MAY
23
2018

Mark Zuckerberg’s answers leave angry EU politicians frustrated

´This can’t be end of story,’ Facebook founder told at end of hearing.

MAY
23
2018

Workers hit McDonald´s with new sexual harassment claims

“I felt I had no choice but to tolerate it,” Kimberley Lawson, 25, who makes $8.75 per hour at a McDonald’s in Kansas City, Missouri, said on a conference call with reporters.

MAY
23
2018

Civil rights groups warn Amazon about govt use of facial recognition

The letter underscores how new tools for identifying and tracking people could be used to empower surveillance states.

MAY
23
2018

Birmingham woman jailed for duping daughter into forced marriage

Mother gets four-and-a-half-years for forcing teenager to wed man in Pakistan, in landmark conviction.

MAY
23
2018

New York parents sue 30-year-old son who refuses to move out

The parents of a 30-year-old man have resorted to drastic measures in an effort to get their son to fly the coop: they are suing him.

MAY
23
2018

Volkswagen offers to buy back new diesels in case of city bans

The move came after a German court ruled last month that cities across the country could ban diesel vehicles from their streets.

MAY
23
2018

Hamburg to ban older diesel cars from certain streets by May 31

The announcement came amid furious efforts by the German government to avoid diesel cars being banned from cities despite a landmark court ruling allowing the practice.

MAY
22
2018

Former Uber engineer sues, tests new sex-based claims policy

The lawsuit by Ingrid Avendano provides an early test of Uber’s new policy allowing people claiming sexual harassment and sexual assault to pursue their claims in court, rather than be forced into arbitration.

MAY
22
2018

Adobe buys e-commerce firm Magento for $1.7 billion and announces stock buybacks

The Photoshop software provider said Monday that it is making its third-biggest acquisition to create an end-to-end system for designing digital ads, building e-commerce websites and other online customer experiences and completing transactions.

MAY
22
2018

China slashes auto import tariffs in boost to BMW, Tesla

Import tariffs will be cut to 15 percent from 25 percent for most vehicles from July 1, the Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday, adding that this was part of efforts to open up China’s markets and spur development of the local auto sector. A small number of imported trucks are taxed at 20 percent currently.

MAY
22
2018

Microsoft pledges to extend European-style privacy and data rights worldwide

Microsoft Corp. promised Monday to give users worldwide the same data and privacy rights Europeans will get under new regulations there.

MAY
22
2018

Right to see Parole Board decisions comes into force

Law change in England and Wales prompted by row over proposed release of serial sex attacker John Worboys.

MAY
22
2018

Burundi voters approve constitutional amendment extending presidential term limits

Burundi´s opposition party expressed concern that the election was rigged. Opposition leader Agathon Rwasa said he plans on filing a petition to challenge the referendum.

MAY
22
2018

Companies win big at U.S. top court on worker class-action curbs

The ruling could apply more broadly to discrimination claims like those raised by women as part of the #MeToo movement raising awareness of sexual harassment in the workplace but the court did not explicitly address that issue.

MAY
22
2018

U.S. top court takes up challenge to Virginia uranium mining ban

The court will hear a bid by a Virginia Energy Resources Inc subsidiary and other owners of the largest U.S. uranium deposit to revive a lawsuit thrown out by a lower court that sought to invalidate Virginia’s ban because it conflicted with a federal law that regulates nuclear power generation.

MAY
22
2018

U.S. Supreme Court takes up dispute over power plant in India

The justices will hear an appeal by the villagers of a lower court ruling that the International Finance Corp was immune from such lawsuits under federal law.

MAY
22
2018

Sony in $2.3 billion deal for EMI, becomes world´s biggest music publisher

The acquisition is the biggest strategic move yet by new CEO Kenichiro Yoshida and gives Sony a catalogue of more than 2 million songs from artists such as Kanye West, Sam Smith and Sia.

MAY
21
2018

California enacts law that limits when immigration status can be used in open court

The law states that the law is necessary in order to "immediately help protect undocumented residents of California and their ability to participate in the California justice system."

MAY
21
2018

Legislation would require airlines, commuter rail lines, buses to adopt anti-harassment rules

The bill by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) calls on airlines, bus companies, railroads and commuter lines to adopt antiharassment policies within 90 days of the bill´s passage. DeFazio´s staff is not sure when the bill might be brought up for a vote.

MAY
21
2018

EU blocking cities´ efforts to curb Airbnb

Commission is hypnotised by ‘sharing economy’ and not seeing its downside, says researcher.

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