Restaurant sues Google for deceptive online ordering practices

Mar 11, 2022 23:47 pm UTC| Law Economy

A franchisee of a Mexican restaurant chain is suing Google seeking monetary and injunctive relief for sending customers to a landing page that is set up without the restaurants permission and taking a cut of ordering...

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Japan to prevent cryptocurrency use in bypassing sanctions against Russia

Mar 10, 2022 23:27 pm UTC| Digital Currency Investing Law Economy

Japan will prevent cryptocurrency from being used to evade economic sanctions slapped on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The country will be moving in lockstep with the US and European countries as they rush to...

S. Korea’s cabinet approves revised enforcement decree on in-app payment law

Mar 10, 2022 23:23 pm UTC| Law Economy Business

South Koreas cabinet approved a revised bill that would ban app store operators from forcing developers to use their in-app payment systems, according to the Korea Communications Commission (KCC). The revision is a...

Galaxy S22 Series owners preparing to sue Samsung for smartphone's alleged performance limits

Mar 10, 2022 23:19 pm UTC| Law Technology Economy

Unit owners of the Galaxy S22 series, are gearing up to sue Samsung for the models built-in game optimizing service, which allegedly limits the phone performance, legal sources said Tuesday. Owners of the Galaxy S22...

S. Korea to enable online submission of litigation documents

Mar 10, 2022 23:14 pm UTC| Law Economy

The Ministry of Justice has issued an advance legislation notice to the revision of the Act on the Use of Electronic Documents in Civil Procedures. Current laws require litigants to personally submit their litigation...

Ice cream machine hackers sue McDonald's for $900 Million

Mar 03, 2022 23:31 pm UTC| Law Economy

A couple that invented a gadget dubbed Kytch that helped fix McDonalds chronically broken-down ice cream machines are suing the fast-food giant for $900 million for false advertising and tortious interference. Kytch is...

Kenya is changing its copyright law. Why this is bad for sports

Mar 01, 2022 10:05 am UTC| Law

Kenyas copyright law is up for change. The proposed amendments seek to increase the proportion of revenue going to content creators, such as musicians. However, they have also caused alarm by seeking to prevent copyright...