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Apple Loses Top Court Fight Against German Antitrust Crackdown
Apple's footprint across markets meets the threshold for more oversight, judges at Germany’s top civil court have said. The setback for Apple comes amid a clamor by Big Tech against European efforts to rein in their market dominance.
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US Sanctions Threaten World Court's Independence, Says European Union
The European Commission stressed the International Criminal Court's "key importance in upholding international criminal justice and the fight against impunity."
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Top European Court Backs Frenchwoman Divorced For Refusing Sex
Europe's top rights court on Thursday ruled in favour of a 69-year-old Frenchwoman whose husband had obtained a divorce on the grounds that she had stopped having sex with him.
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France's Nicolas Sarkozy To Wear Electronic Tag After Corruption Ruling
Sarkozy's lawyer, Patrice Spinosi, stated that his client will "evidently" respect the terms of the conviction. However, Spinosi also announced plans to appeal the decision to the European Court of Human Rights within weeks.
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Qualcomm's Antitrust Fine Confirmed by EU Court With Minor Reduction
Europe's second-highest court upheld an antitrust fine against Qualcomm, reducing it marginally. The fine was levied by the European Commission in 2019, which accused Qualcomm of selling chipsets below cost from 2009 to 2011, to undermine British phone software company Icera.
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Top EU Privacy Regulator Opens Probe Into Google's AI Compliance
The EU is probing if Google adequately protected the personal data of European Union users before using it to help develop its foundational AI Model.
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Apple Loses Court Battle in EU, Ordered to Pay Over $14 Billion in Back Taxes to Ireland
The European Court of Justice has now sided with Vestager, agreeing Apple had unduly benefited from unfair loopholes in Ireland's tax regime, and that the company must now hand Ireland EUR 13 billion roughly Rs. 1,20,903 crore) in back payments.
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Switzerland Violated Human Rights: Europe Court's Climate Change Ruling
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government's inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves.
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Delhi High Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Fine On Google. Here's Why
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday while dismissing its appeal imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on Google for representing wrong facts and for its failure to disclose the information regarding the refusal of the patent by the European Patent Office (EPO).
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Amazon Loses Court Fight To Suspend European Union Tech Rules' Ad Clause
Amazon on Wednesday lost its fight to suspend a requirement regarding its online advertising under EU tech rules after Europe's top court backed EU regulators, saying EU interests outweigh the US online retailer's material interests.
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Putin Critic Alexei Navalny's Wife To Meet EU Ministers Today
Alexei Navalny's widow will meet European foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, EU officials announced, as Russian courts jailed dozens of people detained at events commemorating the Kremlin critic.
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Google, Amazon Do Not Need To Comply With An Italian rule: EU Court Adviser
Alphabet's Google, Amazon and Airbnb need not comply with an Italian rule requiring them to provide information on the companies as they are already subject to laws in Ireland and Luxembourg where they are located, an adviser to EU's top court said.
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Google Suffers Legal Blow In EU Court Over 2.4-Billion-Euro Fine
Google suffered a legal blow at the European Court of Justice on Thursday when the body's adviser recommended that a 2.4-billion-euro ($2.6-billion) fine levied on it for anti-competitive practices be upheld.
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Court 'Ruling Does Not Signify An Endorsement Of Super League': UEFA
The case goes back to April 2021, when 12 of Europe's biggest clubs announced they had signed up to the planned Super League, just before UEFA were set to reveal vast reforms to the Champions League.
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Facebook Parent Meta Seeks to Stop Privacy Breach Fine in Norway Court: Details
Meta Platforms will ask a court in Norway on Tuesday to stop a fine the country's data regulator has imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching users' privacy, in a case that could have wider European implications.
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Apple Loses Top Court Fight Against German Antitrust Crackdown
Apple's footprint across markets meets the threshold for more oversight, judges at Germany’s top civil court have said. The setback for Apple comes amid a clamor by Big Tech against European efforts to rein in their market dominance.
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US Sanctions Threaten World Court's Independence, Says European Union
The European Commission stressed the International Criminal Court's "key importance in upholding international criminal justice and the fight against impunity."
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Top European Court Backs Frenchwoman Divorced For Refusing Sex
Europe's top rights court on Thursday ruled in favour of a 69-year-old Frenchwoman whose husband had obtained a divorce on the grounds that she had stopped having sex with him.
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France's Nicolas Sarkozy To Wear Electronic Tag After Corruption Ruling
Sarkozy's lawyer, Patrice Spinosi, stated that his client will "evidently" respect the terms of the conviction. However, Spinosi also announced plans to appeal the decision to the European Court of Human Rights within weeks.
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Qualcomm's Antitrust Fine Confirmed by EU Court With Minor Reduction
Europe's second-highest court upheld an antitrust fine against Qualcomm, reducing it marginally. The fine was levied by the European Commission in 2019, which accused Qualcomm of selling chipsets below cost from 2009 to 2011, to undermine British phone software company Icera.
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Top EU Privacy Regulator Opens Probe Into Google's AI Compliance
The EU is probing if Google adequately protected the personal data of European Union users before using it to help develop its foundational AI Model.
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Apple Loses Court Battle in EU, Ordered to Pay Over $14 Billion in Back Taxes to Ireland
The European Court of Justice has now sided with Vestager, agreeing Apple had unduly benefited from unfair loopholes in Ireland's tax regime, and that the company must now hand Ireland EUR 13 billion roughly Rs. 1,20,903 crore) in back payments.
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Switzerland Violated Human Rights: Europe Court's Climate Change Ruling
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of elderly Swiss women who had argued that their government's inadequate efforts to combat climate change put them at risk of dying during heatwaves.
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Delhi High Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Fine On Google. Here's Why
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday while dismissing its appeal imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on Google for representing wrong facts and for its failure to disclose the information regarding the refusal of the patent by the European Patent Office (EPO).
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Amazon Loses Court Fight To Suspend European Union Tech Rules' Ad Clause
Amazon on Wednesday lost its fight to suspend a requirement regarding its online advertising under EU tech rules after Europe's top court backed EU regulators, saying EU interests outweigh the US online retailer's material interests.
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Putin Critic Alexei Navalny's Wife To Meet EU Ministers Today
Alexei Navalny's widow will meet European foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, EU officials announced, as Russian courts jailed dozens of people detained at events commemorating the Kremlin critic.
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Google, Amazon Do Not Need To Comply With An Italian rule: EU Court Adviser
Alphabet's Google, Amazon and Airbnb need not comply with an Italian rule requiring them to provide information on the companies as they are already subject to laws in Ireland and Luxembourg where they are located, an adviser to EU's top court said.
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Google Suffers Legal Blow In EU Court Over 2.4-Billion-Euro Fine
Google suffered a legal blow at the European Court of Justice on Thursday when the body's adviser recommended that a 2.4-billion-euro ($2.6-billion) fine levied on it for anti-competitive practices be upheld.
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Court 'Ruling Does Not Signify An Endorsement Of Super League': UEFA
The case goes back to April 2021, when 12 of Europe's biggest clubs announced they had signed up to the planned Super League, just before UEFA were set to reveal vast reforms to the Champions League.
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Facebook Parent Meta Seeks to Stop Privacy Breach Fine in Norway Court: Details
Meta Platforms will ask a court in Norway on Tuesday to stop a fine the country's data regulator has imposed on the owner of Facebook and Instagram for breaching users' privacy, in a case that could have wider European implications.
