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News Turkey dismisses more than 90,000 public servants in post-coup purge
Turkey dismisses more than 90,000 public servants in post-coup purge
Autumn Callan
February 1, 2017 01:35:06 pm

Turkish Labour Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu said Tuesday that authorities have dismissed more than 90,000 public servants for alleged connections to a coup attempt in July. Critics say the purge is targeted to any political opposition to President Recep...

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News New York AG files lawsuit against Charter over Internet speeds
New York AG files lawsuit against Charter over Internet speeds
Autumn Callan
February 1, 2017 12:23:07 pm

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Charter Communications Inc.'s subsidiary Spectrum for allegedly failing to deliver promised Internet speeds to customers. The lawsuit, filed in State Supreme...

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News Burundi government releases scores of prisoners
Burundi government releases scores of prisoners
Autumn Callan
January 25, 2017 02:25:31 pm

Following a clemency order issued by President Pierre Nkurunziza , Burundi's government began releasing scores of prisoners on Wednesday. Included in those released were prisoners accused of endangering state security. This group of 300 released prisoners is...

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News UN rights experts call for immediate release of 5 human rights defenders in Cambodia
UN rights experts call for immediate release of 5 human rights defenders in Cambodia
Autumn Callan
January 25, 2017 01:29:58 pm

Two UN human rights experts pressed the Royal Government of Cambodia to release five human rights defenders on Wednesday. The defenders were detained in May over allegations that they assisted a woman accused of making false claims while...

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News Federal judge temporarily blocks Texas from defunding Planned Parenthood
Federal judge temporarily blocks Texas from defunding Planned Parenthood
Autumn Callan
January 20, 2017 03:59:45 pm

US District Court Judge Sam Sparks issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday to halt Texas' plan to cut Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood . The cut, which was due to take effect January...

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News Brazil Supreme Court justice dies in plane crash
Brazil Supreme Court justice dies in plane crash
Autumn Callan
January 20, 2017 01:24:04 pm

Brazilian Supreme Court justice Teori Zavascki died in a small plane crash Thursday. Also aboard the plane were Alberto Filgueiras, a longtime friend of Zavascki and owner of the aircraft, as well as the pilot, a...

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News US appeals court revives FDIC suit against banks over mortgage-backed securities sales
US appeals court revives FDIC suit against banks over mortgage-backed securities sales
Autumn Callan
January 18, 2017 01:54:12 pm

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York on Wednesday revived a lawsuit that stems from the 2008 financial crisis. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) brought suit in 2012 against five...

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News Supreme Court says Fannie Mae does not have automatic right to federal court
Supreme Court says Fannie Mae does not have automatic right to federal court
Autumn Callan
January 18, 2017 12:00:44 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Fannie Mae's sue-and-be-sued clause does not grant federal courts jurisdiction over all cases involving Fannie Mae . The case was centered around the interpretation of 12 USC §...

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News Federal appeals court vacates damages determination in Samsung-Apple dispute
Federal appeals court vacates damages determination in Samsung-Apple dispute
Autumn Callan
January 13, 2017 03:38:10 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday vacated its damages determination in the longstanding patent lawsuit between Samsung and Apple . The previous $399 million damages award was overturned ...

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News Gambia president files injunction to bar swearing in of president-elect
Gambia president files injunction to bar swearing in of president-elect
Autumn Callan
January 13, 2017 03:21:39 pm

Gambian President Yahya Jammeh on Thursday filed for an injunction asking the Supreme Court to bar the swearing-in of president-elect, Adama Barrow . Barrow's office responded to the injunction request with a statement that Jammeh...

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Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court

On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.

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