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News China military court sentences former top general to life for taking bribes
China military court sentences former top general to life for taking bribes
Brittany Felder
July 27, 2016 09:14:58 am

A Chinese military court on Tuesday sentenced former top General Guo Boxiong to life in prison for taking bribes. While the amounts of the bribes have not been officially disclosed, as the trial was held behind closed doors, the...

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News Bangladesh court indicts 41 for murder in connection with 2013 garment factory collapse
Bangladesh court indicts 41 for murder in connection with 2013 garment factory collapse
Brittany Felder
July 20, 2016 10:44:18 am

A Bangladeshi court on Monday officially indicted 41 people with murder stemming from a 2013 garment factory collapse which resulted in the deaths of more than 1,100 people. Building owner Rohel Sana and his parents were...

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News Philippine Supreme Court orders immediate release of former president
Philippine Supreme Court orders immediate release of former president
Brittany Felder
July 20, 2016 10:30:38 am

The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Tuesday ordered the immediate release of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , who has been kept in hospital detention for nearly five years on charges of election fraud,...

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News Israel passes law increasing regulation of human rights organizations
Israel passes law increasing regulation of human rights organizations
Brittany Felder
July 13, 2016 10:17:05 am

Israeli lawmakers on Monday passed a controversial law increasing regulation on Israeli human rights organizations. The law requires that organizations receiving more than 50 percent of their funding from foreign governments or political organizations disclose that they...

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News North Carolina governor signs law requiring a court order to obtain police body camera footage
North Carolina governor signs law requiring a court order to obtain police body camera footage
Brittany Felder
July 13, 2016 08:56:25 am

North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory on Monday signed into law House Bill 972 , which states that police camera footage, including body camera footage, is not a matter of public record and proscribes the procedure for release...

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News Amnesty: opposition forces committing war crimes in Syria
Amnesty: opposition forces committing war crimes in Syria
Brittany Felder
July 6, 2016 09:56:11 am

Armed opposition groups are committing war crimes in Syria, Amnesty International (AI) said in a report Tuesday. While the report acknowledges that many violations of international human rights law have been committed by...

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News UN rights chief condemns terrorist attack in Baghdad
UN rights chief condemns terrorist attack in Baghdad
Brittany Felder
July 6, 2016 08:27:43 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Tuesday condemned Sunday's suicide bombing in Baghdad, Iraq. Stating that "the sheer unrestrained viciousness of these people defies belief," Zeid spoke strongly...

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News Federal judge declines to block Mississippi religious freedom law
Federal judge declines to block Mississippi religious freedom law
Brittany Felder
June 23, 2016 10:11:47 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi on Tuesday declined to block Mississippi's HB 1523 , which would allow clerks to refuse marriage licenses to same-sex couples citing "sincerely held religious...

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News Federal judge blocks enforcement of fracking regulations
Federal judge blocks enforcement of fracking regulations
Brittany Felder
June 23, 2016 08:59:09 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Wyoming ruled Tuesday that the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) "lacked Congressional authority to promulgate" regulations concerning fracking...

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News Egypt court invalidates transfer of islands to Saudi Arabia
Egypt court invalidates transfer of islands to Saudi Arabia
Brittany Felder
June 22, 2016 09:52:08 am

A court in Cairo on Tuesday invalidated the Egyptian president's decision to give sovereignty over two islands to Saudi Arabia. In April President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi transferred sovereignty of Tiran and Sanafir islands in the Red Sea to...

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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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