EU Court Blocks Media Demand on Parliament Allowances
The Fourth Estate lost a court battle Tuesday to learn what allowances members of European Parliament get for travel, subsistence and parliamentary assistance.
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EU Sanctions Against Russian Banks, Energy Firms Upheld
The European General Court upheld sanctions Thursday as part of an effort to make it more costly for Russia to continue destabilization efforts in the Ukraine.
Read morePsychological Harassment
In separate decisions, the European General Court ordered the European Parliament and European Investment Bank to pay nearly $12,000 to employees who suffered psychological harassment at the hands of superiors.
Read moreUK Aid for Nuclear Plant Approved by EU Court
The European General Court signed off Thursday on the U.K. government’s commitment of up to $22.5 billion to open a new nuclear-power generator at Hinkley Point.
Read morePower Cable Cartel
The European General Court confirmed $350 million in antitrust fines Thursday against the main European and Asian producers of high-voltage power cables.
Read moreEU Sanctions Thawed Against Ex-Ukrainian Official
As it did with his brother in February, the European General Court thawed an asset freeze Wednesday that has plagued a onetime administration official for former Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych.
Read moreFrance Trademark Prevails Against Dot-Com Doppelganger
The European General Court backed the government of France on Tuesday in its challenge to the trademark registration of a travel company called France.com.
Read moreMarine Le Pen Owes $347K to EU Parliament for Assistant
Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen must reimburse the European Parliament for the cost of an assistant’s six-year employment, the EU General Court ruled Tuesday.
Read moreEuropean Parliament Fines for Shocking Remarks Vacated
Parliament officials were wrong to fine a far-right member, the European General Court ruled Thursday, for saying within the span of a year that migrants were “human garbage” and that that men are intellectually superior to women.
Read moreEU Court Upholds Ban on 3 Bee-Killing Insecticides
Three neonicotinoid insecticides will remain banned in Europe, the General Court ruled Thursday, finding the measures justified to protect honeybees.
Read moreEuropean Chemical Agency Rapped on Compliance Letter
The European General Court chided regulators on Tuesday for shirking formal action in favor of a letter when they found that a French chemical company had not complied with the law.
Read moreEU Citizens Lose Damages Suit Over Vehicle Emissions
The European General Court threw out a claim for damages Friday by nearly 1,500 people who say the EU’s relaxed attitude on vehicle emissions made them sick.
Read moreBarcelona Footballer Messi Scores EU Trademark
Reinstating a trademark for Lionel Messi, the European General Court found Thursday that the soccer star is famous enough that his name wouldn’t be confused with a similar-sounding brand.
Read moreHP Trademark
In a pair of identical rulings Tuesday, the European General Court dismissed a challenge by the Polish company Senetic to invalidate Hewlett Packard’s trademark of the abbreviation HP.
Read moreBanking Executives
The European General Court rejected a challenge Tuesday by the French banking group Credit Agricole after the European Central Bank refused to let it let its newly appointed chairman of the board of directors also serve in the executive role of “effective director.”
Read moreAbortion Opponents Lose Battle for EU-Wide Ban
A European court shut the door Monday on proponents of an initiative that would ban stem cell research, abortion funding and other activities that involve the destruction of human embryos.
Read moreEU Court Touts Second Year of 1,600-Plus Cases
As in 2016, Luxembourg-based officials reported Friday, more than 1,600 cases were brought last year before the European Court of Justice and the General Court of the EU.
Read moreEU Court Champions Public Access to Draft Legislation
Emphatic that provisional legislative proposals are public records too, the European General Court chided EU Parliament on Thursday for denying full access to meetings of what is known as a “trilogue.”
Read moreCaterer’s Mafia Reference Costs It EU Trademark
A Spanish catering company whose name references the Mafia failed Thursday to win trademark approval from the European General Court.
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