Two companies operating in Bristol have been fined a collective total of £110,000 after an employee suffered brain damage following a workplace accident. The worker, Richard Chodkiewicz, was working for Hoistway Ltd at a site in Bristol when the incident occurred. He was working along with a colleague at the bottom of a lift shaft, …
The owners of the News of the World have been forced to apologise to footballer Artur Boruc and pay him £70,000 in damages after the paper alleged that he had been unfaithful to his pregnant girlfriend. The story, published in the Scottish edition of the News of the World in July 2010, alleged that former …
A new rule has been introduced for teams wanting to compete in the Ballymena and Provincial Intermediate and Juniors Leagues which will make public liability insurance a compulsory requirement for entry. League officials are planning to rubber-stamp the new requirement at the annual general meeting at the end of June. If it is approved, it …
The twin brothers who have been suing Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg for theft of intellectual property have decided not to take their case to the US Supreme Court, instead accepting a settlement offered to them back in 2008. The Winklevoss brothers, Cameron and Tyler, originally alleged that Zuckerberg had stolen the idea for the popular …
The Royal Bank of Scotland is reportedly being sued by the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) over claims that nearly half a billion mortgage bonds sold by the largely British-owned bank were faulty, costing investors billions. The NCUA is a regulating body for small American banks known as credit unions, and claims that RBS is …
The games maker Activision is set to go to court with rivals Electronic Arts (EA) over the company’s most successful video franchise ‘Call of Duty’, after a US supreme court judge gave further legal proceedings the go-ahead. The case is highly complicated, but it centres on games developers Vincent Zampella and Jason West. The pair …
The internet domain registrar and web hosting company Go Daddy is facing a patent infringement lawsuit over the periodic email reminders sent to customers when their account is up for renewal. The lawsuit has been filed by WhitServe, a Connecticut-based patent licensing firm which currently runs a service known as NetDocket, which is designed to …
A company based in the northeast London town of Romford is facing a £1,000 fine after it was found to be selling faulty electric heaters which could have caused injuries or property damage. London Europe Ltd, which trades as Home Stores in The Mall, was investigated by fair trading officers from Havering Council following a …
The consumer electronics corporation Apple is reportedly facing a trademark infringement from another US-based company over the name of its new digital locker service, iCloud. The Voice-Over-IP company known as iCloud Communications launched the lawsuit last week, almost immediately after Apple boss Steve Jobs announced the corporation’s iCloud product at an event in San Francisco. …