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Political and Legislative
Chicago Will Become the First U.S. City to Pay Reparations to Black Residents
The Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, is about to become the first U.S. city to…
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Civil Plaintiff
Nevada Has Struck a $45M Settlement Deal With McKinsey & Company for Advising Opioid Makers
LAS VEGAS — Nevada has struck a $45 million settlement deal with McKinsey & Company…
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Civil Plaintiff
Victims Dismissed Their Claims Against Harvey Weinstein as Part of the $17M Settlement Plan
Louisette Geiss, Sarah Ann Thomas, and Melissa Thompson have voluntarily dismissed their claims against Harvey…
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Consumer Law
Chicago Cannabis Company At the Center of a Lawsuit Over a Pot-Laced Salad
(Bloomberg)—A lawsuit involving pot-laced salads shows just how absurd the clash between federal and state…
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Consumer Law
Former Employee Files a Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against California Senator Bob Archuleta
A former employee of California Sen. Bob Archuleta has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against…
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Criminal Law
New Jersey Landlord Charged With Sex Crimes Against 13 Tenants
The owner of hundreds of rental units scattered across 18 residential properties in Elizabeth has…
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Criminal Law
Man Arrested for Child Endangerment After Taking Daughter Into a Zoo’s Elephant Habitat
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A father has been arrested on suspicion of child endangerment after…
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Big Law
Canadian Pacific Rail and Kansas City Southern Merger Will Create the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Railway
Canadian Pacific Rail (CP) is set to buy Kansas City Southern (KCS) for $29bn, in…
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Big Law
TikTok Owner ByteDance Acquires Gaming Studio Mooton for Around $4B
(Reuters) – ByteDance said on Monday its video games unit Nuverse has agreed to acquire…
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Coronavirus
AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Has ‘No Increased Risk’ of Blood Clots According to a U.S. Trial
LONDON — The findings of a large U.S. trial have shown that the coronavirus vaccine…
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