The latter has dug his team out of many a hole over the past couple of years, and the team management might be inclined to judge his current poor form leniently, but Ponting definitely needs a good series to keep his Test career alive.

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Citing the slate's "minimalist, modern form, " presiding judge Johanna Brueckner-Hoffmann determined that Samsung's tablet bears a "clear impression of similarity" with the iPad 2, thereby meriting a nationwide ban.

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He also held that a judge should be involved in determining the appropriate form of enforcement and the length of period involved.

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The Prime Minister, Panagiotis Pikrammenos, is a senior judge appointed to lead the caretaker administration which was put in place after talks to form a government collapsed.

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The 2003 settlement, approved by Judge Scheindlin, called for the NYPD to enact an anti-racial profiling policy and revise the form officers are required to complete after they make a stop, among other steps.

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