodafone to pay $21.8 billion for Liberty assets to boost European presence

The biggest German provider swiftly emphasized its previously stated opposition to the deal and Vodafone is likely to face a lengthy regulatory review in Brussels.

MAY
9
2018

Walmart to buy controlling stake in India´s Flipkart for $16 billion

The deal, capping almost two years of talks, will help the Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer fortify and boost market share against Amazon.com, which reportedly had tried to make a competing offer for a stake.

MAY
9
2018

Facebook curbs foreign adverts for Irish abortion vote

Concern over lack of regulation of content from campaigners abroad.

MAY
9
2018

Former high-ranking China politician gets life sentence for taking bribes

Sun Zhengcai, former member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China and former Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee

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