European Legal News

European Legal News

• U.S. judge confirms Owens-Illinois arbitration award against Venezuela - Reuters May 21, 2019
  U.S. judge confirms Owens-Illinois arbitration award against Venezuela  ReutersA U.S. judge on Tuesday confirmed a roughly $500 million arbitration award that a unit of Owens-Illinois Inc obtained against Venezuela in connection with the ...
• George Soros made 8 predictions about politics, financial markets, and Facebook - here's how they turned out | Markets Insider - Business Insider May 21, 2019
  George Soros made 8 predictions about politics, financial markets, and Facebook - here's how they turned out | Markets Insider  Business InsiderThe billionaire investor George Soros is known for making a series of predictions across topics as diverse as social-media networks, the Chinese economy, and ...
• Ai Weiwei Is Suing Volkswagen for Using His Installation of Refugee Life Jackets in an Advertisement - artnet News May 21, 2019
  Ai Weiwei Is Suing Volkswagen for Using His Installation of Refugee Life Jackets in an Advertisement  artnet NewsAi Weiwei is taking a Danish Volkswagen distributor to court for using his work without permission in a 2017 advertising campaign.
• Family of U.Md. adenovirus victim takes first step to sue over delayed outbreak report - WTOP May 21, 2019
  Family of U.Md. adenovirus victim takes first step to sue over delayed outbreak report  WTOPSix months after 18-year-old Olivia Paregol died during an outbreak of adenovirus at the University of Maryland, the freshman's family is one step closer to suing ...
• Monsanto kept "watch lists" of European agrochemical friends and foes, Bayer says, as Roundup legal battles continue - CBS News May 21, 2019
  Monsanto kept "watch lists" of European agrochemical friends and foes, Bayer says, as Roundup legal battles continue  CBS NewsBayer's public relations headaches over its mammoth takeover of Monsanto intensified Tuesday, as a scandal about "watch lists" of pro- or anti-pesticides figures ...
• P&O Sues U.K. Over No-Deal Brexit Settlement With Eurotunnel - Bloomberg May 21, 2019
  P&O Sues U.K. Over No-Deal Brexit Settlement With Eurotunnel  BloombergP&O Ferries Ltd. sued the British government over its handling of no-deal Brexit preparations, saying that a 33 million-pound ($42 million) settlement with a rival ...
• Trump's blacklist of Huawei could hurt enterprise software companies - Business Insider May 20, 2019
  Trump's blacklist of Huawei could hurt enterprise software companies  Business InsiderMany enterprise software companies sell their tech to Huawei or partner with it. A Yale professor explains why they are caught in a quagmire.
• Forced ‘Tech Transfers’ Gain Ground In China - pymnts.com May 20, 2019
  Forced ‘Tech Transfers’ Gain Ground In China  pymnts.comAccording to the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, incidences of European companies being "forced" to transfer technology in China are on the ...
• 'Over The Rainbow' Composer's Estate Sues Big Tech And Labels For Alleged Piracy - NPR May 20, 2019
  'Over The Rainbow' Composer's Estate Sues Big Tech And Labels For Alleged Piracy  NPRThe estate of Harold Arlen — the composer famous for such American-songbook classics as "Over the Rainbow," "Get Happy" and "It's Only A Paper Moon" ...
• Boeing hit with more lawsuits over fatal crash - EURACTIV May 20, 2019
  Boeing hit with more lawsuits over fatal crash  EURACTIVBoeing was hit with two wrongful death lawsuits on Thursday (16 May), which claim that the US aerospace giant did not do enough to prevent the fatal crash of ...