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    Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. 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.
    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: Anthony Kennedy, Criminal Laws, Energy Resources, U.S. Congress, Judges

    2. Apr 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. 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: Anthony Kennedy, Criminal Laws, U.S. Congress, Judges, Lawyers

    3. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. 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: Anthony Kennedy, U.S. Congress, Judges, Lawyers, Justice and Rights

    4. Apr 16, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  4. 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: Anthony Kennedy, Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Plant Openings, Biology, Economy, Business and Finance

    5. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. 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.
    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: Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Biology, Judges, Medical Research, Lawyers

    6. Apr 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. 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?
    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: Pharmaceuticals, Lawyers, Science, American Civil Liberties Union, University of California, Los Angeles

    7. Apr 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. 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 that signal a high risk of cancer.
    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: Myriad Genetics Incorporated, Biology, Judges, Lawyers, Biotechnology Industry

    8. Mar 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. 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.
    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: Judges, George W. Bush, John G. Roberts, Jr., Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace

    9. Mar 20, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. 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 &amp; Sons sued Kirtsaeng for copyright infringement in 2008, citing a federal <a href=&quot;http://lat.ms/16HAkeU">ban on importing</a> copyrighted goods without the copyright holder's permission. Lower courts agreed with Wiley, opining that the <a href="http://lat.ms/XNBmBJ">"first sale" doctrine</a> &mdash; a buyer's right to sell, lend, rent or give away a lawfully purchased copy of a copyrighted work &mdash; did not apply to foreign-made products even if they'd been manufactured under contract with the copyright holder.
    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: Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Congress, Goodwill Industries International, Book, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks

    10. Mar 19, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  10. Former USC student wins Supreme Court copyright decision

    L.A. NOW
    A 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...
    11. Mar 17, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  11. Japanese architect Toyo Ito, 71, wins Pritzker Prize

    In a return to form for the most prestigious award in architecture, Japan's Toyo Ito has won this year&rsquo;s Pritzker Prize.
    Los Angeles Times Architecture Critic
    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: Glenn Murcutt, Museums, Entertainment Events, Fumihiko Maki, Artists

    12. Mar 17, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  12. 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&rsquo;s Pritzker 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: Glenn Murcutt, Museums, Arts, Fumihiko Maki, China Earthquake (2010)

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