5 posts and columns on fines

French Court Fines eBay €1.7 Million

in News on November 30, 2009 at 1:22 pm PT

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton said Monday that a French court fined eBay €1.7 million ($2.6 million) over perfume listings, despite filtering technology that the online auctioneer said is screening out unlawful items. The court accused eBay of “the unlawful marketing” of Christian Dior, Givenchy and other LMVH cosmetics.

China Cracks Down on Sexting

in News on August 11, 2009 at 12:30 pm PT

China’s Henan province threatened cellphone users with jail time and fines if they send unwanted sexual or insulting text messages. Offenders face five days in detention or a 500 yuan ($73) fine for one such text, the state-run newspaper China Daily reported, while sending three or more erotic messages could land them 10 days plus the fine.

EU Mulling Another Withdrawal From Microsoft Bank & Antitrust Co.

in News on April 29, 2009 at 3:18 pm PT

Microsoft has a far easier time meeting legal deadlines than software ship dates, doesn’t it? The European Commission today said the company met its deadline to respond to charges that its bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows violates European competition laws.
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EU Mulling Another Withdrawal From Microsoft Bank & Antitrust Co.

in News on April 29, 2009 at 3:18 pm PT

Microsoft has a far easier time meeting legal deadlines than software ship dates, doesn’t it? The European Commission today said the company met its deadline to respond to charges that its bundling of Internet Explorer with Windows violates European competition laws.
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Backdating Settlement in Motion, Redux

in News on February 17, 2009 at 3:52 pm PT

Two weeks after Canadian regulators dropped the hammer on Blackberry maker Research-In-Motion for its stock option backdating scheme, the Securities and Exchange Commission has dropped it again. Today, the agency charged four RIM execs with illegally granting stock options to company employees over an eight-year period from 1998 through 2006.
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