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US Government launches antitrust suit against Live Nation Entertainment, claiming business practices that harm artists and fans

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The United States government, and dozens of states, sued Live Nation Entertainment, a multinational entertainment company, in an antitrust suit Thursday, alleging they monopolized the live entertainment space, harming artists, venues, and concertgoers. Live Nation has yet to file a response within the court.

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Panama president calls for vote on contentious mining contract

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Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo announced on Sunday that he will hold a referendum to determine the fate of a contentious mining contract. In his national address announcing the citizens’ vote, President Cortizo said, “ I’ve respectfully listened to those who oppose the contract with Minera Panama.”

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Space Force Expects First Space Reserve Contracts By Year End

Above The Law

Rich Kniseley, who heads up the Space Force's Commercial Space Office, said right now he is ‘targeting mainly space domain awareness’ for the first CASR contracts. The post Space Force Expects First Space Reserve Contracts By Year End appeared first on Above the Law.

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Planning Your Contract Management System

Paralegal Bootcamp

When paralegals are looking at alternative paralegal careers outside the popular litigation paralegal field, contract management does not usually come to mind. However, there seems to be an increase in paralegal job opportunities in the field of contract management. But what exactly is contract management? Retrieved 2008-07-10].

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Ukraine government ousts officials amid anti-corruption push

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The Government of Ukraine has dismissed several Ministers from their positions amid an anti-corruption push. The Government press release stated the dismissal was pursuant to Article 9.2 of the Law of Ukraine’s code on central executive bodies which provides that ministers will be dismissed at the request of the Prime Minister.

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Romania launches investigation into top government officials over vaccine procurement scandal

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In a press release, the DNA Chief Prosecutor stated there is reasonable evidence that between January and May 2021, while serving in government, Voiculescu and Mihăilă illegally contracted for and spent 1 billion Euros on more vaccine doses than necessary. million by authorities.

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Choice of law in commercial contracts and regulatory competition: new steps to be made by the EU?

Conflict of Laws

The recently published study titled ‘European Commercial Contract Law’, authored by Andrea Bertolini, addresses the theme of regulatory competition. It offers new policy recommendations to improve EU legal systems’ chances of being chosen as the law governing commercial contracts.