Legitimate https://legitimate.net/ Legitimate: Recent articles en-us 20 Germany Shuts Door on Patent Trolls The nation removed a legislative quirk that had made it a prime destination for globally active patent litigators who increasingly target fast-growing tech companies. 11 Jun 2021 07:43 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/germany-shuts-door-on-patent-trolls-11623397397 https://www.wsj.com/articles/germany-shuts-door-on-patent-trolls-11623397397 Ruth Bender Computers/Consumer Electronics Audio/Video Equipment Internet Search Engines Consumer Goods Durable Household Products Judge Rejects Proposal by Roundup Maker Bayer to Resolve Future Cancer Claims The company’s attempt to resolve future cancer claims came in the form of a novel class-action settlement, which sought to bind people who have used Roundup but aren’t yet sick. 26 May 2021 21:51 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-rejects-bayer-proposal-to-resolve-future-roundup-cases-11622057583 https://www.wsj.com/articles/judge-rejects-bayer-proposal-to-resolve-future-roundup-cases-11622057583 Ruth Bender Agriculture Farming pharmaceuticals Healthcare/Life Sciences Corporate Crime/Legal Action BioNTech’s Covid-19 Vaccine Success Sparks Investments in German Biotech After the company partnered with Pfizer on a vaccine, investors last year poured $3.7 billion into a sector that has struggled to raise funding in recent years. 10 May 2021 11:00 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/biontechs-covid-19-vaccine-success-sparks-investments-in-german-biotech-11620644401 https://www.wsj.com/articles/biontechs-covid-19-vaccine-success-sparks-investments-in-german-biotech-11620644401 Ruth Bender Biotechnology pharmaceuticals Vaccines Health Care/Life Sciences Biopharmaceuticals German Court Kills Berlin’s Radical Push to Limit Gentrification One of the world’s most ambitious anti-gentrification experiments came to an end after Germany’s constitutional court declared the city’s residential rent cap void. 15 Apr 2021 09:40 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/german-court-kills-berlins-radical-push-to-limit-gentrification-11618479649 https://www.wsj.com/articles/german-court-kills-berlins-radical-push-to-limit-gentrification-11618479649 Ruth Bender Economic Performance/Indicators Home Sales/Housing Affordability Figures economic news Housing Prices Figures Real Estate Markets Europe Despairs as Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Stalls and Pandemic Grinds On Vaccinations in Europe are progressing at a glacial pace, Covid-19 cases are spiralling up again and increasingly unpopular governments are imposing new restrictions weekly, leaving Europeans of all ages exhausted. 23 Mar 2021 11:00 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-despairs-as-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-stalls-and-pandemic-grinds-on-11616497200 https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-despairs-as-covid-19-vaccine-rollout-stalls-and-pandemic-grinds-on-11616497200 Ruth Bender pharmaceuticals Vaccines Health Care/Life Sciences Specialized Drugs/Medications Political/General News Syrian Ex-Officer Is Convicted in First Trial of Assad Regime Torture A German court secured the world’s first conviction of a former Syrian official in relation to state-sanctioned torture in the country in what lawyers and human-rights groups hailed as a breakthrough in the effort to bring the regime to account. 24 Feb 2021 12:51 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/syrian-ex-officer-is-convicted-in-first-trial-of-assad-regime-torture-11614171076 https://www.wsj.com/articles/syrian-ex-officer-is-convicted-in-first-trial-of-assad-regime-torture-11614171076 Ruth Bender Political/General News National/Public Security Society/Community Crime/Legal Action law enforcement Can Mass Self-Testing for Covid-19 Keep Schools Safe? On a continent still struggling with high Covid-19 rates, one small Alpine country is trying something new to reopen its schools: require that students test themselves twice a week. 21 Feb 2021 12:00 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-mass-self-testing-for-covid-19-keep-schools-safe-11613908800 https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-mass-self-testing-for-covid-19-keep-schools-safe-11613908800 Ruth Bender Political/General News respiratory tract diseases Education Health medical conditions Vaccine Shortage Sparks Fights Over Who Should Get First Shots As a shortage of shots slows vaccination efforts in the West, groups that haven't been given high priority are increasingly jostling for the right to get immunized first. 05 Feb 2021 12:20 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/vaccine-shortage-sparks-fights-over-who-should-get-first-shots-11612521001 https://www.wsj.com/articles/vaccine-shortage-sparks-fights-over-who-should-get-first-shots-11612521001 Ruth Bender pharmaceuticals Vaccines Health Care/Life Sciences Residential Care Specialized Drugs/Medications German Markets Watchdog Chief Fired Over Wirecard Scandal BaFin President Felix Hufeld has been dismissed by the German government following intense criticism over his handling of accounting scandal. 29 Jan 2021 18:12 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/german-markets-watchdog-chief-fired-over-wirecard-scandal-11611943958 https://www.wsj.com/articles/german-markets-watchdog-chief-fired-over-wirecard-scandal-11611943958 Ruth Bender Banking/Credit Financial Services Financial Technology Electronic Payment Systems Technology President Biden Quickly Rejoined Paris Climate Accord. 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Now authorities fear they are losing control of the virus. 17 Dec 2020 12:09 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/germanys-winning-covid-strategy-has-stopped-working-11608206996 https://www.wsj.com/articles/germanys-winning-covid-strategy-has-stopped-working-11608206996 Ruth Bender Political/General News respiratory tract diseases Society/Community Health medical conditions Adidas Explores Sale of Reebok Nearly 15 years after acquiring Reebok and trying to revamp the U.S. brand, Adidas says it might sell it. 14 Dec 2020 18:07 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/adidas-explores-sale-of-reebok-11607969262 https://www.wsj.com/articles/adidas-explores-sale-of-reebok-11607969262 Ruth Bender Footwear Clothing/Textiles Consumer Goods Leisure/Travel Goods Sports Goods Covid-19 Poses Christmas Quandary for Families The coronavirus pandemic is forcing many families to decide whether to come together for the Christmas holiday despite the risk of infection or play it safe and scale things down, at the expense of tradition. 13 Dec 2020 16:00 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-poses-christmas-quandary-for-families-11607875200 https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-poses-christmas-quandary-for-families-11607875200 Ruth Bender Political/General News respiratory tract diseases Health medical conditions Outbreaks/Epidemics German Audit Regulator Traded Wirecard Shares During Probe The head of an agency overseeing auditors said he bought and sold shares of the payments firm in the months before its collapse, the second time a German regulator disclosed staff traded shares of Wirecard while it was being investigated. 11 Dec 2020 18:41 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/german-audit-regulator-traded-wirecard-shares-during-probe-11607712076 https://www.wsj.com/articles/german-audit-regulator-traded-wirecard-shares-during-probe-11607712076 Ruth Bender Accounting Accounting/Consulting Business/Consumer Services Banking/Credit Financial Services Vienna Shooting Suspect Had Previous Terrorism Conviction The gunman was convicted on terrorism charges last year after trying to join Islamic State in Syria but was released from prison after serving part of his term, authorities said. 03 Nov 2020 22:02 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/vienna-terrorist-attacker-who-killed-four-is-named-as-kujtim-fejzulai-11604401398 https://www.wsj.com/articles/vienna-terrorist-attacker-who-killed-four-is-named-as-kujtim-fejzulai-11604401398 Ruth Bender Political/General News National/Public Security Crime/Legal Action Murder/Manslaughter Terrorism Bayer Posts Third-Quarter Loss on Agriculture Woes Bayer’s loss highlights how the coronavirus pandemic compounded problems the German chemical and drug giant has been facing since its acquisition of agriculture giant Monsanto just over two years ago. 03 Nov 2020 08:46 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/bayer-posts-third-quarter-loss-on-agriculture-woes-11604393190 https://www.wsj.com/articles/bayer-posts-third-quarter-loss-on-agriculture-woes-11604393190 Ruth Bender Agriculture Farming Chemicals pharmaceuticals Health Care/Life Sciences Vienna Shooting: Attack Near Austria Synagogue Leaves at Least One Dead Several attackers killed at least one person and seriously injured others in a terrorist attack on a synagogue in the Austrian capital Vienna on Monday night, police and government officials said. 02 Nov 2020 23:54 UTC https://www.wsj.com/articles/three-injured-in-armed-attack-on-vienna-synagogue-11604348986 https://www.wsj.com/articles/three-injured-in-armed-attack-on-vienna-synagogue-11604348986 Ruth Bender Political/General News National/Public Security Crime/Legal Action Murder/Manslaughter Politics/International Relations