California voters rejected a ballot measure that would have struck down the state constitution’s ban on affirmative action programs, marking a victory for supporters of the status quo who argued the proposal could legalize harmful, discriminatory practices…
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A Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Friday that former Scranton Mayor William Courtright should spend seven years behind bars after pleading guilty to allegations he accepted tens of thousands of dollars worth of bribes in exchange for city contracting work…
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Nestlé and Cargill told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday that they can’t be held liable for claims they aided child slavery on African farms, arguing the alleged atrocities occured completely outside the U.S. with no connection to its jurisdiction…
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The operators of purported luxury development Sanctuary Belize will have to pay more than $120 million in addition to facing bans from certain business sectors after a Maryland federal judge ruled Friday that they had run a real estate scam that swindled American consumers…
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Autonomy’s former chief financial officer lost a bid at the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to nix a securities fraud conviction for lying about the British software company’s financials before Hewlett-Packard Co.’s $11.7 billion acquisition in 2011…
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