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News UN passes resolution condemning executions based on LGBT status
UN passes resolution condemning executions based on LGBT status
Benjamin Minegar
November 22, 2012 12:44:12 pm

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday passed a resolution condmening extrajudicial, summary, and arbitrary executions on the basis of "gender identity" for the first time. In a vote of 108 to 1,...

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DOJ files antitrust suit against eBay
Benjamin Minegar
November 19, 2012 10:27:27 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the US District Court for the Northern District of California against online auction company eBay alleging violations of...

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News Pakistan high court retracts PM’s contempt charge
Pakistan high court retracts PM’s contempt charge
Benjamin Minegar
November 14, 2012 02:05:40 pm

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday retracted a contempt of court charge filed against Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf after approving notification of his compliance with a June directive that ordered the revival of corruption charges...

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News EU authorities urge Google to clarify privacy policy
EU authorities urge Google to clarify privacy policy
Benjamin Minegar
October 16, 2012 11:27:07 am

European regulators led by the French National Commission on Computing and Freedom (CNIL) on Tuesday urged Google to clarify its updated privacy policy . Google's new unified policy, which...

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News Apple appeals Tokyo court ruling for Samsung
Apple appeals Tokyo court ruling for Samsung
Benjamin Minegar
October 15, 2012 10:35:36 am

Apple on Monday appealed a Tokyo District Court ruling which dismissed Apple's claim that Samsung had infringed on Apple's patents. The appeal comes after Judge Tamotsu Shoji ruled in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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