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News Nigeria charges 53 with ‘unlawful assembly’ for celebrating LGBTQ wedding
Nigeria charges 53 with ‘unlawful assembly’ for celebrating LGBTQ wedding
Steven Wildberger
April 22, 2017 01:24:20 pm

Nigerian prosecutors in Kaduna on Wednesday charged 53 men for celebrating an LGBTQ wedding in violation of the state's law against 'unlawful assembly' and the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act . The men were arrested last Saturday, and were released...

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News Russia man receives longest-ever cybercrime sentence
Russia man receives longest-ever cybercrime sentence
Steven Wildberger
April 22, 2017 12:32:00 pm

Roman Seleznev, the son of a member of the Russian Parliament, was sentenced on Friday for hacking into more than 500 US businesses, stealing then selling millions of credit card numbers. Seleznev was sentenced to 27 years,...

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News UN warns of growing humanitarian crisis in South Sudan
UN warns of growing humanitarian crisis in South Sudan
Steven Wildberger
April 20, 2017 09:06:03 am

Eugene Owusu , the top United Nations humanitarian official in South Sudan on Wednesday warned that without peace in South Sudan humanitarian conditions will continue to deteriorate. Speaking to reporters, Owusu urged that women...

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News Alabama Supreme Court upholds decision to remove former chief justice
Alabama Supreme Court upholds decision to remove former chief justice
Steven Wildberger
April 19, 2017 09:31:24 pm

The Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the September 2016 Court of the Judiciary decision to suspend Chief Justice Roy Moore for violation of the Canons of Judicial Ethics by issuing...

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News Federal judge blocks Arkansas execution plan
Federal judge blocks Arkansas execution plan
Steven Wildberger
April 15, 2017 12:24:17 pm

US District Court Judge Kristine Baker on Saturday issued a temporary injunction blocking Arkansas' plan to execute seven inmates by the end of the month. Baker's order comes a day after Arkansas state judge Wendell...

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News Federal appeals court rules cruel punishment claims can proceed against prison
Federal appeals court rules cruel punishment claims can proceed against prison
Steven Wildberger
April 15, 2017 10:44:18 am

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that the family of a man who committed suicide while in solitary confinement can argue that he faced cruel and unusual punishment, even if they don't argue...

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News Russia blocks UN condemnation of Syria gas attack
Russia blocks UN condemnation of Syria gas attack
Steven Wildberger
April 13, 2017 08:20:13 am

Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Wednesday that would have condemned Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's use of neurologic gas against the Syrian town Khan Sheikhoun on April 4....

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News Egypt parliament approves three-month state of emergency
Egypt parliament approves three-month state of emergency
Steven Wildberger
April 12, 2017 09:45:41 pm

The Parliament of Egypt on Tuesday gave its unanimous approval to a three-month state of emergency put in place by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi . Announced by Egypt's state-run news [Nile News,...

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News DOL accuses Google of systemic gender compensation disparities
DOL accuses Google of systemic gender compensation disparities
Steven Wildberger
April 8, 2017 11:43:08 am

The US Department of Labor (DOL) on Friday accused Google of engaging in compensation discrimination against female employees. As part of an ongoing investigation, DOL Regional Director Janette Wipper stated, "we found systemic compensation...

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News Nebraska supreme court strikes down ban on same-sex foster parenting
Nebraska supreme court strikes down ban on same-sex foster parenting
Steven Wildberger
April 8, 2017 11:18:59 am

The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday upheld a lower court decision overruling the state of Nebraska's long-time ban on same sex partner foster parenting. In doing so, the court compared the ban to signs reading...

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Congress approves first Patent Act

On April 10, 1790, Congress approved America's first Patent Act. The Patent Act of 1790 allowed inventors to maintain "sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others" the rights to a patented invention for fourteen years. The Act furthermore created the U.S. Patent Board, the precursor to the modern U.S. Patent Office.

Read the current U.S. Patent Act from the Cornell University Law School, and read A History of the Early Patent Office by Kenneth W. Dobyns.

Hugo Grotius born

Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist, statesman and father of international law was born in Delft, Holland, on April 10, 1583.

His best-known work is De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Law of War and Peace), which he published in 1625.

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