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Antitrust and Big Tech: How Google Has Dominated Search and What the Government’s Lawsuit Could Mean for Consumers

Cristina De Castro – The ongoing antitrust lawsuit against Google has reached its halfway mark with the Department of Justice resting its case mid-October. The debate surrounding whether Google’s actions that made it the leading search engine constitute legitimate competition or an unlawful monopoly could have significant impacts on the tech industry. The U.S. claims […]

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Law and Disorder: Battling the Mafia’s Business Intrusion in Italy 

Dante Groppo – On Monday, September 25th, 2023, Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted killer and former head of the infamous Sicilian Cosa Nostra Mafia, passed away due to colon cancer while serving life imprisonment in a maximum-security facility in L’Aquila, Italy. Denaro had eluded authorities for three decades, until he was finally captured while seeking […]

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Florida’s Game-Changing Alcohol Licensing Reform: A Win for Small Restaurants

Frances Rodriguez – On May 12, 2023, Governor DeSantis signed into law amended Florida Statute Section 561.20(4), heralding a transformative change in the state’s alcohol regulatory framework. This revision to the statute known as the Special Food Service license (SFS), promises to have a profound and far-reaching impact on Florida’s retail alcohol beverage industry. In […]

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A Matter of Self-Regulation: the Music Industry’s Short-Term Response to AI’s Legal Obscurity

Vaughn Gendron – In 1999, the music industry’s business model was turned upside down. With the introduction of Napster, copyrighted music was suddenly being shared and downloaded for free by millions of Internet users. This level of piracy led to a massive decline in music sales. However, thanks to copyright law, Napster was forced to […]

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