Bloomberg said that Apple Inc failed to convince an appeals court in New York to reverse a nonjury trial ruling, which allowed customers of its e-books to pursue claims against the iPad maker over its e-book prices.
Bloomberg observed that Google Inc has already devised an online form to accept personal information deletion requests and formed an advisory committee to aid the company in complying to the European Court ruling on a citizen's right to be forgotten.
An unnamed source familiar with the matter said that the amount being sought by US authorities for BNP Paribas to settle allegations of dealing with countries that have been imposed with economic sanctions could reach over $10 billion, Bloomberg reported.
As customers of General Motors Co move to have their ignition-defect cases be tried by a judge who has earlier experience with similar litigation on auto defects, the Detroit-based automaker is reportedly seeking to have all its cases handled by a judge in New York, who would be working along with a bankruptcy judge who have handled GM's 2009 reorganization, Bloomberg reported.
