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Tue, Jan, 6 2009
Facebook has sued a Brazil-based web company that allows its users to connect to a number of social networking sites at once. It claims that the site, Power.com, violates laws on copyright, trade marks and computer misuse.
Tue, Jan, 6 2009
Partners in a business can be forced to retire at 65, or at an earlier age, but only when justification is given for the business's policy, the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has ruled.
Tue, Jan, 6 2009
A person does not need to be gay to be protected against homophobic abuse in the workplace, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The ruling extends harassment legislation to situations where someone is teased for being something they clearly are not.
Mon, Jan, 5 2009
A small regional newspaper publisher in the US is suing The New York Times Company over the online republication of news headlines. The case could help to define at what point republication becomes copyright infringement.
