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2024/04/17 Biden is seeking higher tariffs on Chinese steel as he courts union voters
2024/04/11 Top Europe rights court condemns Switzerland in landmark climate ruling
2024/03/15 Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers
2024/01/30 Hong Kong court orders China's Evergrande, which owes $300 billion, to liquidate
2024/01/12 The top UN court is set to hear South Africa’s allegation of Israeli genocide in Gaza
2024/01/08 India court restores life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men
2023/12/26 Britain cracks down on protests in threat to democratic norms
2023/11/25 Georgia Supreme Court ruling prevents GOP-backed commission
2023/11/10 Russian Olympic officials appeal to sports court against suspension by IOC
2023/11/02 Donald Trump Jr. takes the witness stand in fraud trial
2023/10/20 Federal Judge rules California assault weapons ban unconstitutional
2023/09/28 Hunter Biden sues the IRS over tax disclosures after agent testimony
2023/09/18 5 former officers charged with federal civil rights violations
2023/08/16 McCarthy floats stopgap funding to prevent a government shutdown
2023/08/06 Biden goes west to talk about his efforts to combat climate change
2023/07/10 Judge dismisses lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
2023/06/29 Supreme Court rules for nursing home patient’s family
2023/06/15 Federal court sides with lobster fishers in whale protection case
2023/05/24 Islamic scholar acquitted of rape by Swiss court
2023/05/09 Nigeria court hears opposition’s presidential vote challenge
2023/03/15 Court: Ukraine can try to avoid repaying $3B loan to Russia
2023/01/18 Protasiewicz leads in money race for Wisconsin Supreme Court
2022/12/12 US woman who killed UK teen in crash gets suspended sentence
2022/12/06 Former Nazi camp secretary voices regret, seeks acquittal
2022/10/24 Idaho Supreme Court won’t weigh legality of child marriage
2022/10/03 CAS asked to judge Ecuador case by 10 days before World Cup
2022/09/14 Alabama must disclose status of nitrogen hypoxia executions
2022/08/14 Appeals court puts Georgia PSC elections back on ballot
2022/05/06 Man who stormed Capitol in caveman costume gets prison
2022/04/23 Arizona judge nixes suit that wants Trump backers off ballot
2022/04/16 Suit seeks to overturn renewed Philadelphia mask mandate
2022/04/09 2nd defendant pleads guilty in 2018 hate crime in Washington
2021/10/08 US Supreme Court allows lawsuit against troopers to proceed
2021/08/09 Texas Personal Injury Law Website Design
2021/07/28 California Real Estate Law Attorneys Web Design
2021/05/19 Brazil police probe environment minister over timber exports
2021/05/11 UK lawyer fined for defying Heathrow court ruling embargo
2021/05/06 Albanian officials want ex-minister tried over deadly blast
2021/05/02 Judges hear arguments over Census’ contentious privacy tool
2021/05/01 No venue change for suspect in murders of 2 Arizona girls
2021/03/23 Philippine Supreme Court slams killings of lawyers, judges
2021/03/19 Court upholds Iowa man’s civil judgment in mother’s death
2021/01/11 Supreme Court won't hear PA abortion clinic free speech case
2020/11/13 Court blocks small number of ballots in Pennsylvania over ID
2020/11/11 High court seems likely to leave to health care law in place
2020/10/24 Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle
2020/10/17 Pennsylvania high court to settle voter signatures fight
2020/09/27 Ginsburg makes history at Capitol amid replacement turmoil
2020/09/22 'Justice Joan' Larsen emerges as finalist for Supreme Court
2020/09/20 Biden to focus on health care in Supreme Court debate
2020/09/14 Norfolk courts latest in Virginia OK'd for jury trials
2020/09/10 Trump releases list of 20 new possible Supreme Court picks
2020/08/27 1st Black woman confirmed to be justice on NJ high court
2020/08/19 Colombia warlord asks US court to force deportation to Italy
2020/08/10 UK court says face recognition violates human rig
2020/08/02 Court upholds health order fines for New Mexico businesses
2020/07/31 Lawsuit: Trump still blocks Twitter critics after court loss
2020/07/22 Ohio court to hear arguments in appeal over judge shot video
2020/07/12 Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison
2020/07/10 No peeking, voters: Court keeps Trump taxes private for now
2020/07/02 High court won't hear abortion clinic 'buffer zone' cases
2020/06/17 Court rejects Trump bid to end young immigrants’ protections
2020/06/02 Supreme Court upholds Puerto Rico financial oversight board
2020/05/21 Lawyer for Biden accuser Tara Reade drops her as a client
2020/05/15 Nebraska court orders disclosure of execution drug records
2020/04/10 Court lifts part of order blocking Texas abortion ban
2020/03/14 Supreme Court will decide fate of Obama health care law
2020/03/02 Court sides with Trump in ‘sanctuary cities’ grant fight
2020/02/15 Court reinstates order for Russia to pay $50 bln over Yukos
2020/02/05 Edwards takes treasurer to court over blocked fund transfer
2020/01/30 Court: Motorcyclist wrong to turn license plate upside down
2020/01/26 Dutch court throws out case against Israeli military chiefs
2020/01/12 WikiLeaks' Assange in UK court fighting extradition to USA
2020/01/11 Indian state challenges new citizenship law in Supreme Court
2020/01/08 Former IAAF president’s corruption trial opens in Paris
2020/01/01 President, Supreme Court top Wisconsin races in 2020
2019/12/21 High court upholds murder conviction for Albuquerque man
2019/12/11 Trump Has Successfully Gamed the Courts
2019/12/01 Supreme Court to take up gun case today
2019/11/26 Supreme Court says Ginsburg released from hospital
2019/11/24 Court won’t revive suit against gun site over spa shooting
2019/09/24 Bulgarian court to eye revoking parole for Australian man
2019/08/12 Cosby lawyers ask appeals court to toss #MeToo conviction
2019/05/24 South Africa's Zuma must wait 3 months for court decision
2019/05/21 Russian court extends arrest for American accused of spying
2019/05/01 Roggensack Re-Elected as Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief
2019/04/28 Texas man accused in fatal I-70 pileup appears in court
2019/04/15 State's high court won't reconsider baby death case appeal
2019/04/03 Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling
2019/03/31 Loughlin, Huffman due in court in college admissions scam
2019/03/29 Australian man loses bullying-by-breaking wind court case
2019/03/16 Court: Germany must press US over Yemen drone strikes
2019/03/09 Court rejects Ghosn’s request to attend Nissan board meeting
2019/03/05 N Carolina court: State retirees should pay health premiums
2019/03/04 Japan court OK's Nissan ex-Chairman Ghosn's release on bail
2019/02/26 Dominion to ask Supreme Court to hear pipeline appeal
2019/02/22 Court records reveal a Mueller report right in plain view
2019/02/20 French court hits Swiss bank UBS with $5.1 billion penalty
2019/02/10 Spain's courts put to test by trial of Catalan separatists
2019/02/05 Man accused of kidnapping Wisconsin girl to appear in court
2019/02/02 Out-of-state money boosts Collins after Supreme Court vote
2019/02/02 NC high court sidesteps decision on tracking sex offenders
2019/02/01 Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate defends blog posts
2019/01/21 Congress to Probe Report that Trump Directed Lawyer to Lie
2019/01/20 Lawyer: Incapacitated woman who gave birth not in coma
2019/01/12 Las Vegas police seeking soccer star's DNA in rape case
2019/01/09 Congo runner-up Fayulu asks court to order election recount
2019/01/06 Court orders mediation in Maryland desegregation case
2019/01/04 GOP candidate asks North Carolina court to declare he won
2019/01/02 High court to take new look at partisan electoral districts
2018/12/22 Prominent Chinese rights lawyer tried in closed proceedings
2018/12/19 Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal
2018/12/04 Alec Baldwin appears in court in parking-spot case
2018/12/03 Arguments in "Serial" case focus on lawyer, alibi witness
2018/12/01 Trump lawyer confident he'll win in charity suit
2018/11/24 Court: Reds exempt from tax on promotional bobbleheads
2018/11/18 Lawyer for WikiLeaks’ Assange says he would fight charges
2018/11/10 Trump moves to limit asylum; new rules challenged in court
2018/11/08 Ginsburg, 85, hospitalized after fracturing 3 ribs in fall
2018/11/04 Supreme Court agrees to hear Maryland cross memorial case
2018/10/26 Bomb suspect set for Florida court appearance
2018/10/21 Young climate activists say their lawsuit should go to trial
2018/10/17 Colorado Supreme Court hears high-stakes oil and gas lawsuit
2018/10/11 Former FIFA official Makudi at court for ban appeal hearing
2018/10/10 Polish leader appoints top court judges, against ruling
2018/10/01 Supreme Court won't hear case over California beach access
2018/09/20 With teachers watching, Kentucky court to consider pensions
2018/09/18 South African court says marijuana use in private is legal
2018/09/11 The Latest: Bolton says international court 'dead to us'
2018/08/21 German court rules in broadcaster Nazi camp spat with Poland
2018/08/13 Zimbabwe's opposition challenges election results in court
2018/08/13 Court: EPA violated law on harmful pesticide, orders ban
2018/08/06 N Carolina Supreme Court candidate sues over party label law
2018/08/02 Officer involved in militia leader's death named in court
2018/08/01 Iowa woman promoted to nation's lone all-male Supreme Court
2018/06/30 Supreme Court upholds Trump administration travel ban
2018/06/19 Wolf held fundraiser at law firm his administration is suing
2018/06/19 Kentucky high court: Death penalty IQ law unconstitutional
2018/06/15 Court blocks 'millionaire tax' question from state ballot
2018/05/22 Confessed killer who wants freed after 20 years due in court
2018/04/27 Supreme Court to hear appeal of Missouri death row inmate
2018/04/13 Clicking 'checkout' could cost more after Supreme Court case
2018/01/30 Texas executes Dallas man for killing ex-girlfriend in 1999
2018/01/29 Nassar to face another sentence, victims in return to court
2018/01/26 Pennsylvania GOP take gerrymandering case to US high court
2018/01/10 Greece to limit Sharia law after European Court challenge
2018/01/05 Court extends halt in Louisiana executions after judge dies
2018/01/02 State high court won't hear Mateen Cleaves sex assault case
2017/12/13 Ex-police officer pleads guilty in daughter's hot car death
2017/12/09 Comedian Artie Lange arrested for skipping court
2017/11/15 German Court: Kuwait Airways Can Refuse Israeli Passengers
2017/11/13 Free Speech Is Starting to Dominate the US Supreme Court's Agenda
2017/11/10 Samsung worker killed by brain tumor wins compensation case
2017/11/06 Florida man back at Supreme Court with 1st Amendment case
2017/10/30 Illinois to require veterans courts across the state in 2018
2017/10/29 Brazilian court revives case against Olympian Ryan Lochte
2017/10/23 Court, for now, blocks immigrant teen's access to abortion
2017/10/05 Supreme Court refuses to hear Kentucky foster care case
2017/09/25 Bosnian court acquits ex-Srebrenica commander of war crimes
2017/09/21 Court asked to dismiss cases tied to ex-drug lab chemist
2017/08/28 Otter appoints new justice to Idaho Supreme Court
2017/08/27 Supreme Court justice blocks ruling on redrawing Texas districts
2017/08/14 Mizzou's Howard arrested again for failing to appear in court
2017/07/27 Court raises chances of diesel bans in German city
2017/07/20 Idaho Supreme Court upholds grocery tax veto
2017/06/30 Case of gay couple's wedding cake heads to Supreme Court
2017/06/24 Supreme Court agrees to take up Colorado gay wedding case
2017/06/10 Fraternity brothers due in court in pledge's fatal fall
2017/06/03 In one state, abused animals get a legal voice in court
2017/05/22 Former County Sheriff Joe Arpaio loses another round in court
2017/05/12 Judge rejects effort to block Confederate statue's removal
2017/05/02 Connecticut court takes up doctor-patient confidentiality
2017/05/01 Idaho Judicial Council accepting applications for high court
2017/04/07 Donnelly facing doubts from Indiana liberals over court vote
2017/04/06 Baldwin's Supreme Court nominee fight is early flashpoint
2017/03/06 Oklahoma tribe sues oil companies in tribal court over quake
2017/02/15 German court excludes Jewish brothers from Auschwitz trial
2017/02/15 Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear open meetings case
2017/02/13 Supreme Court nominee has defended free speech, religion
2017/02/10 Rolling Stone defamation case over rape story back in court
2017/01/26 Competing bills target, affirm high court water decision
2017/01/21 Supreme Court to hear case about party in vacant DC house
2017/01/07 Airport shooting suspect due for Florida court appearance
2017/01/06 South Korean executives jailed for humidifier cleaner deaths
2016/11/11 Delaware County creates domestic violence court
2016/10/22 Kansas high court justices defend handling of capital cases
2016/10/15 Lithuania wants Gorbachev to testify in war crimes trial
2016/10/11 Iraq's federal court rules against prime minister's reforms
2016/09/28 Supreme Court in holding pattern, awaiting ninth justice
2016/09/26 Court asks judges to respond to Louisiana sheriff's claims
2016/09/24 Court cites racial profiling in tossing gun charge
2016/09/20 DC gun law gets hearing before Washington appeals court
2016/09/01 Court denies asylum to 28 detained Latin American mothers
2016/07/24 Appeals court delay requested in ex-Virginia governor's case
2016/07/08 Obama rebukes Poland over paralysis of constitutional court
2016/06/07 British court gives 22 life sentences to pedophile
2016/05/26 Egyptian court sentences 36 Islamists to life in prison
2016/03/25 Ole Miss ex-student pleads guilty to tying noose on statue
2016/03/21 Supreme Court will hear Samsung-Apple patent dispute
2016/03/15 Teen changes plea to guilty in deaths of mother, stepfather
2016/02/27 Mississippi court upholds Democratic primary ballot change
2016/02/22 Chief justice remembers Scalia's 'irrepressible spirit'
2016/02/08 Plagued by delays, California high-speed rail heads back to court
2016/02/07 NY court agrees to rehear Ex-Goldman board member's appeal
2015/12/24 Jeffrey Dahmer's lawyer suspended by Supreme Court
2015/12/21 Thai court sentences migrants to death in murder of British backpackers
2015/12/01 US court rejects Virginia death row inmate's appeal
2015/12/01 Court papers: Witness ID'd man in playground shooting
2015/10/02 Connecticut court stands by decision eliminating execution
2015/09/16 Charleston church suspect's friend charged with lying to FBI
2015/09/10 Appeals court upholds convictions in Ohio slavery case
2015/09/04 Burkina Faso court rejects candidate of former ruling party
2015/09/02 Bangladesh court bans Rana Plaza movie because of terrifying scenes
2015/08/28 Appeals court reverses ruling that found NSA program illegal
2015/08/19 Ex-Gov. Blagojevich to ask Supreme Court to hear case
2015/07/26 Appeals court revives challenge to consumer age
2015/07/22 Court agrees with tossing strict North Dakota abortion law
2015/07/20 Wife says Chinese rights lawyer being denied legal counsel
2015/07/12 UAE executes woman found guilty of killing American teacher
2015/06/21 Iowa court allows remote dispensing of abortion pill
2015/06/20 Illinois high court: Comcast must reveal anonymous commenter
2015/06/20 Huguely files appeal request with U.S. Supreme Court
2015/06/02 Appeals court: Apple must submit to imposition of monitor
2015/05/14 Pandora loses to BMI in court hearing, vows to appeal
2015/02/25 Philippine court enters not guilty plea for US Marine
2015/02/04 Brother of murder victim attacks defendant in court
2015/01/13 Indian court charges Uber driver with rape, kidnapping
2015/01/06 Suspect in trooper shooting case heads to court
2014/12/05 NY court: Chimps don't have same rights as humans
2014/11/04 Appeals court takes on NSA surveillance case
2014/10/28 Securities Arbitration and Litigation
2014/10/24 'The Situation' to appear in court on tax charges
2014/10/03 Court takes up hear religious bias case over hijab
2014/08/22 Colorado high court won't hear pension lawsuit
2014/08/07 HK court: Tycoon can sue Google over autocomplete
2014/07/23 Teacher slaying suspect in court on assault charge
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2014/06/10 DiRusso & DiRusso - Surry County Worker's Compensation Lawyers
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2014/05/20 Federal court upholds California water transfer
2014/04/15 Court date reset in Vegas Strip bird death case
2014/04/08 Court OKs $57M verdict for WA home-care workers
2014/03/05 UN court: Australia cannot use seized documents
2014/02/03 Man pleads not guilty in deadly Lodi crash
2014/01/20 Italian court hears final rebuttals in Knox trial
2014/01/16 Court refuses to reopen oyster farm case
2014/01/06 Supreme Court Puts Utah Same-Sex Marriage on Hold
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2013/12/20 Judge ousts defendant twice from Guantanamo court
2013/12/16 $15 SeaTac minimum wage challenged in court
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Biden is seeking higher tariffs on Chinese steel as he courts union voters
Legal News Source | 2024/04/17 08:31

President Joe Biden is calling for a tripling of tariffs on steel from China to protect American producers from a flood of cheap imports, an announcement he planned to roll out Wednesday in an address to steelworkers in the battleground state of Pennsylvania.

The move reflects the intersection of Biden’s international trade policy with his efforts to court voters in a state that is likely to play a pivotal role in deciding November’s election.

The White House insists, however, that it is more about shielding American manufacturing from unfair trade practices overseas than firing up a union audience.

In addition to boosting steel tariffs, Biden also will seek to triple levies on Chinese aluminum. The current rate is 7.5% for both metals. The administration also promised to pursue anti-dumping investigations against countries and importers that try to saturate existing markets with Chinese steel, and said it was working with Mexico to ensure that Chinese companies can’t circumvent the tariffs by shipping steel there for subsequent export to the U.S.

“The president understands we must invest in American manufacturing. But we also have to protect those investments and those workers from unfair exports associated with China’s industrial overcapacity,” White House National Economic Adviser Lael Brainard said on a call with reporters.

Biden was set to announce that he is asking the U.S. Trade Representative to consider tripling the tariffs during a visit to United Steelworkers union headquarters in Pittsburgh. The president is on a three-day Pennsylvania swing that began in Scranton on Tuesday and will include a visit to Philadelphia on Thursday.

The administration says China is distorting markets and eroding competition by unfairly flooding the market with below-market-cost steel.

”China’s policy-driven overcapacity poses a serious risk to the future of the American steel and aluminum industry,” Brainard said. Referencing China’s economic downturn, she added that Beijing “cannot export its way to recovery.”

“China is simply too big to play by its own rules,” Brainard said.

Higher tariffs can carry major economic risks. Steel and aluminum could become more expensive, possibly increasing the costs of cars, construction materials and other key goods for U.S. consumers.

Inflation has already been a drag on Biden’s political fortunes, and his turn toward protectionism echoes the playbook of his predecessor and opponent in this fall’s election, Donald Trump.

Top Europe rights court condemns Switzerland in landmark climate ruling
Legal News Source | 2024/04/11 15:16

Europe’s highest human rights court ruled Tuesday that countries must better protect their people from the consequences of climate change, siding with a group of older Swiss women against their government in a landmark ruling that could have implications across the continent.

The European Court of Human Rights rejected two other, similar cases on procedural grounds — a high-profile one brought by Portuguese young people and another by a French mayor that sought to force governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

But the Swiss case, nonetheless, sets a legal precedent in the Council of Europe’s 46 member states against which future lawsuits will be judged.

“This is a turning point,” said Corina Heri, an expert in climate change litigation at the University of Zurich.

Although activists have had success with lawsuits in domestic proceedings, this was the first time an international court ruled on climate change — and the first decision confirming that countries have an obligation to protect people from its effects, according to Heri.

She said it would open the door to more legal challenges in the countries that are members of the Council of Europe, which includes the 27 EU nations as well as many others from Britain to Turkey.

The Swiss ruling softened the blow for those who lost Tuesday.

“The most important thing is that the court has said in the Swiss women’s case that governments must cut their emissions more to protect human rights,” said 19-year-od Sofia Oliveira, one of the Portuguese plaintiffs. “Their win is a win for us, too, and a win for everyone!”

The court — which is unrelated to the European Union — ruled that Switzerland “had failed to comply with its duties” to combat climate change and meet emissions targets.

Court upholds mandatory prison terms for some low-level drug dealers
Legal News Source | 2024/03/15 13:43

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that thousands of low-level drug dealers are ineligible for shortened prison terms under a Trump-era bipartisan criminal justice overhaul.

The justices took the case of Mark Pulsifer, an Iowa man who was convicted of distributing at least 50 grams of methamphetamine, to settle a dispute among federal courts over the meaning of the word “and” in a muddy provision of the 2018 First Step Act.

The law’s so-called safety valve provision is meant to spare low-level, nonviolent drug dealers who agree to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors from having to face often longer mandatory sentences.

Some courts had concluded the use of the word indeed means “and,” but others decided that it means “or.” A defendant’s eligibility for a shorter sentence depended on the outcome.

“Today, we agree with the Government’s view of the criminal-history provision,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the majority in the 6-3 decision that did not split the justices along liberal-conservative lines.

In dissent, Justice Neil Gorsuch referred to the First Step Act as possibly “the most significant criminal-justice reform bill in a generation.” But under the court’s decision, “thousands more people in the federal criminal justice system will be denied a chance—just a chance at” a reduced sentence, Gorsuch wrote, joined by Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Sonia Sotomayor.

Nearly 6,000 people convicted of drug trafficking in the 2021 budget year alone are in the pool of those who might have been eligible for reduced sentences, according to data compiled by the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

The provision lists three criteria for allowing judges to forgo a mandatory minimum sentence that basically looks to the severity of prior crimes. Congress wrote the section in the negative so that a judge can exercise discretion in sentencing if a defendant “does not have” three sorts of criminal history.

Before reaching their decision, the justices puzzled over how to determine eligibility for the safety valve — whether any of the conditions is enough to disqualify someone or whether it takes all three to be ineligible.

Pulsifer’s lawyers argued that all three conditions must apply before the longer sentence can be imposed. The government said just one condition is enough to merit the mandatory minimum.

Hong Kong court orders China's Evergrande, which owes $300 billion, to liquidate
Legal News Source | 2024/01/30 10:43

A Hong Kong court ordered China Evergrande, the world’s most heavily indebted real estate developer, to undergo liquidation following a failed effort to restructure $300 billion owed to banks and bondholders that fueled fears about China’s rising debt burden.

“It would be a situation where the court says enough is enough,” Judge Linda Chan said Monday. She said it was appropriate for the court to order Evergrande to wind up its business given a “lack of progress on the part of the company putting forward a viable restructuring proposal” as well as Evergrande’s insolvency.

China Evergrande Group is among dozens of Chinese developers that have collapsed since 2020 under official pressure to rein in surging debt the ruling Communist Party views as a threat to China’s slowing economic growth. But the crackdown on excess borrowing tipped the property industry into crisis, dragging on the economy and rattling financial systems in and outside China.

Chinese regulators have said the risks of global shockwaves from Evergrande’s failure can be contained. The court documents seen Monday showed Evergrande owes about $25.4 billion to foreign creditors. Its total assets of about $240 billion are dwarfed by its total liabilities.

“It is indisputable that the company is grossly insolvent and is unable to pay its debts,” the documents say.

About 90% of Evergrande’s business is in mainland China. Its chairman, Hui Ka Yan, who is also known as Xu Jiayin, was detained by authorities for suspected “illegal crimes” in late September, further complicating the company’s efforts to recover.

It’s unclear how the liquidation order will affect China’s financial system or Evergrande’s operations as it struggles to deliver housing that has been paid for but not yet handed over to families that put their life savings into such investments.

Evergrande’s Hong Kong-traded shares plunged nearly 21% early Monday before they were suspended from trading. But Hong Kong’s benchmark Hang Seng index was up 0.9% and some property developers saw gains in their share prices.

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