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Several Nobel Peace Prize winners will skip an annual meeting in Cape Town protesting South Africa’s failure to grant the Dalai Lama a visitor’s visa. … Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tar-home/~3/mkdYZJi5qT0/nobel-laureates-to-boycott-south-africa-meeting-over-dalai-lama-visa-refusal.html

Zimbabwe’s plans to set up a multi million dollar oil pipeline from Mozambique hang in the balance as Maputo has country has snubbed the development move. … Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/tar-home/~3/On3YHWq0hVM/zimbabwe-mozambique-oil-pipeline-hangs-in-the-balance.html

NAIROBI, Sept 25 (Reuters) – The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Thursday. – – – – – EVENTS: KENYA – Central Bank of Kenya auctions 91-day treasury bills . ZAMBIA – Central Statistical Office releases monthly inflation data for September . […]

The petition of the day is: Stevenson v. First American Title Insurance Company 14-106 Issue: Whether federal due process requires state-court judges, in reviewing jury-awarded punitive damages for constitutional excessiveness, to: (1) use de novo review to set punitive damages at the level they find appropriate, without viewing the evidence in the light most favorable […]

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan told the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday that authorities were still working to free some 200 girls abducted from a school by Boko Haram militants in April. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/XARNDAQt1Dc/idAFL2N0RQ01520140925

* Experts criticise CDC projection of up to 1.4 mln infections Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/Ripmw4sjSXo/idAFL6N0RP51T20140924

* Quiz: Can you match the picture of the plaintiff to the landmark Supreme Court decision? [Slate] * Ninth Circuit expedites Ed O’Bannon appeal. [USAToday] * New NBC comedy about a law student who becomes a garbage man. Better job security, I suppose. [The A.V. Club] * The federal prison population declined by about 4800 […]

Our client is a premier international law firm based in Texas with an immediate need for a mid-level environmental associate in the firm’s Austin office. This firm boasts one of the best environmental practice groups in the state and is known for the quality of its client roster and the collegiality and skill of its […]

Damning with faint praise. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/C4RGF2xCswQ/story01.htm

Why is this here, you’re asking? What in your bitter lawyer life has led you to read about a tv show that involves an elite hacker team outrunning planes in a Ferrari? First, because we’re rolling out our bitter empire, and tv, bitter and otherwise, will be a big part of our empire once our […]