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News Supreme Court strikes down violent video games ban
Supreme Court strikes down violent video games ban
Julia Zebley
June 27, 2011 10:26:01 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-2 in Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association that a California ban on the sale of violent video games to minors violates the First...

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News Conrad Black to return to prison for one year
Conrad Black to return to prison for one year
Julia Zebley
June 24, 2011 03:16:54 pm

Media magnate Conrad Black was ordered to return to prison by the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Friday, to serve 13 more months of his 42 month...

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News Apple sues Samsung for patent infringement in South Korea court
Apple sues Samsung for patent infringement in South Korea court
Julia Zebley
June 24, 2011 02:46:36 pm

Apple filed suit Friday in the Seoul Central District Court claiming that the Samsung "Galaxy" line of products copies its iPhone and iPad technology. This follows similar suits by Apple in the US and suits by Samsung...

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News US House approves patent reform bill
US House approves patent reform bill
Julia Zebley
June 24, 2011 01:43:52 pm

The US House of Representatives voted 304-117 Friday in favor of the America Invents Act , the largest potential reform to the US patent system since 1952. If the bill passes it would replace the...

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News Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko goes on trial for abuse of power
Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko goes on trial for abuse of power
Julia Zebley
June 24, 2011 10:42:47 am

Ukrainian opposition leader and former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko went on trial Friday in the Pechersky District Court on abuse of power charges. Thousands of protesters surrounded the building, supporting Tymoshenko and...

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News US lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to legalize marijuana
US lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill to legalize marijuana
Julia Zebley
June 24, 2011 09:13:36 am

Two members of the US House of Representatives introduced a bill Thursday to legalize marijuana nationally and leave regulation to the states. Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX) wrote...

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News Denmark court extends sentence of Muhammad cartoonist attacker
Denmark court extends sentence of Muhammad cartoonist attacker
Julia Zebley
June 23, 2011 01:50:05 pm

A Danish court on Wednesday sentenced Somali Islamist Muhideen Mohammed Geele to an additional year in prison for his 2010 attack on Kurt Westergaard, illustrator of the controversial 2005 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad [BBC...

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News Supreme Court rules drug privacy law violates free speech
Supreme Court rules drug privacy law violates free speech
Julia Zebley
June 23, 2011 12:52:14 pm

The US Supreme Court on Thursday voted 6-3 to affirm the lower court in Sorrell v. IMS Health , finding Vermont's Prescription Confidentiality Law a violation of freedom of speech...

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News Supreme Court holds federal law preempts in generic drug cases
Supreme Court holds federal law preempts in generic drug cases
Julia Zebley
June 23, 2011 12:00:11 pm

The US Supreme Court on Thursday voted 5-4 to reverse the lower court in PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing , holding that since generic drugs and their warnings are managed by the...

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News Supreme Court narrows bankruptcy judge jurisdiction
Supreme Court narrows bankruptcy judge jurisdiction
Julia Zebley
June 23, 2011 11:03:30 am

The US Supreme Court on Thursday voted 5-4 to affirm the lower court in Stern v. Marshall , agreeing that the bankruptcy court did not have jurisdiction in this instance. The...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Americans with Disabilities Act signed

On July 26, 1990, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the Americans with Disabilities Act, prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodation, communications, and activities of state and local government. Review a summary of the Act from the US Department of Labor.

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