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Justices rule U.S. courts not world forum for human rights suits
WASHINGTON— U.S. courts will not be the world forum for lawsuits brought by victims of human rights abuses abroad who seek damages from multinational corporations or deposed tyrants, the Supreme Court declared Wednesday. In a decision welcomed...
Tags: Litigation, Human Rights, U.S. Congress, Clarence Thomas, Civil Rights
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Supreme Court blocks overseas human rights cases from U.S. courts
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has declared that American courts will not be the world’s forum for deciding suits alleging human rights abuses by corporations and foreign tyrants on foreign soil. In a 9-0 decision, the high court tossed...Tags: Human Rights, U.S. Congress, Clarence Thomas, Civil Rights, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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Supreme Court hears custody dispute over adopted girl
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court was asked Tuesday to decide who should raise a 3 1/2-year-old girl who was given up by her single mother: the South Carolina couple who adopted her at birth or her biological father, who invoked his rights as a...Tags: Family, U.S. Congress, Civil Rights, Sonia Sotomayor, John G. Roberts, Jr.
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Deep in the reeds on genes
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney had it wrong. Corporations aren't people -- corporations own people. The Supreme Court on Monday took up the unusual question of whether corporations control our genetic material -- specifically, whether a Utah-based company...Tags: Biology, Clarence Thomas, John G. Roberts, Jr., Mitt Romney, Anthony Kennedy
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Supreme Court critical of patents on human genes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices said Monday they were highly skeptical of the idea that a company or a scientist can hold a patent on human genes and prevent others from testing or using them. “What about the first person who found a...
Tags: Biology, Medical Research, Civil Rights, Medical Specialization, Biotechnology Industry
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Supreme Court seems opposed to granting patents on human genes
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court took up a deceptively simple question in a case brought by breast cancer patients and medical researchers: Are human genes patentable? The answer appeared to be "no" during Monday's oral arguments. The justices...
Tags: Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Specialization, John G. Roberts, Jr., Crime, Law and Justice
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Supreme Court to consider validity of patents on genes
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court will hear an appeal Monday from breast cancer patients and medical researchers who say the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made a mistake when it granted a Utah company an exclusive right to profit from testing genes...
Tags: Biology, Medical Specialization, Medical Procedures and Tests, Biotechnology Industry, Car Guides and Reviews
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Obama court pick withdraws, thwarted by Republicans in Senate
WASHINGTON—Former New York state attorney Caitlin Halligan, President Obama’s choice for the U.S. Court of Appeals here, withdrew her name Friday, defeated by the Republican minority in the Senate. Halligan’s withdrawal is the latest...
Tags: George W. Bush, Elections, Career and Workplace, Washington, DC, Georgetown
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The limits of copyright law
Supap Kirtsaeng was a Thai student in the United States who helped finance his education (and then some) by reselling textbooks that family members bought for a low price in Thailand. Textbook publisher John Wiley & Sons sued Kirtsaeng for copyright...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Goodwill Industries International, Book, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Crime, Law and Justice
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Former USC student wins Supreme Court copyright decision
L.A. NOWA former USC student who bought textbooks in his homeland of Thailand and sold them in the United States won a major Supreme Court ruling on copyright law that gives foreign buyers of textbooks, movies and other products a right to resell them in the... -
Japanese architect Toyo Ito, 71, wins Pritzker Prize
Los Angeles Times Architecture CriticIn a return to form for the most prestigious award in architecture, Japan's Toyo Ito has won this year’s Pritzker Prize. After honoring younger and lesser-known figures in recent years -- including 49-year-old Chinese architect Wang Shu in 2012 --...Tags: Architecture, Kenzo Tange, Tokyo (Japan), Arts and Culture, Entertainment Events
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Japan's Toyo Ito wins Pritzker architecture prize
In a return to form for the most prestigious award in architecture, Japan's Toyo Ito has won this year’s Pritzker Prize. After honoring younger and lesser-known figures in recent years -- including 49-year-old Chinese architect Wang Shu in 2012 --...
Tags: Architecture, Kenzo Tange, Tokyo (Japan), Arts and Culture, Sana'a (Yemen)
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