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UN court lays down Costa Rica, Nicaragua maritime borders
Business Law 02/05/2018The International Court of Justice laid down definitive maritime boundaries Friday between Costa Rica and Nicaragua in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and a small land boundary in a remote, disputed wetland.As part of the complex ruling, the Unit...
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Samsung worker killed by brain tumor wins compensation case
Business Law 11/13/2017Overturning an appeal court's decision, South Korea's Supreme Court said Tuesday the family of a Samsung worker who died of a brain tumor should be eligible for state compensation for an occupational disease.The ruling on Lee Yoon-jung, who was diagn...
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Ohio court won't hear case in seizure of exotic animals
Business Law 10/24/2017Another court has dealt a blow to an Ohio man who is trying to get his six tigers and several other exotic animals back from the state.The Ohio Supreme Court earlier this month said it would not hear an appeal in the case involving the owner of a roa...
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Court extends house arrest for Russian theater director
Business Law 10/16/2017A court in Russia's capital ruled Tuesday to extend the house arrest of a widely revered theater and film director.Kirill Serebrennikov was detained and put under house arrest in August in a criminal case that sent shockwaves across Russia's art comm...
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Court agrees to take on US-Microsoft dispute over emails
Business Law 10/15/2017The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take on a major dispute over the government's authority to force American technology companies to hand over emails and other digital information sought in criminal probes but stored outside the U.S.The justices inte...
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Court: DirecTV owes $15M to South Carolina in tax dispute
Business Law 09/04/2017A court has ruled that pay-television giant DirecTV owes South Carolina nearly $15 million because of the way the company calculates its tax bill in the state.The Post and Courier of Charleston reports the South Carolina Court of Appeals found that D...
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Dispute over rights to Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan goes to court
Business Law 08/29/2017Tom Clancy's widow wants a court to rule that the author's estate is the exclusive owner of the rights to his famous character Jack Ryan.News media outlets report that Alexandra Clancy's lawsuit says that the author's estate should be the sole benefi...
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Court: FAA must reconsider regulating airline seat size
Business Law 08/23/2017An appeals court panel said Friday that federal officials must reconsider their decision not to regulate the size of airline seats as a safety issue.One of the judges called it “the Case of the Incredible Shrinking Airline Seat.”The Flyer...
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British cybersecurity expert pleads not guilty to US charges
Business Law 08/23/2017A British cybersecurity researcher credited with helping curb a recent worldwide ransomware attack pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges accusing him of creating malicious software to steal banking information three years ago.Marcus Hutchins e...
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Nevada pot regulators back in court as supplies dwindle
Business Law 08/23/2017Nevada's marijuana regulators are headed back to court in a turf battle with liquor wholesalers over exclusive rights to distribute pot products to the state's new recreational retailers.Nevada's Taxation Department says the protracted legal fight ha...
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Supreme Court deadline nears for suit over wetland loss
Business Law 08/03/2017A Louisiana flood board is nearing a deadline for asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review its lawsuit seeking to make oil and gas companies pay for decades of damage to coastal wetlands.Federal district and appeals courts have rejected the lawsuit, w...
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Court raises chances of diesel bans in German city
Business Law 08/03/2017A court opened the door on Friday for possible bans on older diesel cars in the German city of Stuttgart, a major auto industry center, upholding a complaint by an environmental group.The city's administrative court ordered the state government in Ba...