Yearly Archives: 2018

U.S. top court mulls Apple’s App Store commissions in antitrust case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up Apple Inc’s bid to escape a lawsuit accusing it of breaking federal antitrust laws by monopolizing the market for iPhone software applications and causing consumers to pay more than they should.

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Supreme Court Punts On Partisan Gerrymandering

NPR’s Legal Affairs Correspondent Nina Totenberg discusses the implications of Monday’s Supreme Court decision on partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin and Maryland.

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Ukraine ‘Corruption Park’ Shows Ill-Gotten Gains

A pop-up “Corruption Park” has opened in Ukraine to highlight the scale of the problem with interactive exhibits and displays of ill-gotten gains including a $46,000 crystal falcon. One of the first things visitors see in the EU-funded show is a tent shaped like the gold loaf of bread found in the house of ex-president Viktor Yanukovych after he fled …

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Supreme Court declines to curb electoral map manipulation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to election reformers by declining to use high-profile cases from Wisconsin and Maryland to curb the ability of state lawmakers to draw electoral districts purely for partisan advantage.

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