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News Florida investigators find no evidence Schiavo abused by family
Florida investigators find no evidence Schiavo abused by family
Tom Henry
April 16, 2005 09:30:00 am

Records released Friday by the Florida Department of Children and Families pursuant to a Thursday court order revealed no evidence that Terri Schiavo had been abused or exploited by either her husband Micheal...

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News Environmental brief ~ Feds sued for lack of alternative fuel vehicles
Environmental brief ~ Feds sued for lack of alternative fuel vehicles
Tom Henry
April 15, 2005 12:16:00 pm

In Friday's environmental law news, a number of environmental groups have filed a complaint in federal court in San Francisco that alleges 14 government agencies have violated the US Energy Policy Act , which requires...

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News Environmental brief ~ Canada unveils Kyoto Protocol compliance plan
Environmental brief ~ Canada unveils Kyoto Protocol compliance plan
Tom Henry
April 14, 2005 10:15:00 am

In Thursday's environmental law news, the Canadian government has revealed its plan to reduce greenhouse emissions in accordance with the Kyoto protocol. The plan, called Project Green, aims at reducing Canada's greenhouse emissions by 270...

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News Anglican vicar makes last-minute legal challenge to UK royal wedding
Anglican vicar makes last-minute legal challenge to UK royal wedding
Tom Henry
April 9, 2005 11:10:00 am

Anglican cleric Father Paul Williamson filed a last-minute legal objection to the marriage of Prince Charles to Camilla Parker Bowles at the civic offices in Windsor Saturday just before the couple's civil marriage ceremony [British...

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News Transcripts reveal names, details of Guantanamo detainees
Transcripts reveal names, details of Guantanamo detainees
Tom Henry
April 9, 2005 10:34:00 am

Identities and details concerning the cases and treatment of some 60 Guantanamo detainees have emerged from thousands of pages of transcribed documentation filed by detainees' lawyers in US District Court in Washington, where lawsuits challenging the...

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News EPA cancels planned pesticide study involving children
EPA cancels planned pesticide study involving children
Tom Henry
April 9, 2005 09:49:00 am

In a turnaround from its position just a day earlier, the Environmental Protection Agency canceled a controversial study Friday involving the effects of pesticides on children. The EPA had planned to seek the advice of outside scientific...

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News Environmental brief ~ No settlement on hazmat transportation ban
Environmental brief ~ No settlement on hazmat transportation ban
Tom Henry
April 8, 2005 11:22:00 am

In Friday's environmental law news, CSX Transportation Inc. and the federal government have refused a proposal by US District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan to help settle a dispute with Washington DC officials over the city's plan to...

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News Documents in AIG probe allegedly doctored
Documents in AIG probe allegedly doctored
Tom Henry
April 8, 2005 09:57:00 am

The New York Times reported Friday that documents for a transaction at the center of a wide-ranging probe into American International Group Inc. were doctored two months after the deal was made. The deal was reportedly "repapered"...

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News Majority of Japanese support revising pacifist constitution
Majority of Japanese support revising pacifist constitution
Tom Henry
April 8, 2005 09:22:00 am

A new poll shows that sixty-one percent of Japanese voters support amending the country's US-drafted pacifist constitution but there is disagreement about how far Japan should move from its renunciation of war. Article 9 of the Japanese...

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Mexican presidential hopeful faces criminal charges
Tom Henry
April 8, 2005 08:41:00 am

The two main parties in Mexico's Congress joined forces late Thursday to strip Mexico City's mayor Manuel Lopez Obrador of immunity so he can be charged with contempt of court, threatening his bid for the presidency in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Congress approves first Patent Act

On April 10, 1790, Congress approved the US'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" a patented invention for fourteen years. The Act furthermore created the US Patent Board, the precursor to the modern US Patent Office. Read the current US Patent Law from the Cornell University Law School.

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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