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 Friday, January 17 |
DOJ antitrust approval of airline alliance
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/17/2003 09:04:36 PM
The US Department of Justice announced conditional approval Friday of a marketing alliance between Northwest Airlines, Continental Airlines and Delta Airlines. Read the press release.
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DC Circuit antitrust extraterritoriality ruling
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/17/2003 03:24:48 PM
A divided US DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that foreign plaintiffs had standing to sue under federal antitrust laws for harm caused to them abroad as a result of anticompetative practices which have caused harm (albeit not necessarily to the foreign plaintiff) inside the United States. Read Empagran v. F.Hoffman LaRoche, Opinion by Edwards.
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US Supreme Court cert grants
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/17/2003 03:00:56 PM
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Lessig: after Eldred?
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/17/2003 02:26:54 PM
Stanford's Larry Lessig offers some thoughts on possible recourses for the public domain cause after Eldred v. Ashcroft. Anyone for a constitutional amendment?
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7th Circuit ruling on nude dancing, liquor regulations and the First Amendment
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/17/2003 02:16:30 PM
The US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a local Wisconsin liquor ordinance prohibiting the sale and consumption of alcohol in adult entertainment establishments did not violate the First Amendment rights of plaintiff bar owners and dancers. Read Ben's Bar v. Village of Somerset. The court offered an extensive analysis of recent US Supreme Court jurisprudence on the application of the First Amendment to the adult entertainment context.
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DMCA unconstitutional under Eldred?
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/17/2003 01:12:28 PM
In a Friday post to his new weblog, Yale's Jack Balkin says it might be.
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Administration briefs in U.Michigan affirmative action admissions cases
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/17/2003 07:23:45 AM
The Solicitor General's amicus briefs for the University of Michigan affirmative action cases filed Thursday in the US Supreme Court are now online. Read the brief for Grutter v. Bollinger[PDF] (the Law School admissions case) and the brief for Gratz v. Bollinger[PDF] (the College of Literature, Science and the Arts case). The attorneys at Goldstein & Howe, the Supreme Court litigation firm in DC, offer some preliminary observations on the documents.
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9th Circuit ruling against Mexican trucks
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/17/2003 07:15:09 AM
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that a US Department of Transportation decision to open US highways to Mexican trucks under the terms of the NAFTA accord violated the Clean Air Act. The Court said the Department had failed to conduct studies to determine if allowing in Mexican trucks would violate California's air quality standards. Read Public Citizen v. DOT[PDF].
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This day at law
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/17/2003 06:31:17 AM
On January 17, 1998, President Bill Clinton answered questions posed by lawyers for sexual harassment plaintiff Paula Jones, becoming the first American president to testify as a defendant in a lawsuit. Review the full text of President Clinton's deposition.
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