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Sergey Brin's $102 Million Fight Against California's Billionaire Tax: What Is Really at Stake?

A political battle unfolding in California has placed one of the world's richest technology entrepreneurs at the center of a much larger debate about wealth, taxation, political influence and the future of the state's economy. Sergey Brin, the Google co-founder whose fortune is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars, has contributed approximately $102 million to an organization campaign…

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Britain Scraps Heavily Criticised Plans to Curb Jury Trials After Backlash

Britain’s government has abandoned one of the most controversial elements of its proposed criminal justice reforms, dropping plans that would have significantly reduced the number of defendants entitled to have their cases heard by a jury. The decision follows months of opposition from lawyers, politicians, legal organisations and campaigners who warned that the proposed changes risked weakening …

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