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Price Squeeze: Lessons from the Telecom Italia Case
Posted by D. Daniel Sokol A new article by Michele Polo (Professor of Economics, Bocconi University) discusses Price Squeeze: Lessons from the Telecom Italia Case. ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes a price squeeze case in the provision of telecommunication services to...

Bolivia court halts referendum on new constitution
[JURIST] Bolivia's National Electoral Court [official website] on Friday blocked a national referendum [JURIST report] on the country's new draft constitution which was to take place on May 4...

Castillo no longer a volunteer, wants to intervene
William Castillo has indicated that he no longer wishes to volunteer for the death penalty and has sought permission to intervene in the writ proceeding pending in the Nevada Supreme Court which concerns the constitutionality of Nevada's lethal injection procedures.

Summum Group Asks Supreme Court to Decline Involvement
The Utah-based Summum religion is asking the US Supreme Court not to intervene in a recent victory handed down by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, who said that the group should be allowed to build a monument in a...

Fresca Italia expands recall of Burrata cheese due to possible Listeria contamination
--> Fresca Italia expands recall of Burrata cheese due to possible Listeria contamination Positive test results in additional lots prompts expanded recall Related Pages: Fresca Italia Burrata Foodborne illness from Listeria monocytogenes On June 23, 2008, Fresca Italia expanded its recall of Burrata, a type of cheese, after tests found additional lots of the product also tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes, which could cause foodborne illness from Listeria...

Bolivia voters in two more states approve autonomy measures in referenda
[JURIST] Voters in two rural Bolivian states Sunday voted in favor of autonomy measures [ABI provisional poll results, in Spanish; IPS report] that would allow the provincial governments to form legislatures, gather police forces and become more independent of national control...

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Rutland School District
Double pay offered as part of class action wage dispute settlement, pending court approval.

Burrata Cheese
Fresca Italia Expands Recall

Fresca Italia, Inc.
Burrata recalled due to risk of Listeria contamination

Telecom Settlement
Ericsson settles $30 million lawsuit.

Media/Telecom
consumer rights involving print, radio, television, video, DVD, video games, and mobile telephones.

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million