Legal & Regulatory

Albay gov, congressmen prefer SMEC takeover of electric cooperative

Albay Governor Joey Salceda and two representatives preferred to have SMEC takeover Albay Electric Cooperative (ALECO).


Judge approves cable corporations' plan to sell spectrum

A judge approved the foremost cable systems' plan to sell their spectrum to Verizon Wireless and cross sell their individual wireless and cable plans.

Former Vitesse execs plead guilty in backdating-related lawsuit

Two former executives of Vitesse Semiconductor Corp pleaded guilty for inflating the earnings of the corporation and backdating stock options.

Bruce Willis' Sky broadband commercial gets banned in UK

'Die Hard' star Bruce Willis' television commercial was banned from Britain's airwaves for being misleading.


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George Soros added another 2 million shares to his JC Penney portfolio while other investors exited or reduced their holdings.
Sources told Reuters if the government's anti-trust case against the AMR-US Airways merger prospers, AMR would have to go back to the drawing board and investors would suffer.
Two traders formerly employed by JP Morgan were charged by federal prosecutors relating to the bank's USD6.2 billion loss in the derivatives trade.
A labor rights group reported that the Brazilian government filed a USD108 million lawsuit against Samsung for its labor violations.
Liberty Global said it would exhaust all legal avenues to fight a recent decision issued by a German court nullifying its purchase of a cable firm
According to lawyers and analysts, Samsung could not make the arguments on public policy grounds that Apple used to sway the Obama administration.
Russian pleaded not guilty to charges that accuse him of being a part of the biggest cybercrime ring prosecuted in the US.
3D printing continued to spur copyright clash between low-end 3D printer users and various companies that defend their copyrights on electronics.
In a released statement, the European Commission questioned Italian telecom watchdog AGCOM about the changes it wanted to implement to the prices of broadband.
As the dispute over terms of the retransmission contract between CBS and Time Warner Cable rages on, government representatives and federal regulators are considering to take action to end the dispute at the soonest possible time.