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kim-dotcom

Kim Dotcom’s Megaupload Sued By US Record Labels, Following Movie Studios’ Lawsuit, For Copyright Infringement

11/04/2014(0)
Four major U.S. record labels have filed a copyright infringement lawsuit Thursday against file-sharing website Megaupload and its founder, Kim Dotcom, three days after the company was sued by ... Read More
European Central Bank

Russia suspended from Europe’s human rights body

11/04/2014(0)
Members of the Council of Europe voted on Thursday to suspend Russia from the European human rights watchdog over its annexation of Crimea. Parliamentarians from 47 countries at the ... Read More
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The billion-dollar bash – how post-crisis investigation work is changing the way law firms advise banks

11/04/2014(0)
With banks setting aside eye-watering sums of money to meet liabilities generated by the fallout from the financial crash, in-house legal departments and law firms are having to rethink ... Read More
Metropolitan police

Police to wear digital cameras as part of courts efficiency plan

11/04/2014(0)
Modernisation of the criminal justice system will give police mobile devices to record interviews and crime scenes Police officers will be expected to record interviews at crime scenes on ... Read More
gas

British Gas must pay £5.6m for blocking firms from switching

10/04/2014(0)
British Gas has been ordered to pay £5.6m in compensation and fines for blocking businesses from switching suppliers and failing to tell others their contracts were ending, Ofgem said. ... Read More
Turkey-youtube

Turkey keeps YouTube block despite court rulings

10/04/2014(0)
Turkish authorities defied court orders and reaffirmed a ban on YouTube imposed after the posting of illicit recordings of top secret security talks that was cited by Prime Minister ... Read More
apple-vs-samsung

Apple Witness at $2 Billion Samsung Trial Is All About Sales Ban

09/04/2014(0)
Apple Inc. (AAPL) showed that it’s aiming beyond $2 billion in damages in its trial against Samsung Electronics Co. by calling a witness whose studies were previously used to ... Read More
Barclays

Barclays Settles U.K. Libor Case Weeks Before Trial to Start

08/04/2014(0)
Barclays Plc (BARC) settled the first U.K. lawsuit filed over allegations the bank manipulated Libor, weeks before the trial was scheduled to start. Barclays agreed to restructure the debt ... Read More
cloud-computing

Beware of ‘cloud’ computing snoopers, law firms warned

07/04/2014(0)
Firms planning to rely on ‘cloud’ technology for their IT should be aware of the risk of lawful interception by intelligence agencies, the Law Society warns today. A practice ... Read More
intellectual property

Apple, Nestle, NBCUniversal, Netflix: Intellectual Property

07/04/2014(0)
Apple Inc. (AAPL), accusing Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) of misleading jurors at the start of a $2 billion trial over smartphone technology, lost its bid to show jurors how ... Read More
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