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Apple May Finally Have To Pay $450 Million
A New York judge has ruled that Apple should pay $450 million over eBooks price-fixing. The amount is to be paid to 20 million consumers. An additional $50 million is to be paid to lawyers involved in the case. Last year, a court had found that Apple had behaved anti-competitively...
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Beyond $$$: What We’ve Lost Because Of Our Lawsuit Culture
Many of us in the legal reform community often become so focused on the actual dollar cost of our out-of-control litigation system we often lose sight of the broader picture of how our lawsuit-happy culture diminishes freedom and undermines the can-do spirit that made America great. While the tremendous costs...
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Loretta Lynch Nominated for US Attorney General Position
Loretta Lynch has been nominated for the position of the new U.S. Attorney General to replace Eric Holder. If selected, Lynch would be the first black woman to be the USAG and the second black person and second woman to hold the post. She is currently the US Attorney for...
Read MoreUS and Canada issue recall and advisory concerning baby hammock
The US has issued a product recall and Canada an advisory regarding the Amby Baby Motion Bed after the deaths of two infants in the US.The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall on Tuesday of almost 24,000 Amby Baby Motion Beds, made by Amby Baby U.S.A. of...
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Thai Police Office Shoots Canadian Tourist
In the small Thai town of Pai, a Canadian tourist has been shot dead by a Thai policeman. John Leo Del Pinto died instantly and his girlfriend, who was also shot, was reported to be in stable condition in a hospital in Chiang Mai. The victim was only 25 years...
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Revised treaty between Australia and Switzerland
On 30 July 2013, the former government announced that Australia and Switzerland had signed a revised tax treaty. It replaced the previous treaty signed in 1980. The revised treaty will: enhance the already strong economic relationship between Australia and Switzerland by aligning the bilateral tax arrangements more closely with current...
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Asylum Law and Female Genital Mutilation: Recent Developments
"Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a term encompassing a wide range of procedures that involve the removal or alteration of a woman’s genitalia. The federal courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) have classified FGM as a form of persecution, a showing of which can act as a basis...
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Law Prof as Toolmaker: An Interview with PreCYdent’s Thomas A. Smith (San Diego)
Joe Hodnicki: I've been fairly critical of law professors who venture into the field of bibliometrics without an understanding of the theory and techniques information scientists use to produce citation studies, without in many cases even an inkling of the work of Eugene Garfield, the founder of modern citation indexing and citation...
Read MoreComparative Environmental Law On The Internet
Nicholas A. Robinson The Internet provides direct access to many primary sources of Environmental Law. Nations increasingly provide their environmental statutes and regulations on the Internet. As specialist environmental law centers, universities, government agencies or other entities assemble and provide a jurisdiction's environmental laws on the Internet, a world-wide service...
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Argentina Decriminalizes Drug Use? Well, No.
A Cato Institute blog reported yesterday that Argentina has "decriminalized the personal consumption of drugs" in that country. However, I don't think that blog's interpretation of the source it cites, which is an article in Spanish published on the website El Financiero, quite gives the full story. First of all,...
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