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A Los Angeles federal judge dismissed a shareholder class action lawsuit against American Apparel. ...
California's effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 was ruled unconstitutional. ...
Nearly a quarter of the UC Irvine School of Law's 2012 graduates have obtained clerkships, a higher percentage than Harvard. ...
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