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'Visual voicemail' inventor sues telecoms for patent infringement

[JURIST] Inventor Judas Klausner filed a patent infringement suit Tuesday against nine companies, including Google, Inc., Verizon Communications, and LG Electronics [corporate websites], alleging that they infringe on his visual voicemail technology patent. The... [full story]

Washington non-consensual organ-harvesting case to be resolved by state court

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has asked the Washington Supreme Court to determine whether the sister of a man whose bodily tissues were harvested for medical research without consent may sue for damages. In an order issued.... [more]
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Russia, Georgia and the Use of Force

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Sixth Circuit ruling on Confederate flag ban is an attack on students' rights8/26
Chip Sinton [President, National Youth Rights Association]: "The National Youth Rights Association disagrees with the Sixth Circuit's ruling in Barr et al. v. Lafon, et al. NYRA disagrees not because we are Confederate sympathizers nor because we support any hateful message implicit in the symbol in question, but because we believe that the court did not apply the correct scrutiny and the school ...." [more]


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Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered "I Have a Dream" speech

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to 200,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial for the March on Washington. Listen to King's speech, courtesy of the History Channel. The March was later credited with helping to achieve passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act....." [more]



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