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Watchdog bites Bulldog

The Advertising Standards Authority has rapped Bulldog's snout over a 'misleading' broadband advert Read more

20 September, 2006 by Tom Espiner

The man who wants to save free music downloads Pt II

Legal skills that are the envy of his peers Read more

20 February, 2001 by Cecily Barnes

The man who wants to save free music downloads

And now, in the Napster corner... Attorney David Boies, fresh from the Microsoft trial, is fighting to keep downloads free for music fans Read more

20 February, 2001 by Cecily Barnes

Vodafone workers win union recognition

...mobile giant has been required to recognise communications union Connect following a legal ruling by independent adjudication body, the Central Arbitration Committee. Vodafone must now... Read more

24 July, 2007 by Natasha Lomas

Microsoft awaits punitive EU judgment

...EU is now set to impose a massive fine with a formal legal ruling on 24 March that's expected to say Microsoft illegally abused... Read more

19 March, 2004 by Andy McCue and Michael Parsons

Court cuts off deep linking

...from linking to other Web sites' back pages without permission - the first legal ruling to outlaw 'deep linking'. It could be the start of a... Read more

9 July, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

Napster users triumphant, but questions persist

It was the sort of last minute legal ruling usually reserved for death row inmates. Last Friday's reprieve has... Read more

23 August, 2000 by Richard Baguley

RIAA scales up legal attack

...in early January, the latest wave comes without names attached. Under a legal ruling handed down last year, the RIAA must file suits in court... Read more

18 February, 2004 by John Borland

Court upholds ex-Intel worker's deluge of critical emails

Sending mass emails to your former employer's staff criticising the company is not trespassing, says the California Supreme Court Read more

1 July, 2003 by Stefanie Olsen

Court battle highlights email rights

...is expected to ask the California Supreme Court to uphold an earlier legal ruling that found Hamidi had trespassed on its servers by sending thousands... Read more

1 April, 2003 by Lisa M Bowman

Shout99 sells IR35 guidance

...line is that IR35 is intended to stop tax-dodging. In a legal ruling in April, a high court judge criticised the way that Inland... Read more

29 June, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Napster's subscription Holy Grail fading

...treated to a free ride on the service much longer. Monday's legal ruling against Napster has once again raised the specter of a court... Read more

13 February, 2001 by Jim Hu

Quotes of the Week, August 25-29

...the Internet -- are subject to a prior restraint by the export controls." - Legal ruling on encryption export. "We're trying to position it as an... Read more

29 August, 1997 by Martin Veitch

Vodafone forced to connect with comms union

...mobile giant has been required to recognise communications union Connect following a legal ruling by independent adjudication body, the Central Arbitration Committee. Vodafone must now... Read more

23 July, 2007 by Natasha Lomas

Love-match litigation hits web contact site

...and married allegedly turned out to be abusive spouse... In a landmark legal ruling late last week a Ukrainian woman has been awarded $434,000... Read more

22 November, 2004 by Will Sturgeon

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