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News Federal Circuit reverses Samsung injunction, remands to lower court
Federal Circuit reverses Samsung injunction, remands to lower court
Brandon Gatto
October 11, 2012 02:59:06 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday reversed an injunction issued by the US District Court for the Northern District of California against Samsung in an ongoing patent dispute...

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Brandon Gatto
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African neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger asked the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) at a public sitting on Monday for a peaceful settlement of the longstanding and ongoing border dispute between the...

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Kazakhstan court sentences opposition leader to prison
Brandon Gatto
October 8, 2012 02:55:20 pm

A court in Kazakhstan on Monday sentenced an outspoken political activist to seven-and-a-half years in jail for allegedly colluding with a fugitive billionaire to overthrow the government. Specifically, Judge Berdybek Myrzabekov found Vladimir Kozlov , head...

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Eighth Circuit affirms dismissal of health care law challenge
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October 4, 2012 03:41:23 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) due to the plaintiffs' lack of...

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UN rights chief urges Serbia to allow gay pride parade
Brandon Gatto
October 4, 2012 02:56:15 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged Serbia to protect universal freedoms and allow a banned pride parade for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. The pride parade, which was...

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October 1, 2012 03:40:44 pm

California Governor Jerry Brown on Sunday signed a bill that will allow some illegal immigrants who came to the US as children to obtain state drivers licenses. Specifically, the legislation will amend...

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Brandon Gatto
October 1, 2012 03:12:31 pm

The Bahrain Court of Cassation on Monday upheld jail sentences issued to nine medics convicted for their involvement in Bahrain's pro-democracy uprising in February and March of 2011, the Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported. According...

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ACLU urges government to stop delegating federal immigration authority
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September 27, 2012 03:40:30 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday urged the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to stop delegating federal immigration authority to state and local law enforcement agencies, claiming...

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Netherlands court allows ICC witnesses to seek asylum
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September 27, 2012 02:40:09 pm

A Dutch court on Wednesday ruled that three Congolese witnesses who testified in an International Criminal Court (ICC) case against militia leader Germain Katanga must be allowed to remain in the Netherlands...

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September 24, 2012 03:55:12 pm

An Egyptian criminal court on Monday upheld death sentences for 14 Islamists convicted of murdering several people in Sinai Peninsula attacks last year. In particular, the Ismailia court ordered the convicts, all members of the monotheist and militant group...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis

On April 7, 529 Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe. Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis.

Supreme Court ruled on possession of obscene materials

On April 7, 1969, the US Supreme Court ruled in Stanley v. Georgia that laws prohibiting private possession of obscene materials were unconstitutional.

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