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China says GSK-linked trial being handled according to law
July 8th, 2014
The trial of a couple arrested last year following work they did for British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline PLC (GSK.L) in China will be handled according to the law, China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, brushing off U.S. concern about the ...
Australia accused of breaking law after returning asylum seekers to Sri Lanka
July 8th, 2014
Australia has been accused of breaking international law and violating the refugee convention after returning a group of 41 Sri Lankan asylum seekers who attempted to reach the country by boat directly into the hands of the Sri Lankan ...
UK probe for Facebook for breaking data protection laws
July 2nd, 2014
A UK regulator is investigating whether Facebook broke data protection laws when it conducted a psychological study on users without their consent. The test saw Facebook “manipulate” the news feeds of nearly 700,000 users to control which emotional expressions ...
Swiss Lawmakers Revise FATF Bill
June 27th, 2014
The Swiss National Council has adopted a bill to implement the revised Financial Action Task Force Recommendations, albeit with significant modifications that some lawmakers fear could put Switzerland at risk of being placed on the Organization for Economic Cooperation ...
Flaw found in PayPal two-step security
June 26th, 2014
Researchers have discovered a hole in an extra security measure used by PayPal, the eBay-owned payments company, to protect customers’ online accounts. Duo Security, a Michigan-based cyber security company, says its researchers have found a way to bypass so-called ...
Canada Amends National Law to Regulate Bitcoin Businesses
June 24th, 2014
The Parliament of Canada has passed a bill that amends the country’s Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act of 2000 to extend to both foreign and domestic businesses working in the bitcoin and digital currency sectors ...
US court rejects Gemalto’s Android patent lawsuit
June 20th, 2014
Gemalto NV, the French digital security company, said on Friday that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected its patent claim relating to the Android smart phone operating platform. Gemalto, which makes smart cards, filed a ...
Bank of America instructs Shearman & Sterling disputes head for forex lawsuit
June 19th, 2014
Shearman & Sterling has landed a major advisory role for Bank of America on a sprawling US lawsuit over alleged rates rigging in the foreign exchange market. A filing earlier this month shows a New York-based group of Shearman ...
LinkedIn Ordered to Face Customer E-Mail Contacts Lawsuit
June 13th, 2014
LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD:US) must face a lawsuit claiming the company violated customers’ privacy rights for marketing purposes by accessing their external e-mail accounts and downloading their contacts’ addresses. The decision by U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh in San ...
Lawmakers Oppose Proposed Changes to Accounting Method
June 3rd, 2014
A bipartisan group of 115 House legislators asked Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) last week to reconsider making changes in his tax reform plan to an inventory accounting method used by many US businesses. In a ...
