In a bizarre ruling on the oversight of cremated remains, the European Court of Justice found Wednesday that the Italian city of Padua cannot ban the safekeeping of cinerary urns by private companies.
Read moreCalling out Greece’s failure to recover about $700 million worth of aid granted to the owner of a Greek shipyard, the European Court of Justice ordered a fine of $8.85 million, plus about $6.46 million for every six months of delay.
Read morePutting the kibosh on a case involving Dutch cream cheese, Europe’s highest court ruled Tuesday that the taste of a food product is not eligible for copyright protection.
Read moreEurope’s highest court hammered Hungary on Wednesday for its operation of an illegal state monopoly: a national mobile payment system that is associated, among other services, with all road tolls, public parking and public transport.
Read moreTwo German widows are entitled to allowances in lieu of paid annual leave that their husbands had accrued at work before their deaths, the European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday.
Read moreEU regulators that called out improper tax exemptions granted to religious businesses in Italy should have demanded recovery of the aid as well, the European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday.
Read moreSiding with an Italian ballerina, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that operatic and orchestra workers are entitled to challenge abuses in fixed-term employment contracts.
Read moreBeginning with a reference to the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front,” an EU magistrate determined Thursday that military reports are not entitled to copyright protection.
Read moreThe European Court of Justice ruled Friday that Poland must stop enforcing a new law that pushed some judges on its highest court into early retirement and reinstate the ones that have already been forced out.
Read moreA German man who blamed a family member for illegally uploading an audiobook to a file-sharing service cannot duck civil liability since the internet connection used is in his name, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday.
Read moreA Romanian judge failed Thursday to persuade the European Court of Justice that her months-long absence from work on parental leave should have been considered work so that she could also take paid annual leave.
Read moreThe European Court of Justice signed off Thursday on the certification scheme by which Italy regulates companies that use bioliquids for thermal energy plants.
Read moreThe EU’s top court set the parameters Thursday for consumer-protection authorities to go after an internet seller whose refusal to issue a refund ticked off a customer.
Read moreStealing a phone may not be a particularly serious crime, but the European Court of Justice concluded Tuesday that gathering certain telecom data about the thief likewise is not too serious a breach of privacy.
Read moreThe European Court of Justice stamped its seal of approval Tuesday on a 2017 general budget that the European Parliament adopted in Brussels, rather than in Strasbourg as protocol dictates.
Read moreThough it dismissed an appeal by Philips, which was fined about $23.7 million for fixing prices in the smart card chip sector, the European Court of Justice called Wednesday for an assessment of whether the $97 million fine given to Infineon Technologies was proportional.
Read moreGermany is reportedly seeing an $821 million influx of annual revenue after switching up how it collects fees supporting public-service broadcasters. As a challenge to the new scheme brews in Luxembourg, a magistrate recommended Wednesday that the European Court of Justice grant its seal of approval.
Read moreTackling consumer-protection issues that the Hungarian Legislature has expressly ignored, the European Court of Justice ruled Thursday that national courts have a duty to study the fairness of contracts.
Read moreHalal beef from cows that are not stunned prior to slaughter can still be marketed with an “organic farming” label, an EU magistrate determined Thursday, siding against French animal-rights activists.
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