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Orangutan In Argentina Zoo Recognised By Court As 'Non-Human Person' Sandra, 29, can be freed in Buenos Aires and transferred to a sanctuary Animal rights campaigners win after filing habeas corpus petition Tommy the chimp is not a person, New York court decides Sandra the orangutan 21 December 2014 An orangutan held in an Argentinian zoo can be freed and transferred to a sanctuary after a court recognised the ape as a “non-human person” unlawfully deprived of its freedom, local media reported on Sunday. Animal rights campaigners filed a habeas corpus petition – a document more typically used to challenge...

I withdrew as a member of an LLC over 3 months ago. I have asked the other members to buy me out, but all I am getting are very low offers that aren't in line with the reality of the value of my interest. I am compelled to litigate, but I have run out of funds and cannot afford an attorney any longer. I need to sell this asset to pay some debts. Our Operating Agreement has a buy-sell clause in it with a way to determine the value of my interest, but the remaining members (partners) have so far...

The Socialist Left Party wants to wrest more power from company owners and give employees 40 percent of the votes at corporate annual meetings. The Socialist Left (SV) Party continues to make headlines with their relatively radical profile as part of the governing left-center coalition with partners the Labor and Center parties. "SV is a socialist party. We believe that more power to the working people is good for companies and employees," SV's parliamentary leader Inge Ryan told NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting). The party will therefore propose to parliament that the existing Companies Act be changed so that a greater transfer...