Budget carrier Ryanair failed Wednesday to convince the European Union’s second-highest court that government support for rivals Air France and Scandinavian Airlines broke state aid rules.
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After scoring a court win last year in their fight to protect the name of their cheese, a European court on Wednesday handed Cypriot halloumi cheese makers a setback by approving a Bulgarian company’s bid to market its cheese products as BBQLOUMI.
Read moreThough it affirmed that Lithuania’s national railway company abused its dominant market position, keeping Latvia’s service from participating in certain oil transportation, the European General Court set the fine Wednesday at $23.8 million, a reduction of nearly $10 million.
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Croatia scored a victory in Europe’s squabbles over wine labels when the European General Court on Wednesday rejected a move by Slovenia to stop Croatian winemakers from using the name “teran,” a wine variety known for its fruity taste and ruby red colors.
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The European Union’s second-highest court sided with Apple in a $15 billion case on Wednesday, holding that Ireland did not give the tech giant an illegal tax break.
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Three budget airlines on Wednesday lost their challenge to a European Union ruling that they received illegal aid from Italy.
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Europe’s second-highest court handed a victory Thursday to two debt-ridden Spanish soccer teams, invalidating orders that forced them to pay back millions of euros to a state bank that guaranteed loans for them.
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Amazon and the European Commission wrapped up two days of hearings before the European Union’s second-highest court on Friday in a tax case worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Amazon defended itself Thursday before the European Union’s second-highest court against claims that it dodged taxes in a scheme with a James Bond-worthy nickname.
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No love for Google from the EU’s second-highest court on Valentine’s Day, as one judge said a $2.6 billion antitrust fine was “a small amount of cash” for the search engine juggernaut.
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It was a challenging day for Google as a judge on the EU’s second-highest court had terse words for the Silicon Valley giant about its anticompetitive behavior.
Read moreWithout commenting on whether funds were in fact misused, an EU court ruled Thursday that bias tainted a six-figure decision against political supporters of Brexit activist Nigel Farage.
Read moreLeaving the colored grid aside, the European General Court took its second stab at another puzzle involving Rubik’s Cube on Thursday and confirmed the cancellation of its trademark.
Read moreThe European General Court dismissed a trademark action by Vespa scooter maker Piaggio on Tuesday, the China-made Zhejiang scooter is not similar enough to the Vespa to confuse consumers.
Read moreWading a second time into a fight over a citizen’s initiative to protect national and linguistic minorities and their cultural heritages, the EU’s general court ruled Tuesday that the European Commission had the authority to register the initiative and gave sufficient reasons for doing so.
Read moreEurope’s second highest court upheld a penalty against Fiat on Tuesday for artificially reducing its tax burden by using a capital figure that represents just 10% of Fiat’s total equity.
Read moreThe European General Court ruled Tuesday that HSBC does not have to pay a $37 million fine brought by antitrust regulators who found that the London-based bank and several other financial institutions worked together to manipulate prices on the EU futures market.
Read moreLifting a $33 million tax penalty against Starbucks, Europe’s second highest court annulled a decision Tuesday that said the Netherlands gave the coffee giant illegal aid.
Read moreTech giant Apple continued its fight Wednesday against a demand for $14 billion in back taxes from the European Union, arguing alongside Ireland in the European General Court that EU regulations on corporate tax are “untethered from reality.”
Read moreTech giant Apple and Ireland took their fight over a $14 billion tax bill from the European Union to the European General Court on Tuesday, the first volley in the EU’s war on sweetheart tax deals for multinational corporations.
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