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News Egypt court bans Muslim Brotherhood political wing
Egypt court bans Muslim Brotherhood political wing
Kimberly Bennett
August 9, 2014 03:18:36 pm

The Supreme Administrative Court in Egypt on Saturday dissolved the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) , the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood . The decision came after the Parties Affairs Committee (PAC), responsible...

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News Federal judge rules against NCAA in antitrust lawsuit
Federal judge rules against NCAA in antitrust lawsuit
Kimberly Bennett
August 9, 2014 02:35:15 pm

The US District Court for the Northern District of California on Friday ruled that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) cannot prevent college football and basketball players from selling the rights to their names...

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News China executive permitted to sue Google over autocomplete search terms
China executive permitted to sue Google over autocomplete search terms
Bradley McAllister
August 8, 2014 10:44:08 am

A Hong Kong court has ruled that Chinese businessman Dr. Albert Yeung Sau Shing , chairman of the Emperor Group conglomerate , may continue his defamation suit against Google over the autocomplete function of the...

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News Apple, Samsung agree to forgo international patent lawsuits
Apple, Samsung agree to forgo international patent lawsuits
Bradley McAllister
August 8, 2014 09:51:21 am

Apple and Samsung on Wednesday agreed to drop all patent infringement lawsuits in courts outside of the US. The move will result in the abandonment of litigation in nine countries, including South Korea, Japan,...

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Obama signs bill overhauling Veterans Affairs Department
Kimberly Bennett
August 8, 2014 09:28:08 am

US President Barack Obama on Thursday signed the Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014 to allow veterans to seek private care outside the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities...

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Argentina sues US in international tribunal over debt
Kimberly Bennett
August 8, 2014 08:49:55 am

Argentina initiated legal proceedings against the US Thursday in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over US interference in the restructuring of Argentina's foreign debt. Argentina contends that the US violated its sovereignty and...

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News Court finds former Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of crimes against humanity
Court finds former Khmer Rouge leaders guilty of crimes against humanity
Kimberly Bennett
August 7, 2014 02:25:53 pm

The Trial Chamber of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) found former Khmer Rouge leaders Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan guilty of crimes against humanity committed between...

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Kimberly Bennett
August 7, 2014 01:44:53 pm

New York City on Wednesday formally dropped the city's appeal of rulings in lawsuits involving the New York Police Department's (NYPD) use of stop-and-frisk tactics. Mayor Bill De Blasio's administration agreed...

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Texas oil drilling company files response to DEP lawsuit
Kimberly Bennett
August 7, 2014 11:52:20 am

Texas oil drilling company Dan A. Hughes Co. submitted legal responses Wednesday in response to a lawsuit, revoking their drilling permits in Collier County, commenced by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)...

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Egypt court upholds death sentence for 12 Muslim Brotherhood members
Dominic Yobbi
August 7, 2014 09:40:47 am

The Giza Criminal Court on Wednesday upheld death sentences against 12 members of the Muslim Brotherhood convicted of murdering former Deputy Director of Giza Security Nabil Farrag. After the men were found guilty [JURIST...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court ruled corporations due equal protection rights

On May 10, 1886, the US Supreme Court ruled in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company that corporations were "persons" within the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore were due rights of equal protection under state law.

Nelson Mandela became first black president of South Africa

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black President of South Africa. Before becoming President, Mandela was an anti-Apartheid leader in segregated South Africa. He served twenty-seven years in prison before his release in 1990, after which he was elected president of the country. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Read a biography of Nelson Mandela from the Nobel Foundation.

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