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News Apple to pay $450 million after Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in e-book case
Apple to pay $450 million after Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in e-book case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
March 8, 2016 06:04:11 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a lower court ruling finding Apple conspired with book publishers to increase e-book prices. Monday's order, issued without comment, means that Apple is now responsible...

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News Bangladesh upholds death sentence for 1971 war crimes
Bangladesh upholds death sentence for 1971 war crimes
Emelina Perez
March 8, 2016 03:12:50 pm

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh upheld the death sentence of a former opposition politician on Tuesday for allegedly committing war crimes during the 1971 war of independence. Mir Quasem Ali, who is accused of murder and...

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News Virginia becomes first state to regulate fantasy sports
Virginia becomes first state to regulate fantasy sports
Emelina Perez
March 8, 2016 02:19:43 pm

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed the Fantasy Contests Act into law on Monday, making the state the first to regulate online fantasy sports. The law requires fantasy contest operators to register with the state and conduct annual...

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News HRW: African Union should establish court to prosecute South Sudan war crimes
HRW: African Union should establish court to prosecute South Sudan war crimes
Brittany Felder
March 8, 2016 01:09:01 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday urged the African Union to establish a hybrid court to prosecute members of the South Sudan government for war crimes committed in the Western Equatoria region. HRW said that there...

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News Florida governor signs death penalty reforms into law
Florida governor signs death penalty reforms into law
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
March 8, 2016 01:02:28 pm

Florida Governor Rick Scott on Monday signed into law a bill revamping the state's death penalty law. The changes are in response to the US Supreme Court ruling in January that the state's previous sentencing...

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News Michigan governor facing class action lawsuit over water contamination
Michigan governor facing class action lawsuit over water contamination
Brittany Felder
March 8, 2016 12:32:26 pm

Seven families living in Flint, Michigan, filed a class action lawsuit against Governor Rick Snyder on Monday alleging gross negligence in connection to the lead-contaminated water. The suit, filed under the Safe Water and Lead-Free...

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News Supreme Court decides case on diversity jurisdiction
Supreme Court decides case on diversity jurisdiction
Dominic Yobbi
March 7, 2016 01:42:46 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday held that for the purposes of diversity jurisdiction, citizenship of an investment trust depends on the citizenship of its members, which includes its shareholders. In Americold Realty Trust v....

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News Kuwait top court upholds 4-year sentence for insulting judges on Twitter
Kuwait top court upholds 4-year sentence for insulting judges on Twitter
Dominic Yobbi
March 7, 2016 01:19:26 pm

Kuwait's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the four-year jail sentence against an activist found guilty of insulting judges on Twitter. Ahmad Fadhel was convicted for writing comments considered offensive to a number of judges in Kuwait. Three...

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News China rights lawyer flees to US after release
China rights lawyer flees to US after release
Alonso Diaz
March 7, 2016 01:02:21 pm

Chinese lawyer and professor, Chen Taihe, fled his country and arrived in San Leandro, California, the Dui Hua Foundation said Monday. Chen was detained last July as part of a crackdown on rights lawyers that had...

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News West Virginia legislature overrides veto on permitless concealed carry
West Virginia legislature overrides veto on permitless concealed carry
Alonso Diaz
March 7, 2016 12:24:36 pm

The West Virginia Senate on Saturday voted 23-11 to override Governor Earl Ray Tomblin's veto of House Bill 4145 , allowing civilians 21 and over to carry concealed weapons without a permit. The bill will now become law after the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Rosenbergs convicted of espionage

On March 29, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of passing US atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. The couple was sentenced to death on April 3 under the Espionage Act of 1917, 18 U.S.C 794. They were then executed two years later on June 19, 1953 in New York State's Sing Sing Prison. View the FBI's files on the Rosenbergs.

British parliament passed act creating Canada

On March 29, 1867, the British Parliament passed the British North America Act, a constitutional document creating a united Dominion of Canada. It went into effect on July 1 that year.

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