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EU court upholds ban on seal products

April 25, 2013 05:40:03 PM

The EU Court of Justice on Thursday upheld the EU's three-year ban on seal products. Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 , which recognizes seals as "sentient beings that can experience pain, distress, fear and other forms...

March 14, 2013 12:38:48 PM

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday that evictions carried out in Spain under harsh property repossession laws violate EU consumer protection laws. According to the ECJ, Spain's laws contravene EU laws [press...

March 7, 2013 12:48:10 PM

The EU General Court on Thursday ruled against Poland in an appeal challenging the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS) mechanism for distributing free-carbon permits. Poland had claimed that the law was inequitable in...

February 21, 2013 12:00:53 PM

The European Commission (EC) on Thursday announced that it is referring Sweden and Greece to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to comply with previous judgments regarding environmental issues. The EC...

January 12, 2013 11:34:33 AM

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Reserve are expected next week to issue a cease-and-desist order to JPMorgan Chase & Co. to improve its systems and procedures for monitoring...

November 6, 2012 09:10:57 AM

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday struck down a Hungarian law that lowered the mandatory retirement age for judges. Hungary's Law No LXVII of 1997 on the legal status...

June 27, 2012 11:00:00 AM

A European court on Wednesday upheld several fines imposed against Microsoft Inc. for noncompliance with an order of the EU Commission . Microsoft was initially requested by the Commission to provide competitors with interoperability information...

May 24, 2012 01:18:58 PM

The European General Court , the EU's second highest court on Thursday rejected a challenge by MasterCard over its cross-border credit card fees. The court upheld a decision by the European Commission that...

April 20, 2012 12:00:52 PM

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) found Thursday that Sweden has no law preventing Swedish internet service providers (ISPs) from disclosing user data of individuals suspected of pirating copyrighted material. Five book publishers brought suit against...

March 13, 2012 01:45:44 PM

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday upheld a lower court decision that a UK subsidiary of Bank Melli Iran (BMI) can be included in a list of entities engaged...

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