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2016

Pfizer buys cancer drug maker Medivation for $14 billion

Pfizer announced a $14 billion deal for Medivation, a biotech company that makes an important cancer drug

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22
2016

Judge in Texas temporarily blocks Obama´s transgender rules

he decision dated Sunday comes after Texas and 12 other states challenged the Obama directive as unconstitutional during a hearing in Fort Worth last week. It applies to schools nationwide, as many districts reopen this week after the summer vacation

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22
2016

U.S. judge rejects Uber´s driver expenses settlement

Some drivers had objected to terms of the settlement valued at up to $100 million, which would have affected roughly 385,000 current and former drivers in California and Massachusetts

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22
2016

Suits Target University Retirement Plans

Lawsuits contend some universities’ 403(b)s are slow to streamline retirement-plan choices and to lower fees

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19
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2016

Illinois Judge Accused of Letting Clerk Dress in Judicial Robe and Hear Cases

Cook County Circuit Judge Valarie English Turner has been suspended from the bench after she was accused of allowing a court clerk to preside over at least two cases

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19
2016
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18
2016

Rio Olympics 2016: US swimmers held at airport

Pair pulled from flight as doubts cast over armed robbery claims

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18
2016

´Not becoming of a woman´: lawyers may finally get recourse for harassment

American Bar Association adopted model rule just last week to encourage states to implement discrimination sanctions – currently unavailable in half of US states

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18
2016

Man charged over Facebook ´death threat´ sent to MP will not face trial

CPS drops case against Mark Verier, who was alleged to have made threat to Tory MP after Jo Cox killing

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18
2016

Volvo and Uber team up to develop self-driving cars

The investment will go towards researching and developing both hardware, such as sensors used to detect traffic and obstacles, as well as software for the self driving cars

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17
2016

Beijing Court Orders Chinese Writer to Apologize Over Wartime Story

The court ordered Mr. Hong to immediately cease impugning the reputations of the five heroes and demanded he take out advertisements in court-approved media apologizing to the plaintiffs

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17
2016

Uber takes TfL to high court over English written test

Taxi-hailing app said Transport for London had ‘moved the goalposts’ over requirements for new drivers

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17
2016

Delaware Court Strikes Down State´s Death-Penalty Law, Citing Supreme Court Ruling

Law had said judges weren’t bound by jury recommendations in capital-punishment cases

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17
2016

UN rights expert concerned over Singapore trial of teen blogger

Singapore has faced growing international concerns about its human rights practices

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16
2016

Turkish court orders closure of pro-Kurdish newspaper Ozgur Gundem

The newspaper had been used to "make propaganda for the PKK and act as its de facto news outlet", according to the court document

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16
2016

U.S. Said to Uncover Evidence of Criminal Acts in VW Probe

Justice Department hasn’t decided on specific charges; settlement talks under way with car maker

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