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Waivers of Rights to Compensation are Enforceable in Eminent Domain Actions

2015-10-15 02:41:58| Railroads - Topix.net

It's not every day you're involved in a successful eminent domain case before the California Court of Appeal. It's even more unusual when the case deals with a number of interesting legal issues, such as the enforceability of a waiver of just compensation, the compensability of a license, the breadth of the "project influence rule" for purposes of a property's valuation, and the substantial impairment of access test.

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U.N. Upholds Human Rights, World Bank Dismisses Them

2015-10-09 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: The United Nations has always remained one of the most vociferous and passionate advocates of human rights - exemplified in the creation in 2006 of a 47-member Human Rights Council in Geneva to uphold its mandate. World Bank President Jim Yong Kim. Credit: OECD But, in its own political yard, a member of its extended family, namely the World Bank, is apparently working at cross-purposes. Philip Alston, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, has lambasted the World...

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Saudi execution set for juvenile offender sparks human rights uproar

2015-10-08 01:00:36| IT Services - Topix.net

Mohammed Nimr, whose son Ali faces imminent execution in Saudi Arabia for offenses allegedly committed as a juvenile, is shown during an interview on Sept. 23, 2015, in Riyadh with Agence France-Presse.

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