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Solheim Cup captain Nordqvist announces shock mid-season retirement●Sage provides updates on Mateta and Sarr - can Palace keep them?●Artists in the UK can now apply for up to £8,000 to go touring●Flowers and memories: fans pay tribute to Dolly Parton●17 disc Soft Machine box set Slightly All The Time Recordings 1970-1974 due in October●Stella Lefty explains Noah Kahan songwriting credit on ‘Boston’ and ‘Stick Season’ interpolation●Canada wants to get closer to the EU - but how far can it go?●87% of German companies were attacked last year, and Russia has caught up with China● Solheim Cup captain Nordqvist announces shock mid-season retirement●Sage provides updates on Mateta and Sarr - can Palace keep them?●Artists in the UK can now apply for up to £8,000 to go touring●Flowers and memories: fans pay tribute to Dolly Parton●17 disc Soft Machine box set Slightly All The Time Recordings 1970-1974 due in October●Stella Lefty explains Noah Kahan songwriting credit on ‘Boston’ and ‘Stick Season’ interpolation●Canada wants to get closer to the EU - but how far can it go?●87% of German companies were attacked last year, and Russia has caught up with China●
Tech & Startups

A law from 1634 is why Europeans cannot sue Big Tech together

The Next Web Ireland 26 August 2026, 11:53 UTC 1h ago
A law from 1634 is why Europeans cannot sue Big Tech together
The Next Web

Europe gave itself the right to bring class actions against big companies five years ago. Ireland hosts the European headquarters of most large technology firms, and campaigners there have managed exactly one. A law from 1634 explains why. Ellen O’Regan set out the problem for Politico from Dublin. Irish law bars anyone from funding a […] This story continues at The Next Web

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