Walmart and Vans Reach Settlement in Sneaker Trademark Lawsuit
Nov 10, 2023 06:38 am UTC| Business Law
Walmart and Vans have settled a trademark lawsuit in which Vans accused the retail giant of copying the designs of its best-selling shoes. The settlement was confirmed in filings submitted to a California federal...
European Tribunal Adviser Calls for Review of Apple's Favorable $14 Billion Tax Case
Nov 10, 2023 00:46 am UTC| Business Technology Law
An adviser to Europes top court suggested on Thursday that a European tribunal had made legal errors in favoring Apple over a 13 billion ($14 billion) tax order. The adviser recommended that the case be reviewed,...
UK's Online Safety Regulator Ofcom Sets Ground Rules
Nov 09, 2023 07:44 am UTC| Technology Law
The United Kingdom is stepping up to make the internet a safer place for everyone, especially kids. The UKs online safety regulator, Ofcom, has rolled out its first set of guidelines under the new Online Safety Act. These...
Nov 08, 2023 12:08 pm UTC| Digital Currency Law
In the fast-paced world of cryptocurrency, vast sums of money can be made or lost in the blink of an eye. In early November 2022, the crypto exchange FTX was valued at more than US$30 billion. By the middle of that month,...
Nov 08, 2023 12:05 pm UTC| Technology Law
In November, the UK government held the first AI (artificial intelligence) Safety Summit in the historically resonant setting of Bletchley Park, home to the legendary second world war codebreakers led by the computing...
Nov 07, 2023 09:02 am UTC| Law Life
Abortion has become an increasingly polarized, political issue in the United States since 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed the constitutional right to an abortion. This decision threw...
Nov 07, 2023 08:58 am UTC| Law
Should it be legal to take away the guns of people who are under a domestic violence protective order, which aims to shield victims from their abusers? Thats the question posed in one of the biggest cases of the current...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects