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News Romania Constitutional Court strikes law allowing politicians to own businesses
Romania Constitutional Court strikes law allowing politicians to own businesses
Lawrenz Fares
March 7, 2018 09:04:55 am

The Romanian Constitutional Court on Tuesday struck down a law that would have allowed politicians to own their own private businesses. The bill, known as Law no. 161/2003 ,...

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News UN rights official says “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya continues
UN rights official says “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya continues
Tate Brown
March 6, 2018 04:05:03 pm

UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew Gilmour on Tuesday said that the "ethnic cleansing of Rohingya from Myanmar continues," after a four-day visit to Bangladesh. During his visit, he focused on the situation of thousands...

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News Florida State Senate passes new gun legislation
Florida State Senate passes new gun legislation
Tate Brown
March 6, 2018 03:15:12 pm

The Florida Senate passed a bill on Monday that would raise the age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21 and require a three-day waiting period for most firearm purchases. The bill would also ban...

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News PA Attorney General sues Uber over data breach
PA Attorney General sues Uber over data breach
David Zwier
March 6, 2018 01:17:35 pm

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Monday filed a lawsuit against Uber for violating the state's Breach of Personal Information Notification Act . "Uber violated Pennsylvania law by failing to put our residents on...

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News ECJ rules against arbitration clauses in bilateral investment treaties between EU Member States
ECJ rules against arbitration clauses in bilateral investment treaties between EU Member States
Zachary Uram
March 6, 2018 12:56:22 pm

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday ruled that the arbitration provisions of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) between Czechoslovakia and the Netherlands was precluded by the terms of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union...

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News Pennsylvania Governor, Lt. Governor and League of Women Voters respond to Supreme Court stay request
Pennsylvania Governor, Lt. Governor and League of Women Voters respond to Supreme Court stay request
Andrew Morgan
March 6, 2018 12:11:17 pm

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Lieutenant Governor Mike Stack and the state's chapter of the League of Women Voters on Monday responded to a request filed by Republican legislators to have the United States Supreme Court block implementation of...

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News Arkansas governor announces work requirement for Medicaid recipients
Arkansas governor announces work requirement for Medicaid recipients
Elizabeth Lowman
March 6, 2018 10:29:35 am

Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson announced on Monday that Arkansas will be implementing a work requirement for Medicaid recipients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved the state's request on...

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D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals questions settlement on Obamacare lawsuit
Autumn Callan
March 6, 2018 08:13:41 am

A three-judge panel for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order on Monday that stalls the proposed settlement of a lawsuit files by the House of Representatives during the Obama administration over...

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Washington governor signs first state law to protect net neutrality
Elizabeth Lowman
March 6, 2018 07:42:15 am

Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill on Monday to protect net neutrality, making Washington the first state to pass such a bill. The bill received bipartisan support in Washington's legistlature. The law reinstates the...

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UN expert calls for right to healthy environment
Erik Slobe
March 5, 2018 03:39:18 pm

The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment called on the international community Monday to recognize that people have the right to a healthy environment. John Knox presented a report on the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

World Intellectual Property Organization created

On April 26, 1970, the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) went into force, creating WIPO. WIPO is a United Nations agency that works to promote intellectual property rights in the international community. Today, 184 nations have signed the convention.

Learn more about WIPO.

US soldier arrested for killing John Wilkes Booth

On April 26, 1865, Sergeant Thomas P. Corbett was placed under technical arrest for killing John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln.

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