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News Nigeria high court allows impeachment process to continue
Nigeria high court allows impeachment process to continue
Matthew Pomy
September 16, 2012 12:23:46 pm

Nigeria's High Court in Abuja declined to stop impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday. This means the Nigerian House of Representatives' impeachment proceedings for non-implementation of the nation's budget will be allowed to continue...

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News Cambodia genocide tribunal releases former Khmer Rouge leader
Cambodia genocide tribunal releases former Khmer Rouge leader
Matthew Pomy
September 16, 2012 09:58:23 am

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Sunday released the former "First Lady" of the Khmer Rouge regime, Ieng Thirith. The court ruled that due her degenerative illness, said to likely...

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News DOJ asks Supreme Court to consider two more challenges to DOMA
DOJ asks Supreme Court to consider two more challenges to DOMA
Matthew Pomy
September 12, 2012 11:28:28 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed petitions in the US Supreme Court asking them to consider two additional challenges to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) . The recent petitions bring the...

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News Federal appeals court reinstates damage award in file-sharing lawsuit
Federal appeals court reinstates damage award in file-sharing lawsuit
Matthew Pomy
September 12, 2012 11:07:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Tuesday reinstated a $220,000 jury verdict in a music file-sharing case against Jamie Thomas-Rasset for downloading 24 copyrighted songs. Sony BMG, Arista Records, Interscope Records,...

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News Iraq ex-VP sentenced to death
Iraq ex-VP sentenced to death
Matthew Pomy
September 9, 2012 03:15:25 pm

Former Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi was sentenced to death after being convicted on three counts of murder on Sunday. The verdict was given in absentia because al-Hashemi has been in hiding since...

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News Three states and several other groups file amicus briefs in DOMA challenge
Three states and several other groups file amicus briefs in DOMA challenge
Matthew Pomy
September 9, 2012 02:36:27 pm

The states of New York, Connecticut and Vermont filed an amicus brief along with several other groups in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday in support of the lower court...

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News Pennsylvania agencies submit brief in shale drilling law appeal
Pennsylvania agencies submit brief in shale drilling law appeal
Matthew Pomy
September 5, 2012 11:41:58 am

Attorneys for Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Public Utility Commission (PUC) filed a brief with the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Tuesday arguing that the appellate court erred in overturning portions of...

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AI urges investigation of Maldives human rights violations
Matthew Pomy
September 5, 2012 09:48:00 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday revealed violent human rights violations committed in the Maldives against opposition groups and called for an immediate independent investigation into the actions of security forces. The Maldives have...

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News Federal court rules proposed Texas voting map discriminatory
Federal court rules proposed Texas voting map discriminatory
Matthew Pomy
August 29, 2012 11:53:43 am

A panel of three federal judges ruled Tuesday that the proposed Texas voting map discriminates against black and Latino voters. Texas' population grew by 4.3 million, which gave it four more seats in the US House of...

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Federal judge awards $21 million in lawsuit against former Somalia PM
Matthew Pomy
August 29, 2012 10:49:08 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday awarded $21 million to seven Somalis in a lawsuit against former Somali prime minister Mohamed Ali Samantar [JURIST...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First US life insurance company incorporated

On January 11, 1759, America's first life insurance company was incorporated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers was established by Presbyterians to support the families of their ministers. In 1988, the company's name was changed to the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund. The company later became Covenant Life Insurance Company before being acquired by Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company in 2002. Read a history of the Presbyterian Ministers' Fund from the Pennsylvania Historical Society.

Treaty ended Anglo-American claims, courts in China

On January 11, 1943, the United States and Great Britain relinquished by treaty their extraterritorial claims in China. This abandonment effectively ended the jurisdiction of the extraterritorial United States Court for China (established 1906) and the British Supreme Court in China. Read more about the United States Court for China, which one scholar has called "probably the strangest federal tribunal ever constituted by Congress," in a short online history of the US Ninth Circuit.

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