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Federal probe of former Chicago Schools CEO expands to Detroit

2015-10-16 20:23:00| American School & University

Investigators are looking at contracts awarded in Detroit when Barbara Byrd-Bennett was the district's chief academic and accountability auditor read more

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Locking out pork, dangerous precedent set by federal government

2015-10-16 16:46:00| National Hog Farmer

The pork industry calls 'hogwash' on federal government's decision to abruptly stop serving pork to 206,000 prisoners. National Hog Farmer Blog read more

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Pennsylvania Federal Court Finds Standing in Data Breach Class Action

2015-10-15 00:33:23| Beverages - Topix.net

The debate over standing in data breach litigation is gaining more attention lately. While many courts have hesitated to find standing prior to lost personally identifiable information actually being misused, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently joined other courts who have found standing when the plaintiff has already suffered identifiable identity attacks, marking the first time a Pennsylvania federal court has allowed a data breach class action to proceed beyond the motion to dismiss stage.

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BP settles with five states, federal government

2015-10-14 14:17:39| Waste Management - Topix.net

BP, one of the world's largest oil and gas companies, has settled with the federal government and the states of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida over claims related to the Deep Water Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

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