The US singer Beyonce Knowles is reportedly being sued for £100 million by a video game company which allegedly claims that she breached contract and ruined its business. The former Destiny’s Child frontwoman apparently made a lucrative agreement with Gate Five LLC in June last year. The deal involved the production of a game called …
The breaking news this week is that Sony’s Playstation Network has been hacked and user data may have been stolen. In response to the crisis, Sony has confirmed that it will be contacting as many as 70 million users of the Network, which provides online film and music streaming as well as video gaming services. …
The former landlord of the murdered landscape architect Jo Yeates has reportedly filed lawsuits against a strong of British newspapers for claims of defamation and breach of privacy. Christopher Jeffries, who was arrested on suspicion of murdering Yeates’ but was later released without charge, is suing a number of publications including the Daily Mail, the …
Southwark Council has been unsuccessful in its bid to claim £2.5 million in damage from computer company IBM after claiming the firm supplied it with faulty software. The council bought the software from IBM in 2007 as part of a framework agreement between the firm and the Treasury. The council claimed that the software supplied …
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has urged the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to consider introducing a more radical approach to the reporting of workplace accidents. The HSE is currently running a consultation on potentially amending the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR). RoSPA’s contribution to this is …
Standard home and contents insurance will not cover the landlords of rental properties; it is simply not sufficient for the often high risks involved in letting a property. This is why landlords insurance exists, as a specialist solution to offer landlords complete peace of mind. What does it cover? A standard professional insurance policy for …
The social networking site Myspace is reportedly facing a lawsuit over accusations that it released user information without consent. The lawsuit has been filed by New York-based law firms Reese Richman LLP and Milberg LLP. It alleges that Myspace, which is owned by News Corp, has been violating its own terms and conditions by giving …
There has been much controversy recently following allegations that the Nintendo 3DS, the games makers brand new 3D handheld console, is making people feel sick and uncomfortable. According to reports published in The Daily Mail, The Sun and many other publications, a number of first purchasers of the 3DS console have been returning it claiming …
The consumer electronics giant Apple has triumphed in a patent infringement appeal case which could have seen the technology corporation pay out $625 million (£383 million) in damages. The dispute centres on allegations made by small technology firm Mirror Worlds that Apple violated three patents in its Time Machine, Cover Flow and Spotlight systems. The …
The internet giant Google has reportedly lost a libel lawsuit in which an Italian businessman objected to the terms suggested by Google’s autocomplete tool when his name was typed into the search engine. The unnamed Italian entrepreneur made a complaint to Google after he ‘Googled’ himself and found that the Google Suggest autocomplete tool offered …
