From: WSJ.com: Law Blog
Earlier today Intel Corp. appealed a billion-euro antitrust fine
lodged by the European Union. No big whoop there, right? The big
whoop comes here: that among the arguments made by the behemoth
chipmaker is that, with the fine, its human rights were violated.
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