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Apple Stores in France fined for forcing employees to work late

Craig Lloyd, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [18]

Governments have laws that protect workers from unethical practices, and some countries even have laws that lay out limitations for companies wanting to stay open past a certain time in order to protect workers. However, it seems that a handful of Apple Stores in France have been found guilty of violating these laws. Read The Full Story

Judge rules traffic cameras violate motorists’ rights

Brian Sin, Mar 9th 2013 Discuss [32]

A judge in Ohio ruled that the traffic cameras located in Elmwood Place, Ohio are a violation of the motorists' rights. Judge Robert Ruehlman stated that the entire system is a scam. Many drivers and business owners believed that the cameras were too harsh and that they were becoming detrimental to the village's image. The cameras were installed back in September 2012, and over 6,600 speeding tickets were already issued. Read The Full Story

AT&T willing to unlock devices for customers

Craig Lloyd, Mar 8th 2013 Discuss [2]

The recent law that went into effect in January that states that it is illegal to unlock your phone without the carrier's permission has definitely ruffled a lot of feathers, and while most carriers are weary of unlocking their own devices, it seems AT&T doesn't want any part of the negativity that came with the new law, thus the company has clarified that it's willing to unlock devices if they have the proper information to do so. Read The Full Story

More congress members fight cell phone unlocking ban

Brian Sin, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [1]

More members of congress are joining in on the fight to repeal the ban on cell phone unlocking. Several senators and representatives are voicing their opinions about the issue and a few are planning on introducing bills to fight it. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar announced yesterday that she was drafting a bill to legalize cell phone unlocking. She stated yesterday, "I will continue to work to advance commonsense measures to protect consumers and promote competition.” Read The Full Story

Senator introducing bill to legalize phone unlocking

Craig Lloyd, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [62]

The White House officially responded to the phone unlocking petition yesterday, and it seems politicians agree with us: phone unlocking should be legal. And right away, a Minnesota senator has drafted a bill that would make it legal for users to unlock their mobile phones, and it plans to be revealed later this week. Read The Full Story

Judge cuts Apple’s award down to $600m in Samsung trial

Craig Lloyd, Mar 1st 2013 Discuss [4]

Remember when a court ruled that Samsung owed just a tad over $1 billion to Apple back in August? Yeah, that was a lot of money. However, it turns out that Judge Lucy Koh has voided almost half of that award down to 598.9 million. Plus, she's ordering up a new trial involving 14 of Samsung's products. Why? Koh says that "the Court identified an impermissible legal theory on which the jury based its award." Read The Full Story

Samsung denies any involvement in UK judge recruitment

Craig Lloyd, Feb 28th 2013 Discuss [11]

Earlier today, we reported that Samsung allegedly hired the UK judge that forced Apple to publicly apologize over patent infringement that it committed against the Korean-based company, saying that the judge, Sir Robin Jacob, could help the company out with its lawsuit with Ericsson due to his patent expertise. However, Samsung has denied that they were involved with hiring Jacob. Read The Full Story

Nevada legalizes interstate online gambling

Craig Lloyd, Feb 22nd 2013 Discuss [0]

In an effort to beat New Jersey to the punch, Nevada signed into law a new bill that lets the state form pacts with other states that would allow non-Nevada residents to legally gamble without the state needing federal legislation. The bill was passed unanimously in both the Assembly and Senate yesterday. Read The Full Story

Petition to legalize phone unlocking reaches 100,000 signatures

Craig Lloyd, Feb 21st 2013 Discuss [19]

On January 26, it officially became illegal to unlock mobile phones without the carrier's permission, but a White House petition ended up being started to fight back on the ruling, and called for the government to "champion a bill that makes unlocking permanently legal." Just a couple of days before the petition was about to meet its deadline, it edged past the 100,000 signature mark, where it will now be passed onto the Obama administration for consideration. Read The Full Story

Google asked to pay all European countries for content use

Craig Lloyd, Feb 8th 2013 Discuss [3]

Late last week, Google decided to pay $82 million to French publishers that would help their websites make money off of online advertisements. However, it seems there's a little bit of jealously going around with other European countries. The European Publishers Council isn't too happy about the exclusivity with France, so the EPC's director, Francisco Pinto Balsemao, is asking Google to compensate publishers in all European countries, not just France. Read The Full Story

Amazon prepping $50m facility in Connecticut, will start collecting 6.35% sales tax

Craig Lloyd, Feb 4th 2013 Discuss [3]

One of the great things about Amazon is that shoppers don't have to pay sales tax on their items. However, the online retailer is slowly adding exceptions to various states around the US, Connecticut being the newest one added to the list. The state of 3.6 million people will begin to pay a 6.35% sales tax on Amazon starting in November. Meanwhile, however, the company is planning to build a $50 million fulfillment center that is said to create hundreds of jobs. Read The Full Story

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