MAY
5
2020

Amazon and eBay should be liable for faulty goods, says EU group

Online marketplaces must be responsible for what they sell, says consumer organisation Beuc

MAY
5
2020

Apple, Google ban use of location tracking in contact tracing apps

The companies plan to allow only public health authorities to use the technology.

MAY
5
2020

U.S. Supreme Court to weigh overseas anti-AIDS funding restrictions

President Donald Trump’s administration is appealing a 2018 ruling by the New York-based 2nd U.S.

MAY
5
2020

German court calls on ECB to justify bond-buying programme

Bundesbank told to halt participation unless central bank shows policy is ‘proportionate’

MAY
4
2020

U.S. judge halts oil leases due to lack of federal study of water impacts

Environmental group Wildearth Guardians, the plaintiff, had sued the BLM after it issued 287 leases in two lease sales, in December 2017 and March 2018.

MAY
4
2020

France´s COVID-19 tracing app expected to enter testing in week of May 11

Minister for Digital Affairs Cedric O, a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s inner circle, presented the app as a key element of France’s strategy to stave off the coronavirus

MAY
4
2020

Germany’s highest court permits religious services exception during coronavirus crisis

The constitutional court was called to hear this case after a Muslim association in Lower Saxony appealed the ban.

MAY
4
2020

Telefónica confirms UK merger talks with Liberty Global

Combining Virgin Media and O2 would reshape British telecoms market

MAY
4
2020

Phoning it in: Pandemic forces Supreme Court to hear cases in a new way- US

The changes reflect the new reality of working from home during the pandemic.

APR
30
2020

Chesapeake Energy preparing bankruptcy filing:US

Chesapeake’s discussions about possibly obtaining bankruptcy financing are in early stages

APR
30
2020

Canadian banks to get millions in funds to administer government COVID-19 loan program for small businesses

All of Canada’s major banks have programs up and running to help customers apply for the program and to date $15.3 billion has been extended to businesses across the country

APR
30
2020

Westminster loses battle over pension fund investments: UK

Court rules government guidance that bans boycotts against foreign countries is unlawful

APR
30
2020

S&P hits back in court after Fortescue Metals takes legal action to prevent publication of ore price: UK

Ratings agency says mining giant owned by Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest’ wants to keep prices secret so it can charge more for its ore

APR
30
2020

What is at stake as the Supreme Court weighs the future of immigrant ´Dreamers´: US

Trump, a Republican, moved in 2017 to phase out the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

APR
29
2020

Indian companies hit back at rule to deter Chinese takeovers

Authorities in talks with tech groups and venture capital firms over concerns about impact on fundraising

APR
29
2020
APR
29
2020

U.S. appeals court asks why Facebook encryption order should stay sealed

Meeting by video-conference, the appeals judges asked Justice official Scott Meisler in Washington why the public should not be able to see the order

APR
28
2020

Diamond Offshore files for bankruptcy, citing ´price war,´ coronavirus: US

The company has significant operations in the Gulf of Mexico.

APR
28
2020

EU restarts work on regulating Big Tech

Brussels looks at asking Big Tech companies for data audits

APR
28
2020

Tax tribunal struggling to cope with remote hearings, lawyers say

Disputes backlog in ‘under-resourced’ lower court reached 27,280 last quarter

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