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Two firms fined £500k over fatal employee accident
Two firms from Barry in Wales have been ordered to pay more than £500,000 between them after an employee lost his life in a work accident. Christopher Booker, 49, died after falling twelve metres from a platform during maintenance work at Aberthaw Power Station in June 2007. He fell through an unprotected opening, a major …
Microsoft Coughs Up $290m Over Patent Infringement Charge
The US Supreme Court has ruled that computer giants Microsoft must pay a total of $290 million in damages after it breached a smaller firm’s patent and its appeal was denied. The lawsuit was filed back in 2007 by small Canadian company i4i, which claimed that Microsoft had infringed on a patent relating to a …
Britney Spears Accused Of Breach Of Contract In Perfume Deal
The US signer Britney Spears is reportedly being sued for $10 million in a breach of contract lawsuit relating to her fragrance line. Licensing company Brand Sense Partners are claiming that Spears and her father, the co-conservator of her assets, breached a contract in which it was agreed that the firm would be paid a …
HP recalls “exploding” laptop batteries for third year in a row
For the third year in a row, the information technology corporation Hewlett-Packard (HP) has been forced to recall hundreds of thousands of its lithium-ion laptop batteries after reports that some of them exploded and injured users. According to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), HP is this month recalling 162,600 batteries that are usually …
Eminem Sues Audi For Copyright Infringement
The American rap artist Eminem is reportedly suing car makers Audi for copyright infringement, over claims that one of his songs was used in an advert without his permission. Eminem’s publishing company, Eight Mile Style, filed the lawsuit, in which it is claimed that Audi used the rapper’s hit song ‘Lose Yourself’ or music sounding …
Heinz fined for baked bean factory accident
The food manufacturer Heinz has been fined more than £20,000 after an employee lost a finger working with industrial machinery in one of the company’s baked bean factories. The employee, who has not been named but is believed to be 65 years old, was working at Heinz’s Kitt Green factory in Wigan in 2008 when …
Three children injured at hotel after bouncy castle blows away
Three children have been taken to hospital after a bouncy castle situated within the grounds of a North Yorkshire hotel broke loose from its tether and blew into a telegraph pole. The incident, which occurred last month, has emphasised for many business owners just how important it is for them to have either public liability …
Paypal Sues Google Over Mobile Payment Ideas
On the very day that Google launched its ground-breaking Google Wallet initiative, the e-commerce business Paypal has filed a lawsuit claiming that the internet giant stole its ideas and its employees. The lawsuit, filed in California, fires a number of accusations at Google, including breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty …