Nurofen Producer fined in Australia Court over misleading claims

The manufacturer of Nurofen, Reckitt Benckiser, has been fined A$1.7m ($1.3m; £0.89m) in Australia for misleading customers.

Australia's Federal Court ruled last year that products marketed as targeting specific pains, such as migraine, were actually identical.

Apply Battle backed by more online Giants Tech in FBI iPhone unlock battle

More of the biggest names in tech - including eBay, Google and Amazon have joined Twitter and AirBnB in backing Apple in its court battle with the FBI. 

The FBI has a court order demanding Apple helps unlock an iPhone used by the gunman behind the San Bernardino terror attack, Syed Rizwan Farook.

Farook and his wife killed 14 people in the California city last December before police fatally shot them.

Family members of some victims have backed the FBI's order.

Two groups of tech giants have now filed an amicus brief, which allows parties not directly involved in a court case, but who feel they are affected by it, to give their view.

Apple has appealed against the court order, arguing that it should not be forced to weaken the security of its own products.

Security

Zuma tries to Sidestep Fallout with Climbdown

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma’s lawyers on Tuesday asked judges of the Constitutional Court to avoid issuing an order that could be used for Mr Zuma’s impeachment after a huge climbdown on the Nkandla scandal.


The lawyers conceded that Mr Zuma was bound by Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s directive that he pay back some of the R246m spent unnecessarily on upgrades to his Nkandla home.
By making the concession, Mr Zuma has, in a single stroke, wiped out the work of several official investigations and two parliamentary ad hoc committees that had exonerated him.

I'm the only Legal wife of Ojukwu - Bianca Ojukwu

Lagos—The trial in the ongoing legal battle between the widow of the late Ikemba of Nnewi, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu, Bianca Ojukwu and his brothers over the family estate commenced yesterday before a Lagos state High Court sitting at Igbosere.

Mrs Ojukwu in her evidence in chief before Justice Abdulfattah Lawal, admitted that neither her nor her children are shareholders or directors in Ojukwu Transport Limited, OTL.

She also admitted that Ojukwu has eight children which includes the claimants, Afamefuna and Nwachukwu, adding that she is the only one that was legally married among Ojukwu’s wives, as she engaged in court, Church and traditional marriage.

Breaking News: Drama as A-Court panel disagree over Saraki’s trial

Olubukola Saraki has created a sharp division among Appeal Court Justices.

Whereas Justice Moore Adumein dismissed the appeal that was lodged by Saraki as lacking in merit, another member of the panel, Justice ‎ J.E. Ekanem upheld the appeal, declaring the charge before the CCT as incompetent.

Justice Ekanem specifically quashed the charge and discharged Saraki on the basis that the Deputy Director at the Ministry of Justice, M. M. S. Hassan who signed the charge, did not specify who authorised him to initiate the ‎criminal proceeding.

“A look at the charge showed that Mr. Hassan instituted the action pursuant to section 24 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act, 2004 which permits only the Attorney General of the Federation to initiate criminal proceedings”.

Google’s library survives lawsuit

A DECADE ago, Google announced plans to scan and make searchable the world’s books, and it has been fighting lawsuits from authors and publishers ever since.
After a seven-year legal battle, in 2012 the major US publishers reached a settlement with Google that allows them to keep copyrighted books from being displayed. On October 16, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a lower court ruling in favour of Google and against the Authors Guild, meaning writers cannot stop the search giant from adding their work to its online library of more than 20-million books.

 
The saga has had enough twists and turns to fill a — well, you know.
"Google’s unauthorised digitising of copyright-protected works, creation of a search functionality and display of snippets from those works are noninfringing fair uses," Judge Pierre Leval wrote in the appellate decision.
Even though the company stands to profit from the project, its digital library is different enough and its excerpts limited enough in comparison with the original books that it does not need to license the material, Leval says.

Topless Manager Appears in Court on Warrant for Trespassing

The topless painted ladies were scarce Thursday in Times Square. It wasn’t until just before 6 p.m. that one of them ventured out to take pics with tourists.

 

Meanwhile, one of the Times Square handlers landed before a judge in Manhattan Criminal Court.

Stephen Oronsaye Pending Bail Hearing soon as Court Releases

The Former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye, who was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged involvement in a 1.2 billion naira graft while he held sway as Head of the Civil Service, has regained temporary freedom till July 21 when his bail application would be heard.

 

In the charge filed before the court, the former top bureaucrat, alongside two other persons, Osarenkhoe Afe and Frederick Hamilton Global Services Limited, allegedly siphoned about N1.2 billion from the federal treasury during his tenure as Head of the Civil Service.

Politics: Court Reserves Ruling in Akwa Ibom Election Tussle.

The Akwa Ibom Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has reserved ruling on whether or not it will admit the defence of Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom to the APC petition challenging his election.

         Emmanuel            vs          Umana

New Rape, Sodomy Charges Filed against Asamoah Gyan

Fresh charges of rape and sodomy have been filed against soccer Star Asamoah Gyan by the 22-year-old student- Sarah Kwablah. Lawyer for the accuser Maurice Ampaw said the complaint was made at the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) at the Ministry Police Station in Accra two days ago.
He said they will be pursuing the criminal case against the Black Stars captain.