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Microsoft fined $1,68 billion from European court
2008-02-28 08:21:00 digg_url = 'http://digg.com/business_finan-ce/Microsoft_fined_1_68_billion-_from_European_court'; digg_bgcolor = '#000000'; digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_window = 'new'; BRUSSELS - Microsoft was fined with a record fine 899 million Euros (€) for defying a landmark 2004 anti-trust ruling of European court on Wednesday. It was the first time ever that somebody is punished because of irreverence of the first fine by the European court. On 2004 Microsoft was punished with 497 million Euros (or $613 million) for abusing its 95% dominance of PC operating systems through Windows, and until now they did not carried out their commitment. Because of that European court made new ruling and fined them again with penalties."Microsoft was the first company in 50 years of EU competition policy that the commission has had to fine for failure to comply with anti-trust decision." EU Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes said. "I hope that today's decision closes a darko chapter in Microsof...
European Court Protects Geographic Designation for Parmesan Cheese
2008-02-27 05:06:00 As STL readers know, Champagne only comes from the Champagne region of France (STL post here). And Wild American Shrimp only come from “their native habitat in the coastal waters of the Gulf and East Coasts of the United States” (STL post here). As I suspect Italians have long known, true Parmesan cheese only comes from Italy. The five regions around Parma, in northern Italy, to be exact, and is made only from raw milk, with no additives, and is aged at least one year. At least that’s what the European Court of Justice ruled today.Billboard at the border of Parma and Piacenza announcingthe home of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheee. Photo credit: J.P. LonThe ruling was a setback for German producers whose “Parmesan” cheese was deemed to be imitation. In so ruling, the court rejected Germany’s argument that the name was generic for a type of hard, crumbly cheese that is often grated over food....
European Court of Justice opinion on carers' workplace rights delayed
2008-01-14 10:16:00 A crucial European legal opinion that could dramatically increase the workplace rights of carers has been delayed. The Advocate General, one of the European Union's senior legal experts, was due to give his opinion on a la
European Court of Justice backs companies' rights to relocate within EU
2007-12-12 13:35:00 A landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has reaffirmed employers' rights to relocate to another EU country. The ECJ found that industrial action that stopped an employer moving to ano
European Court: Murderer Has Right to Become Father, Britain to Pay Damages
2007-12-05 16:53:00 A quote from The [London] Times, 5 December 2007Britain breached the human rights of a murderer and his wife by refusing them access to IVF treatment, the European Court ruled yesterday. Kirk Dickson, 35, and his wife Lorraine [49] now have the right to start a family even though he is serving a life sentence. […]They had launched a legal battle in October 2001, but David Blunkett, then Home Secretary, rejected their claim. The Dicksons took their fight to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, where, in April 2006, they lost again. However, the court’s Grand Chamber overturned that ruling yesterday, voting 12 to 5 in favour of allowing the couple access to the treatment and awarding them €5,000 (£3,500) in damages and €21,000 in costs. The couple’s lawyer, Elkan Abrahamson, said last night that they were both elated at the decision. However, it would make little difference because Dickson was now in an open prison and allowed home leave. Original post by http:...
Prison officers save to fund European Court of Justice action over right to
2007-10-24 11:49:00 Prison officers have started to pay a levy to fund a court battle aimed at restoring their right to strike. According to newspaper rep
European Court rules on Volkswagen Law
2007-10-23 19:55:00 Agence France Press (AFP) recently reported that European Court of Justice will be having its rule on the “Volkswagen Law” today, in line with Porsche?s desire to take control of the German automaker. Once the 40-year-old law that protects Volkswagen from being taken over becomes void, Porsche will be able to increase its current 31-percent stake ...
By: Volswagen Blog
European Court To Rule On Religious Classes In Turkey
2007-10-08 05:42:00 Two Alevi Turks have brought a case before the European Court against compulsory religion lessons in Turkish schools. They claim the religion courses they must take have a distinctive Sunni Muslim perspective and this violates articles of the European Convention ...
Russians Seeking Justice in European Court
2007-08-01 16:13:00 Russians have little faith in their legal system and are increasingly taking their cases abroad — to the European Court of Justice in Strasbourg. The Kremlin is not pleased. Valentina Dolgova is a petite woman with delicate features — no candidate for a brawl. But in December 2005, a Moscow court found the then 19-year-old guilty ...
By: 1913 Intel
European Court of Justice?s UK health and safety law decision hailed as ?vi
2007-06-18 17:39:00 A European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision on a key element of UK health and safety law has been hailed as a ?victory for common sense?. The ECJ upheld the use of the key phrase ?so far as is reasonably practicable? in British law. A challenge by the European Commission (EC) argued that by restricting the duty on employers to ensure the health and safety of workers to this phrase, the government had fallen short of standards in the original directive. But the ECJ dismissed the EC's case and ordered it to pay the UK government?s costs. Bill Callaghan, chairman of the Health and Safety Commission, said: ?We continue to believe that the right way forward is a proportionate and risk-based approach protecting employees and others effectively, while allowing common sense to be applied when deciding on what protective measures to adopt.? TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: ?The Health and Safety Executive now needs to get on with ensuring that the UK?s safety laws...
Sikhs go to European court to battle French ban on turbans in ID photos
2007-06-17 15:39:00 France's highest administrative court has ruled that for public security reasons, Sikhs must remove their turbans when photographed for driver's licenses. France has also banned wearing conspicuous religious apparel in schools.
European court upholds Serbian woman case
2007-03-21 17:18:00 STRASBOURG, France, March 21 : Europe's human rights court in France has ruled a Serbian woman, infected with HIV, had her rights violated when she was banned from seeing her child.
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