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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 23 December 2017
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 23 December 2017
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December 23, 2017 12:00:07 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Ugandan parliament voted on Wednesday to eliminate the presidential age limit of 75 years. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday...

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 23 December 2017
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December 23, 2017 12:00:03 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: US President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law on Friday, making sweeping changes to US tax rates, exemptions and deductions. ...

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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 16 December 2017
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 16 December 2017
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December 16, 2017 12:00:06 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer on Wednesday called on the US to end impunity for those...

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 16 December 2017
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December 16, 2017 12:00:03 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The legal world is a busy place. In the midst of a growing and devastating opioid epidemic, officials in Lorain County, Ohio, filed a lawsuit in the Lorain...

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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday,  9 December 2017
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 9 December 2017
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December 9, 2017 12:00:07 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The High Court of South Africa ruled Friday that President Jacob Zuma's appointment of a State Prosecutor who would decide whether to reinstate corruption charges...

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 9 December 2017
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December 9, 2017 12:00:04 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: California's Public Counsel partnered with Morrison & Foerster on Tuesday to file a lawsuit in the Superior Court of Los Angeles claiming the state has failed to uphold its...

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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday,  2 December 2017
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 2 December 2017
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December 2, 2017 12:00:07 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday in favor of the Yukon First Nations in their action to fight the Yukon government's proposed plan to allow further economic development...

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 2 December 2017
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December 2, 2017 12:00:04 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Qualcomm filed three lawsuits against Apple Thursday, seeking compensation for alleged patent infringement. According to Qualcomm, Apple uses technologies that Qualcomm...

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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 25 November 2017
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 25 November 2017
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November 25, 2017 12:00:06 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Former Bosnian Serb Army Commander Ratko Mladić was sentenced to life imprisonment Wednesday by the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for crimes...

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 25 November 2017
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November 25, 2017 12:00:03 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed House No. Speaking in a cabinet meeting on Monday US President Donald Trump announced that the US is re-designating North Korea as...

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