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Legal action threatens Shell's outsourcing plans
News Shell is facing the threat of legal action from trade union Amicus over staff redundancy terms, which could hit the oil giant's plans to outsource up to 3,200 tech jobs. But the outsourcing plans may be affected by wider legal action being...
[January 8, 2008, 7:53]
Action Plan for the Implementation of the Legal Framework for Electronic Public Procurement
White Papers This paper proposes an Action Plan for the implementation of the new legal framework for electronic public procurement adopted in April 2004 as part of the legislative package of Procurement Directives, 2004/18/EC and 2004/17/EC.
[May 20, 2005, 3:00]
BT faces legal action over unbundling
News A consortium of businesses is to take legal action against BT over its slow roll out of broadband, ZDNet News has learnt. According to spokesman for business telco Fibernet Nigel Pitcher, the logical next step for operators is legal action.
[July 25, 2000, 16:56]
EC threatens more legal action over broadband
News The European Commission has threatened to widen its legal action against Europe's incumbent telcos over the failure of local-loop unbundling. It may well, in the near future, expand its field of action to the issue of discrimination, both with the...
[July 8, 2002, 16:14]
iSoft takes legal action against CSC
News iSoft has started legal action over Computer Sciences Corporation's refusal to consent to its acquisition by Australian healthcare provider IBA Health. It has claimed that Computer Sciences Corporation's (CSC) objections to the takeover are...
[June 5, 2007, 12:44]
BT faces legal action over ADSL
News British Telecommunications (quote: BT) could be hit by legal action by the likes of AOL Europe and Wanadoo-owned Freeserve (quote: FRE) over its glitchy rollout of high-speed ADSL Internet access. A Freeserve spokesman told the ISPCon conference...
[February 8, 2001, 10:33]
Microsoft faces legal action over Silverlight
News Microsoft is facing legal action from a little-known company called Gotuit Media, which claims elements of Silverlight infringe on the video metadata company's patented technology. In a lawsuit filed on 2 July in San Francisco Federal Court, Gotuit...
[July 17, 2008, 8:14]
News Burst: BT facing legal action over ADSL
News British Telecommunications (quote: BT) could be hit by legal action by the likes of AOL Europe and Wanadoo-owned Freeserve over its glitchy rollout of high-speed ADSL Internet access. A Freeserve spokesman told the ISPCon conference Wednesday that...
[February 8, 2001, 9:47]
Private Legal Action
Talkback If I have been targeted with out my consent I will be investigating legal action against the Manufacturers of this software. Hi, I'd like to know what their software signature is so I can check to see if I've been targeted due to the sudden...
[April 17, 2009, 16:55]
Mobile firms could face legal action over 3G
News Lars Goddell, telecoms analyst at Forrester Research, agrees that too much money was paid, and believes it could lead to legal action. It would not be the first time mobile phone companies have been hit by legal actions.
[January 31, 2001, 9:50]
OpenLogic protects customers against legal action
News Enterprise open source software provider OpenLogic is offering indemnification against legal action for firms using its code. OpenLogic has pledged to protect from legal action customers who download its code and then purchase its support packages.
[October 17, 2006, 17:20]
Microsoft faces legal action over Silverlight
Talkback This won't be the first time M$ has been caught using elements of other companies research and calling it their own. That is what M$ calls innovation.
[July 17, 2008, 13:31]
Legal action shuts SCO Web site
News SCO Group, the company that has warned major companies that using Linux could get them in legal trouble, has shut down its German Web site after a Linux advocacy group in the country obtained a restraining order.
[June 4, 2003, 7:34]
EDS threatened with legal action over £51m tax fiasco
News An HMRC statement said: "HMRC is clear that if it is not possible to reach an acceptable negotiated settlement, it will commence legal proceedings. The Inland Revenue is threatening to drag EDS through the courts unless compensation is agreed for...
[June 22, 2005, 9:35]
iSoft halts legal action against CSC
News Troubled software company iSoft has called a halt to legal proceedings initiated against Computer Sciences Corporation, one of the local service providers for the NHS National Programme for IT, after the latter blocked its takeover by Australian...
[June 7, 2007, 16:59]
World Online faces legal action
News It is thought that investment bank ABN Amro, which was involved with the flotation will also be named in the action. Private investors are to take Dutch ISP World Online to court following allegations that the flotation infringed Dutch securities...
[May 15, 2000, 15:36]
Pilots ready to seek legal action over ID cards
News The British Airline Pilots Association union has warned it may seek a judicial review of the government's ID cards scheme to prevent pilots being forced to carry identity cards. As part of a phased introduction of ID cards, the government has...
[October 14, 2008, 9:29]
Napster faces further legal action
News The record companies themselves also are required to participate in this search, although the order stopped short of saying precisely how much action the labels needed to take to find misspellings. Napster itself has taken some action to block...
[March 22, 2001, 8:37]
Spamhaus stays online after legal action fails
News Spamhaus, a leading UK anti-spam service, will continue to operate after a US court rejected an attempt to take it offline last week. Spamhaus provides lists of known spammers to businesses, enabling them to block junk mail in their incoming email...
[October 23, 2006, 13:50]
Councils, IBM face legal action over outsourcing deal
News Two local councils and IBM face action at the employment tribunal over claims that a £400m outsourcing joint venture broke rules on the transfer of public-sector staff. The dispute revolves around the transfer of 1,500 local-government jobs in...
[August 7, 2008, 10:29]
