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Delaware Rulings on Ambiguity, Materiality and Damages in M&A Indemnification Provisions Highlight the Importance of Careful Drafting
Delaware courts are frequently called upon to interpret indemnification provisions linked to representations and warranties, which serve as ...
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Scancell reports Phase 2 data showing strongly improved outcomes in Late-Stage Melanoma with its Immunobody® iSCIB1+
Scancell Holdings plc (AIM: SCLP), the developer of Immunobody ® and Moditope ® active immunotherapies to treat cancer, announces further positive data from the ongoing Phase 2 SCOPE trial of ...
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Reflecting on the Scopes trial, 100 years later
Teacher John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating a Tennessee law that banned the teaching of evolution because ...
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The Education Show Trial of the Century
The trial of John T. Scopes was an irresistible spectacle that pitted evolution against religion, with public schools as the ...
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July 21, verdict reached in Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’
On July 21, 1925, the so-called ‘Monkey Trial’ ended in Dayton, Tennessee, with John T. Scopes found guilty of violating ...
On This Day: Scopes fined for teaching evolution in Tennessee
On July 21, 1925, the so-called Monkey Trial, which pitted Clarence Darrow against William Jennings Bryan in Dayton, Tenn., ...
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How A Teacher Became The Center Of A Debate Over Evolution
In 1925, a teacher deliberately broke a law stating that evolution could not be taught in Tennessee classrooms. His trial ...
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100 years later, what's the legacy of the Scopes trial?
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ed Larson, about the legacy of the Scopes Trial and the teaching of evolution in school, and its relevance today.
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100 Years After the Scopes Trial, Public Education Still Gets It Wrong
One hundred years ago, in Dayton, Tennessee, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” was underway, with the battle for children’s public education in the balance. This case has become infamous in American legal ...
Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted
A small town in Tennessee courted national publicity a century ago when it recruited a local teacher to challenge a state law ...
Trial of the century: Why 100 years later, the Scopes case still matters
As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the case continue to be felt today.