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Failed plastics negotiations in Geneva highlight pollution crisis
GENEVA (AP) — Negotiations to reach a major treaty to end growing plastic pollution around the world fell apart on Friday, with delegates in Switzerland adjourning with no immediate plans […]
US-EU trade deal could wards off escalation but raise prices and slow growth
Here are some things to know about the sweeping trade deal reached by President Donald Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Yale wins for choosiest law school
Today is Monday, the 101st anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Leser v. Garnett, a Maryland case in which the justices upheld the validity of the 19th Amendment, […]
Howard University receives $10M grant for public service law
Welcome to Monday, the 86th anniversary of the first night Major League Baseball game. Here are some news items to start your week. — Howard University School of Law receives […]
Bail condition will test if absence makes the heart grow fonder
Welcome to Monday, the 101st anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Hammer v. Dagenhart decision striking down as unconstitutional a federal law prohibiting the transportation across state lines of goods […]
Brexit need not be necessarily so, E.U.’s top court rules
Welcome to Monday, the 54th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Britain can […]
David S. Greber: Privacy regulations reach across the pond
Any of these business attributes or activities will subject an American company to the requirements of the European Unions new privacy law, known as the General Data Protection Regulation.
EU: Don’t call your American cheeses by European names
As part of trade talks, the European Union wants to ban the use of European names like Parmesan, feta and Gruyere on cheese made in the United States.
Justice Dept., EU clear Delta-Virgin Atlantic deal
Delta Air Lines won key approvals from antitrust regulators on Thursday for its deal to buy almost half of Virgin Atlantic. Both the U.S. Justice Department and the European Commission […]
EU fines Microsoft $733M for breaking browser pact
AMSTERDAM — The European Union Commission has fined Microsoft Corp. €561 million ($733 million) for breaking the terms of an earlier agreement to offer users a choice of internet browser. […]
China’s imports shrink in sign downturn worsening
BEIJING — China‘s imports shrank unexpectedly in August in a sign its economic slump is worsening and the Chinese president warned growth could slow further, prompting expectations of possible new […]
German court tosses Apple design claim against Motorola
BERLIN — A German court has dismissed an Apple lawsuit seeking to ban the sale of Motorola’s Xoom tablet computer throughout the European Union. In its case, Apple Inc claimed […]
