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News Georgia senate eases restrictions in abortion bill
Georgia senate eases restrictions in abortion bill
Max Slater
March 27, 2012 01:10:50 pm

The Georgia State Senate approved legislation on Monday that eases the restrictions on abortion imposed by a bill passed by the Georgia House of Representatives earlier in March. The House bill...

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News ICTR transfers case of former mayor to Rwanda court
ICTR transfers case of former mayor to Rwanda court
Sung Un Kim
March 27, 2012 12:50:38 pm

The referral chamber of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday transferred the case of Charles Sikubwabo to the High Court of Rwanda. The decision was based on ICTR...

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News Amnesty urges EU nations to investigate CIA renditions
Amnesty urges EU nations to investigate CIA renditions
Keith Herting
March 27, 2012 11:38:29 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday asked EU member states to reconsider their involvement in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) extraordinary rendition program of forced transfer and secret detention....

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News Worldwide executions increased in 2011: AI
Worldwide executions increased in 2011: AI
Andrea Bottorff
March 27, 2012 11:23:40 am

The number of worldwide executions increased from 2010 to 2011 , while the number of recorded death sentences decreased, according to an annual death penalty report published Tuesday by Amnesty International (AI) ....

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News Japan court orders Google to remove search terms in privacy case
Japan court orders Google to remove search terms in privacy case
Andrea Bottorff
March 27, 2012 10:03:42 am

The Tokyo District Court has ordered Google Inc. to remove certain search terms that a Japanese man has claimed violate his privacy. The plaintiff, whose name has not been released, petitioned the Tokyo...

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News Supreme Court declines to rule on hormone therapy for transgender inmates
Supreme Court declines to rule on hormone therapy for transgender inmates
Julia Zebley
March 27, 2012 09:50:08 am

The US Supreme Court denied certiorari Monday in Fields v. Smith , allowing a lower court decision that transgender hormone therapy is a medically necessary procedure to stand. The US Court...

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News Supreme Court rules listing of Israel on birth certificate is not a political question
Supreme Court rules listing of Israel on birth certificate is not a political question
Julia Zebley
March 27, 2012 08:58:41 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday in MBZ v. Clinton that a citizen's ability to list Israel as a place of birth on a passport is not a political question [LII Cornell...

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News Supreme Court rules on statute of limitations in insider trading cases
Supreme Court rules on statute of limitations in insider trading cases
Julia Zebley
March 27, 2012 07:35:24 am

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday in Credit Suisse Securities LLC v. Simmonds that normal statute of limitations tolling applies to insider trading cases. The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ...

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Supreme Court hears first day of arguments on health care act challenge
Dan Taglioli
March 27, 2012 06:15:01 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in United States Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida on whether the suit brought by challengers of the minimum coverage provision...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Congress approves first Patent Act

On April 10, 1790, Congress approved the US's first Patent Act. The Patent Act of 1790 allowed inventors to maintain "sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others" a patented invention for fourteen years. The Act furthermore created the US Patent Board, the precursor to the modern US Patent Office. Read the current US Patent Law from the Cornell University Law School.

Hugo Grotius born

Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist, statesman and father of international law was born in Delft, Holland, on April 10, 1583. His best-known work is De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Law of War and Peace), which he published in 1625.

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