British telecom giant Vodafone is not liable for up to $4.4 billion in back taxes and penalties, India’s top court said Friday, in a ruling that removes significant uncertainty for foreign companies investing in the country. At least eight other companies — including GE and AT&T — are fighting tax cases in India that could be affected by the Vodafone precedent.Visit International News

Baker Botts has sued the SEC, claiming that the agency illegally withheld documents that the firm first requested nearly a year ago related to their representation of Russia in the country’s sprawling litigation over the renationalized Yukos Oil Co.

An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered the country’s military rulers to stop the use of “virginity tests” on female detainees, in a rare condemnation by a civilian tribunal of a military practice that has caused an uproar among activists and rights groups.Visit International News

The wireless industry is trying to block San Francisco’s novel cellphone “right to know” law on the grounds that requiring cellphone retailers to post information on potential health hazards forces speech. The suit is part of a wave of litigation playing out in federal courts around the country in which corporations are using the compelled-speech doctrine to fight back as cities turn to health and safety disclosure laws, rather than piecemeal enforcement actions.

A top U.S. Justice Department lawyer today defended the Obama administration’s health care law, telling a panel of the D.C.