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Data Protection Snake Oil?
Blog Consumers are being warned by Pinsent Masons solicitors to steer clear of packs being sold by some companies that claim to help the victims of the HMRC data loss claim compensation. Pinsent Masons also point out that information on how to claim...
[February 13, 2008, 15:25]
Mobile Industry Faces Flood Of Lawsuits
News A spokesman for Motorola's US offices has said that there is no proof that mobile phone use causes adverse health effects, and that Motorola only knew that Murray was pursuing a "worker's compensation claim" against the company.
[November 14, 2001, 12:15]
New US Bill Takes A Shot At Stock Options
News Currently, companies are allowed to claim a tax break on their stock options but do not have to charge them against their earnings as part of their compensation expenses. Compensation experts say that many companies in the technology sector -- by...
[February 14, 2002, 16:03]
Bulldog Will Face Court Over Service Failures
News Oppenheim then attempted to win compensation from Bulldog, arguing that the company should have allowed him to cancel his contract before he was transferred to their network. After failing to get his concerns addressed, he contacted Ofcom — at...
[February 16, 2006, 15:45]
EDS Threatened With Legal Action Over £51m Tax Fiasco
News The Inland Revenue is threatening to drag EDS through the courts unless compensation is agreed for overpayments that resulted from problems with the new tax credit IT system. But talks over compensation have become deadlocked and, following an...
[June 22, 2005, 9:35]
Email Bomber To Be Electronically Tagged
Talkback The offence doesn't exist, but he was obviously conned into pleading guilty to the charge probably in return for "dropping" the ludicrous compensation claim. Reading between the lines he was probably told he would be let off because of the confusion.
[August 24, 2006, 17:29]
Sasser's Author Escapes Prison
Talkback Sven Jaschan should appeal and if he wins he should be able to claim millions in compensation. Wow. That's a bit harsh, far too vigorous on the sentancing and 30hours community service on top. It's a scandle.
[July 11, 2005, 15:14]
Workman's Compensation Claims Processing
White Papers The client's application users of the Workman's Compensation (WC) line of business were facing operational issues related to claims processing. This resulted in higher claims processing time and also interrupted daily online and batch process...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Garages Seek Compensation For MOT IT Problems
News Garages could receive compensation from the government for lost business as a result of recent problems with the MOT computer system. In response to a written parliamentary question about compensation for garage owners, transport minister Stephen...
[May 12, 2006, 9:10]
DVD Jon Seeks Compensation
News Jon Lech Johansen, also known as "DVD-Jon", will seek compensation from the Norwegian government following his acquittal in an appellate court on charges related to alleged copyright violation. A text file that is said to be distributed with the...
[January 28, 2004, 10:20]
Ofcom: Well Done BT, But...
Blog Pay out compensation proactively without any need for Openreach customers to make a claim; Continue to pay compensation each time problems persist with no upper limit to the amount which must be paid; and
[December 10, 2007, 15:29]
Concern Grows About Bulldog's Broadband Service
Talkback Wait for their threatening letters and allow them to take you to County Courtfor money owed and put in a counter claim for your losses " phone calls etc," and add in some compensation for your distress and inconvenience.
[February 27, 2006, 12:21]
Sony Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over DRM
News To claim this compensation, customers must return their XCP CDs to Sony, or provide the company with a receipt showing they returned or exchanged the CD at a retailer after November 14. Customers who exchange their XCP CD can either download three...
[December 29, 2005, 13:55]
Siebel Acquisitions Show Ambition
News The UpShot buy should boost Siebel in hosted business applications, while the Motiva deal gives it an entry into the market for software that helps companies track performance-based employee compensation.
[October 16, 2003, 9:35]
Programmer Demands $25m For Writing Kazaa
News He then asked for monetary compensation of 25,000 euros (£16,876), otherwise threatening to release the original Kazaa source code onto the Net, according to Sharman court filings. Sharman, which bought the Kazaa software from its original owners...
[March 19, 2004, 8:20]
Former Exec Sues Google Over 'youthful' Culture
News After garnering praise and compensation for completion of those tasks, Reid said the environment at Google changed and he was treated differently from other employees, based on his age and medical condition.
[July 27, 2004, 12:00]
Microsoft Takes Swipe At Linux Vendors' Legal Story
News The warranty does not offer any compensation for legal fees if a customer is caught in the middle of an IP dispute. Novell's public statements indicate the indemnification only covers copyright-related claims -- it does not provide any coverage for...
[November 5, 2004, 13:28]
BT Accused Of GPL Violation
News Coughlan emphasised, though, that gpl-violations.org is primarily interested in ensuring compliance with the GPL, rather than in seeking financial compensation when infringements occur. This claim was made on the Home Hub Blog, which also made the...
[January 23, 2007, 16:02]
M'Learned Web - Technology And Law In The UK
News Your loss has to be monetary (as opposed to emotional) if you are to succeed in a claim for compensation, but if you do have a monetary loss which has caused you distress as well, you may get more. As an individual on whom data is held, you have...
[February 15, 1999, 14:41]
Microsoft Sues Belkin
News In a statement, Microsoft said it has no intention of seeking financial compensation but instead simply wants the unlicensed Belkin products out of the US market. Microsoft filed a patent infringement claim against peripherals maker Belkin on Tuesday.
[August 2, 2006, 9:45]
