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Pakistan, France, protest permit round out roundup

Steve Lash//July 6, 2020//

Pakistan, France, protest permit round out roundup

Steve Lash//July 6, 2020//

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Welcome to Monday, the 37th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Arizona Governing Committee v. Norris decision that Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits states from discriminating on the basis of sex in providing retirement benefits.

Here are some news items to get your week started.

— Many law firm furloughs might become layoffs, report finds.

— Pakistan’s detention of media mogul draws freedom of the press concerns.

— French drug company faces accusation of permitting diabetes medication to be prescribed as a diet pill.

— Federal judge blocks North Carolina city ordinance requiring permit to protest.

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