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News Federal appeals court orders new trial in Microsoft patent infringement suit
Federal appeals court orders new trial in Microsoft patent infringement suit
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2005 04:36:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Wednesday partially reversed a lower court decision that exposed Microsoft to $565 million in damages for patent infringement. The lower court had found that Microsoft's Internet...

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News Quattrone appeals lifetime ban from securities industry
Quattrone appeals lifetime ban from securities industry
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2005 03:45:00 pm

Lawyers for former investment banker Frank Quattrone said Wednesday that Quattrone is appealing his permanent ban from the securities industry . Last November, the National Association of Securities Dealers permanently barred Quattrone from working in the...

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News Blair rejects latest compromise on UK anti-terror bill
Blair rejects latest compromise on UK anti-terror bill
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2005 03:30:00 pm

British Prime Minister Tony Blair Wednesday refused to amend the proposed Prevention of Terrorism Bill to include a sunset clause that would require ministers to revisit the legislation in November. The Conservative Party ...

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News House committee approves $284B infrastructure bill
House committee approves $284B infrastructure bill
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2005 03:13:00 pm

The US House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Wednesday approved the Transportation Equity Act . The six-year, $284 billion highway and mass transit bill stalled last year over...

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News Federal judge blocks resumption of Canadian cattle imports
Federal judge blocks resumption of Canadian cattle imports
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2005 02:32:00 pm

US District Judge Richard Cebull ordered a temporary halt Wednesday to Bush administration plans to allow the resumption of imports of Canadian cattle next week. Judge Cebull granted a preliminary injunction preventing a USDA regulation allowing Canadian cattle imports...

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News UN report says drug trafficking threatens rule of law in Afghanistan, Iraq
UN report says drug trafficking threatens rule of law in Afghanistan, Iraq
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2005 02:18:00 pm

Drug trafficking in Afghanistan threatens to undermine the rule of law and democracy in the country, according to a report released Wednesday by the International Narcotics Control Board , the independent body charged with monitoring implementation of UN...

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News Japan law bars North Korean ships as abduction dispute continues
Japan law bars North Korean ships as abduction dispute continues
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 2, 2005 02:11:00 pm

New Japanese compulsory insurance rules requiring all foreign ships over 100 tons entering Japanese ports to be insured against oil spills, losses and other damages went into effect Tuesday, effectively barring most North Korean ships....

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CIA spy suit ruling [US SC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 2, 2005 01:25:00 pm

Tenet v. Doe, Supreme Court of the United States, March 2, 2005 [ruling that two former spys for the CIA could not sue the agency for support after it had backed out of an alleged agreement to provide them with...

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News Corporations and securities brief ~ Titan able to bid on Navy contracts after settlement
Corporations and securities brief ~ Titan able to bid on Navy contracts after settlement
Amit Patel
March 2, 2005 01:05:00 pm

Leading Wednesday's corporations and securities law news, Titan Corp. announced it reached administrative settlement agreement with the US Navy allowing the company to bid, receive and perform on government contracts. Read the Titan press release....

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News Madrid train bombers also planned attack on New York
Madrid train bombers also planned attack on New York
Jeannie Shawl
March 2, 2005 12:58:00 pm

Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported Wednesday that a disk seized from the home of one the suspected Madrid train bombers contained detailed plans of New York's Grand Central Station , including "highly specialized technical information."...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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