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In Landmark Decision, Australian Judge Rules Sex is Changeable in Gender Identity Case

The Federal Court finds Roxanne Tickle suffered discrimination when excluded from a women's social media platform.
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South Africa's First Female Chief Justice: US-Educated Trailblazer Maya Mandisa

Maya Mandisa has a distinguished career advocating for women's and human rights.
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Sternford Moyo: African Legal Giant & Ex-IBA President Fought For Lawyers' Rights

"Sternford was a man of great courage and integrity and will be sorely missed by those who knew him."
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Another Judge to Leave Hong Kong's Top Court

Canada's former chief justice, Beverley McLachlin, said she will retire at the end of her term in July. Her announcement comes days after two British judges quit over concerns about the political situation in Hong Kong.
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Mexicans Elect Ruling Party Candidate for the Presidency in Consolidation of Power

Claudia Sheinbaum has vowed to continue with the agenda of the Morena party, prompting concern by investors and their legal advisers who have not found the policies business-friendly, and who fear they will further erode checks and balances and weaken the country's judiciary.
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Report: Toronto Law Students Did Not Breach School's Code of Conduct With Pro-Palestinian Letter

An external review at Toronto Metropolitan University concluded the students' letter was "harsh" and "aggressive" in tone but a "valid" exercise of their freedom of speech.
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GOP Attorneys General, Firearms Advocates, and Sen. Ted Cruz Line Up to Defend US Gunmakers Against Mexican Suit at Supreme Court

Second Amendment groups and others are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a lower court decision that has allowed Mexico's civil suit against gunmakers to proceed.
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Long-Simmering Case Against Chiquita Nears Trial

Blank Rome is set to defend the banana grower against allegations that its payments to a right-wing militia aided and abetted murders in Colombia.
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European Court Delivers Landmark Climate Ruling

For the first time, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled on the issue of state action on climate change.
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Roy McMurtry Remembered as a 'Giant' in Canadian Law and Politics

The former attorney general of the province of Ontario was instrumental in setting up the legal aid system and presiding over the landmark case that legalized same-sex marriage in Canada, one of the first countries to do so.
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