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News Judge postpones decision on Toshiba flash memory sale
Judge postpones decision on Toshiba flash memory sale
Rachel Gerber
July 16, 2017 05:05:53 pm

A judge for the Superior Court of California postponed a decision Friday for injunctive relief to block Toshiba Corporation from selling its flash memory business in an attempt to relieve losses from the nuclear reactor business....

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News Venezuela holds unofficial referendum on constitutional rewrite
Venezuela holds unofficial referendum on constitutional rewrite
Rachel Gerber
July 16, 2017 02:20:03 pm

The Venezuela government's opposition opened polls Sunday over President Nicolas Maduro's call to rewrite the constitution . Many have accused Maduro's plan to be undemocratic and a way to suppress the months of anti-government protests against his...

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News Venezuela political prisoner released to house arrest
Venezuela political prisoner released to house arrest
Rachel Gerber
July 9, 2017 01:20:52 pm

Venezuelan political prisoner Leopoldo López was released from a military prison Saturday on house arrest after the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice ordered his release due to health concerns. López...

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News Louisiana police officer injured in Baton Rouge shooting sues Black Lives Matter
Louisiana police officer injured in Baton Rouge shooting sues Black Lives Matter
Rachel Gerber
July 9, 2017 10:56:47 am

A wounded officer in a Baton Rouge shooting last year filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana Friday alleging that Black Lives Matter and five...

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News China dissident Liu Xiaobo released from prison after cancer diagnosis
China dissident Liu Xiaobo released from prison after cancer diagnosis
Rachel Gerber
June 27, 2017 09:12:10 am

Human Rights Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo was released on medical parole as he was diagnosed with late-stage liver cancer, Liu's lawyer and prison officials [press release, in...

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Supreme Court rules on deadline for opting out of class actions
Rachel Gerber
June 26, 2017 08:35:26 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in California Public Employees' Retirement System v. Anz Securities, Inc., et al. that a member of a class action suit cannot file a new suit separately past the...

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Supreme Court applies statute of limitations to SEC enforcement action
Rachel Gerber
June 6, 2017 07:23:09 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Kokesh v. Securities and Exchange Commission that claims for disgorgement in an SEC enforcement action are held within the five-year statute of limitations. The court was...

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News Supreme Court limits forfeiture in drug crimes
Supreme Court limits forfeiture in drug crimes
Rachel Gerber
June 6, 2017 06:49:16 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Honeycutt v. United States that forfeiture is limited to property the defendant actually obtained as a result of the crime or "tainted property." The court held...

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UN Security Council adds sanctions against North Korea
Rachel Gerber
June 4, 2017 09:25:04 am

The United Nations Security Council decided on Friday to expand existing sanctions placed on Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and applied those sanctions to 14 individuals and four organizations. The expansion of resolution...

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Trump uses London attack to support travel ban
Rachel Gerber
June 4, 2017 08:43:52 am

President Donald Trump made a series of tweets on Saturday to profess the need for his travel ban stemming from the London attack . Trump also phoned British Prime Minister Theresa May ...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots. The riots, the worst in US history to that point, killed as many as 100 people and had to be quelled by troops, some of whom had recently fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Learn more about the Draft Riots.

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