International Law

First lesbian couple in Iceland marries in church
The Christian Telegraph reports: “Katrín Thóra Vídisdóttir and Erla Björk Pálmadóttir will today become the first lesbian couple in Iceland to have their cohabitation validated in church, following a recent law amendment...

Coate on Unilateral Effects at the FTC
FTC economist Malcolm Coate has posted Unilateral Effects Under the Guidelines: Models, Merits and Merger Policy to SSRN.  Here’s the abstract: This paper models FTC unilateral effects merger policy using a broad sample of 153 investigations undertaken between 1993 and 2005...

GAO's VAT Study Warns of Compliance Risks
GAO has released Value-Added Taxes: Lessons Learned from Other Countries on Compliance Risks, Administrative Costs, Compliance Burden, and Transition (pdf). From the summary: The experiences of our five study countries show that all VAT designs have compliance risks that generate...

Rice rejects Iceland call to close Guantanamo prison
[JURIST] US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [official profile; JURIST news archive] Friday defended the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] in the face of a resolution by the Icelandic parliament [official website] calling for the prison's closure...

Study: Unilateral divorce increases violent crime 8-12%
. . . we find that unilateral divorce has a positive impact on violent crime rates, with an 8% to 12% average increase for the period under consideration.

Unilateral Effects Analysis and Litigation Workshop
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol The transcript and podcast of the FTC's Unilateral Effects Analysis and Litigation Workshop held yesterday are now on the FTC website .

Real Estate Brokers
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Real Estate Brokers
The role brokersplay

MRI Health Risks
alleging gadolinium based contrast agents pose health risks.

Gulf War Syndrome
Panel Confirms it's Real, and Identifies Causes

Asbestos-like Nanotubes
Pose Serious Health Risks

Mississippi Antitrust
Costs Microsoft $100 Million

Black Henna Tattoos with PPD
Pose Serious Health Risks

Austral Pacific Energy Ltd.
$1.6 million settlement reached in drilling costs dispute.