The Computer and Communications Industry Association which represents many rivals of Microsoft, has urged a US judge to reject a recently proposed Microsoft settlement. Microsoft recently offered to donate $1.1 billion in software, training and PCs to the poorest schools in the US in lieu of making payments to the 100 or so individuals who brought a class action antitrust suit against the company.
Ed Black, president of the Association, claims in a letter addressed to a Baltimore US District Court Judge that the settlement “would do nothing to deter future anti-competitive conduct by Microsoft and would inflict great harm upon the technology markets affected by such conduct.”
The Investment Association (IA) has published its updated principles of remuneration, which are intended to reflect evolving market practices in the UK and investor expectations and to boost the UK’s competitiveness as a market for companies to list in.
The EU’s design reform package has received final approval from the Council of the EU, with two new legislative acts adopted to make design rights fit for the digital age and the registration procedure cheaper and easier.
A recent ruling by the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) has provided important clarification on whether social media platforms such as Facebook can use personal data obtained outside of the platform for personalised ads.
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