• Cambridgeshire villagers are to take legal action against a company over a smell caused by clean-up work at a former chemical factory site.

    BBC: Hauxton families sue company over odour

  • As a backer you have entered into a contract directly with the project creator, and if the project creator does not fulfil their part of the agreement, then the backer is in a position to take whatever legal action is required to get their money back.

    FORBES: Kickstarter: Dream Maker Or Promise Breaker?

  • The ability to take legal action against participants in rogue activity is also a step to provide economic consequences to such action and I applaud the authors of this bill for inclusion of this provision.

    FORBES: The Case For The PROTECT IP Act And DNS Filtering

  • Disney doesn't believe the petroleum company has legal rights to the Pixar name, "and we intend to take the appropriate legal action, " a Disney spokeswoman said this week.

    WSJ: Walt Disney Stakes Claim After Oil Firm Adopts Famous Name

  • The lawyers added that some senior officers could potentially take individual legal action and also recommended that a number of emails be reported to police on the grounds of harassment.

    BBC: Leicester

  • He demands an apology and a retraction or threatens that Mildred will take legal action against the show.

    FORBES: Mildred Baena: I'm Being Defamed (Um, Okay)

  • The Conservatives had earlier threatened to take legal action if they had not received a retraction by mid-day but a Tory spokesman said it was now unlikely to happen on Friday.

    BBC: Tory threat over Lib Dem claims

  • The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has decided not to take legal action against Google at the end of a 19-month investigation into the search giant.

    BBC: Google makes concessions to avoid legal action in US

  • He has since refused to expand on his decision, but it is believed that he had become unhappy with the SPL's decision not to take legal action to prevent Celtic broadcasting matches without a licence or to inform the other clubs of its reasons.

    BBC: SPL peace summit planned

  • In a statement, a spokesman said Mr Port's decision to take legal action had "surprised" Ms Mountstevens.

    BBC: Avon and Somerset police chief Colin Port takes PCC to court

  • On Wednesday Indian Defence Minister AK Antony said the government would blacklist and take legal action against any company found to have paid a bribe.

    BBC: Finmeccanica helicopter deal payments frozen by India

  • It represented a major breakthrough for Pistorius, who had to take legal action after athletics' ruling body the IAAF banned him from able-bodied competition six months before the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The Popular Party has said it will take legal action against those responsible for what it says is a smear campaign.

    BBC: Q&A: Spain's opposition tells PM to go

  • The PP has said it will take legal action against those responsible for what it says is a smear campaign, and Mr Rajoy has promised to publish his earnings online.

    BBC: Spain: Rajoy man Barcenas arrives for questioning

  • First, we saw a request from the institute that all media organisations who'd covered the story should take their articles down and issue retractions, with a vague threat of legal action.

    BBC: Confessions of a climate gate-opener

  • Spain's chief prosecutor has said there could be enough evidence to investigate the allegations. but the PP has said it will take legal action against those responsible for what it says is a smear campaign, while announcing an internal audit of its finances.

    BBC: Spain's PM Mariano Rajoy pledges to battle on

  • On Friday 9 November, and following press reports that the politician in question might have been the victim of mistaken identity, Lord McAlpine, former treasurer and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, issued a statement denying his involvement and setting out his intention to take legal action.

    BBC: Ken MacQuarrie report: Summary of findings

  • The International Kiteboarding Association (IKA) said in a statement that it was "shocked" by the decision to take legal action against the ISAF.

    CNN: Olympic 2012: Sailing federation hit by legal row

  • Mr. Okada fired back in a written statement after the Saturday conference call, saying he would take legal action to block the Wynn board's "outrageous" move.

    WSJ: Wynn Defends Ouster of Key Investor

  • Health bosses say they have decided not to take legal action against the decision to stop children's heart surgery at a Leicester hospital.

    BBC: Glenfield Hospital

  • In an open letter to island residents, published on a local website, the quarry owner, Jonathan Feigenbaum, threatened to take legal action if the event - set to attract hundreds of people - takes place.

    BBC: Threat to World Stone Skimming Championships on Easdale

  • And yet, although everyone presumed that he would take swift legal action, Rousselot decided, to the dismay of those who had expected a stronger and more decisive attitude on his part, to do nothing.

    NEWYORKER: ?lvaro Rousselot��s Journey

  • However, for those organizations just seeing this threat for the first time, they now have all the incentive they need to take action and put a strategy in place to protect themselves from both security and legal risks.

    FORBES: How To Protect Your Company Against The Risks Of Unlocked Phones

  • Some also have suggested Letters of Marque might be a legal mechanism for such action (which are like a government license to take actions attacking or capturing enemies) or providing an exemption from the CFAA to go after attackers.

    FORBES: Caution: Active Response to Cyber Attacks Has High Risk

  • The government has decided not to take legal action against footballer Joey Barton who said last week that he would "be a martyr" over contempt and publish his views on John Terry's alleged racism.

    BBC: Barton tweets 'did not amount to risk'

  • Such incidents raise a big question: If a company's executives feel an employee has unfairly criticized the organization online, should they take legal action?

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • While an R18 rating is not a legal defence for a pornographer, it would be very unlikely for the Obscene Publications Squad to take action over a film passed by the BBFC.

    BBC: Peep show

  • The government stopped short of agreeing to an ombudsman, but announced in June 2006 that it would set up a Service Complaints Commissioner, who would be independent, reporting annually to parliament, but could not take legal action to challenge decisions on whether to prosecute.

    BBC: NEWS | UK | The Deepcut investigations

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