Display companies fined for price fixing

10/31/2011, South Korea has fined 10 LCD manufacturers for price fixing, or consorting to artificially increase price of their goods. This usually works by agreeing on an artificial floor price, thus nullifying the normal market forces that tends to push LCD [...]

$675,000 fine for illegal song downloads downgraded?

09/19/2011, The long arm of the law is still pinching Joel Tenenbaum since his 2009 ruling downgrade by a Boston jury when it comes to illegally downloading music files, but when you hear the 90% reduction in fines, it is still [...]

France fines Google for collecting personal data over Street View

03/21/2011, If there’s one thing Google can’t seem to stay out of, it’s trouble with authorities. If they’re not being hounded by China to censor their search results, they’re getting fined by the CNIL from France. CNIL is an independent French [...]

Man Fined AUD8000 For Importing Stun Guns Disguised As Mobile Phones

08/04/2010, A man over in Australia has been fined a painful AUD8000 ($7314) for importing 20 stun guns that were disguised as mobile phones. The man was found guilty of importing the devices without approval, and authorities detected the weapons when [...]