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Pokemon Go craze sparks legal action in the US
August 2nd, 2016
Pokemon may be the craze of the moment, but not everyone is so keen to catch ‘em all. A US man has filed legal action against Niantic, who made the game, and Nintendo, because he claims players are coming to ...
Court froze $11.7 million of Facebook funds because of a legal case
July 28th, 2016
The public federal prosecutor in the Brazilian state of Amazonas said on Wednesday the court there froze 38 million reais ($11.7 million) of funds held in Facebook Inc’s account for failing to comply with a court order to supply ...
The man behind the world’s biggest online illegal film site arrested
July 21st, 2016
US officials plan to charge the Ukrainian owner of the Web’s “most visited” piracy site, Kickass Torrents. The site distributes $1 billion worth of illegally copied content and is the world’s 70th most popular site. Attorneys for the US ...
The legal take on Pokémon Go
July 21st, 2016
Lawyers are considering potential legal issues involved with playing the hugely popular new Pokémon Go game. The Pokémon Go app uses a smartphone’s GPS and clock to determine a player’s location and makes Pokémon characters appear on their phone, ...
Swiss bank UBS is to face legal action for encouraging tax fraud that could cost it billion euros
July 11th, 2016
Swiss bank UBS, along with several of its former executives, is to face legal action for encouraging tax fraud that could cost it five billion euros, if judges accept a public prosecutor’s recommendation, reports said Friday. The company sent ...
Lawyers claim that Brexit vote is not legally binding;primary legislation will be needed
July 11th, 2016
Hundreds of barristers have advised Prime Minister David Cameron to tread carefully before taking steps to withdraw the UK from the European Union. More than 1,000 have signed a letter to Mr Cameron which says the referendum result is ...
Romanian police reveal Israel links to illegal binary options firms
July 7th, 2016
Romanian prosecutors are set to try at least 10 individuals involved in alleged forex and binary options fraud who were operating illegally on Romanian soil, the country’s Police Directorate for the Investigation of Economic Crimes told The Times of ...
MasterCard faces £19bn lawsuit over inflated card charges;the biggest in UK legal history
July 7th, 2016
Priceless? Not this time. MasterCard is facing a £19 billion lawsuit – the biggest in UK legal history – in a collective action over card charges that were passed on to shoppers. The claim is headed by ex-financial services ombudsman Walter ...
Some of London’s leading public and EU law specialists are launching a legal fight to preserve UK’s EU membership
July 4th, 2016
Legal dream team fights to make Brexit conditional on parliamentary backing Big guns from Mishcon de Reya, Blackstone, Matrix and Monckton take aim at referendum decision Some of London’s leading public and EU law specialists are launching a last ...
India is on the verge of opening its legal market to foreign law firms
July 4th, 2016
India is on the verge of opening its legal market to foreign law firms as ministers have revealed they will meet to discuss fresh proposals next Tuesday (5 July). Legally India reports that the Bar Council of India (BCI) has ...
