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...also owns Poland Spring, Great Bear and Arrowhead in the U.S. The panel will also look into a possible duopoly created by Nestle's sale of Volvic, one of Perrier's still-water brands, to France's leading food group, BSN. Should it uncover violations, Brussels will probably seek redress by forcing Nestle to sell off some assets rather than annulling the deal, a punishment the E.C. has carried out only once before...
...violation of Massachusetts anti-discrimination law. The case, in which the students are representing themselves, is believed to be the first of its kind in the country. A reversal of the lower court ruling in the students' case will open the door for students throughout the nation to seek redress in court when their schools discriminate in the hiring of their teachers...
...week, the verdict packed a wallop. For boxing, it meant that the sport would lose its top attraction for the next few years; a Tyson fight with the current champ, Evander Holyfield, could have grossed $100 million. On more profound and intimate levels, the conviction brought hope of legal redress to sexual victims. Says Lynn Hecht Schafran, a New York City attorney with the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund: "The case provides a basis for people to go to the police. It should also make prosecutors pursue these cases more aggressively...
...could also set a precedent that would affect the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Bonifaz points out, nothing, "It's a clear opportunity for undergraduates to seek redress [for minority hiring complaints] if we prevail...
...correct vestiges of prior discrimination. The question is whether college systems have a similar duty, since students attend them voluntarily. Justice David Souter was asked in his confirmation hearings about racial discrimination, and replied that there was a duty not only to stop it but also to offer redress. Clarence Thomas, according to individuals familiar with his thinking, is said to be "pro-black colleges," but in public pronouncements he has leaned toward the color-blind jurisprudence popular with conservatives...