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News Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC charges three in stock tip fax scam
Corporations and securities brief ~ SEC charges three in stock tip fax scam
James Murdock
July 18, 2005 07:04:00 pm

Leading Monday's securities and corporations law news, the SEC has charged three men with conning investors in a microcap scam. The scam involved sending faxes that were designed to look like a confidential stock tip from a...

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News States brief ~ CA Supreme Court rules workplace sex can harass other employees
States brief ~ CA Supreme Court rules workplace sex can harass other employees
Rachel Felton
July 18, 2005 04:41:00 pm

Leading Monday's states brief, the California Supreme Court ruled today that a boss's sexual affairs with subordinates may result in the sexual harassment of other employees in violation of the state's Fair Employment and Housing Act [PDF...

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News Padilla habeas appeal to be heard Tuesday
Padilla habeas appeal to be heard Tuesday
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 03:56:00 pm

The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia will take up the case of Jose Padilla Tuesday, the latest in a series of twists and turns the litigation has taken. The proceeding comes after...

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News DOJ seeks right to sue for past tobacco profits
DOJ seeks right to sue for past tobacco profits
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 03:42:00 pm

In an about-face from an earlier decision , the US Department of Justice is appealing to the US Supreme Court in an attempt to reinstate $280 billion in damages in its lawsuit against tobacco companies. Government lawyers previously...

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News Saddam lawyer presses  to move trial out of Iraq
Saddam lawyer presses to move trial out of Iraq
Tom Henry
July 18, 2005 03:08:00 pm

Giovanni di Stefano , a lawyer for Saddam Hussein, said once again Monday that the insurgency in Iraq has created an unsafe environment for the trial of the former dictator and that the venue should be...

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News UK political parties agree on new terror bill coming in October
UK political parties agree on new terror bill coming in October
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 02:57:00 pm

UK Home Office Secretary Charles Clarke said on Monday that the three main political parties in the UK - Labour, the Conservatives, and the Liberal-Democrats - have reached an agreement in principal regarding new anti-terrorism...

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News Amnesty International joins calls for justice for Franco victims
Amnesty International joins calls for justice for Franco victims
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 01:51:00 pm

Amnesty International on Monday called for Spain to formally confront its past and provide justice for victims of former fascist Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco . In February, prominent Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon had...

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News UN says violence against women in Afghanistan still pervasive post-Taliban
UN says violence against women in Afghanistan still pervasive post-Taliban
Tom Henry
July 18, 2005 01:41:00 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women Yakin Erturk said Monday that the difficulties faced by Afghani women, from abusive child marriages to public executions ordered by local councils, are still dramatic problems that...

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News Eric Rudolph sentenced to life in prison for bombings
Eric Rudolph sentenced to life in prison for bombings
David Shucosky
July 18, 2005 12:55:00 pm

As part of a plea deal reached in April , Eric Rudolph was sentenced Monday to life in prison without parole for his role in the 1998 bombing of an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama [Court...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Gitmo terror suspect trials to resume ASAP
BREAKING NEWS ~ Gitmo terror suspect trials to resume ASAP
Tom Henry
July 18, 2005 12:19:00 pm

AP is reporting that US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has said that military trials of two suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay will resume as soon as possible and charges will be filed against eight other detainees.2:25 PM...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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