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US government official announces Guantanamo detainee transfers

March 31, 2016 11:12:15 AM

A US government official on Wednesday announced that the Department of Defense has told Congress that it plans to transfer as many as 12 prisoners from the detention center at Guantanamo Bay. The plan would help the US...

March 31, 2016 09:32:32 AM

A federal jury in Manhattan on Wednesday found that a defective ignition switch in a General Motors (GM) vehicle was not to blame for a 2014 accident. The jurors deliberated for less than a day...

March 30, 2016 12:48:59 PM

The Tianjin No 1 Intermediate People's Court on Wednesday sentenced Ji Wenlin, the former vice governor of south China's Hainan Province, to 12 years in prison on corruption charges. The former government official was found to have used...

March 30, 2016 10:12:20 AM

French President François Hollande on Wednesday said that he will no longer move forward with his plan to reform the country's constitution. The reform would have included an amendment that would deprive French citizenship or...

March 30, 2016 08:57:18 AM

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper on Tuesday stated during a press conference that he will not defend House Bill 2 , which he considers to be discriminatory against the LGBT community. The bill, which was signed...

March 29, 2016 09:52:15 AM

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal said Monday that he will veto a controversial religious freedom bill . HB 757 was given final legislative approval earlier this month and awaited the governor's signature. The governor...

March 28, 2016 12:43:22 PM

Sudan's State Minister of Social Welfare on Sunday signed a United Nations (UN) action plan that will establish new measures to protect children from armed conflict. Under the new agreement,...

March 28, 2016 12:18:45 PM

North Carolina individuals and civil rights groups filed a lawsuit on Monday against Governor Pat McCrory claiming the bill signed last week regarding transgender discrimination is unconstitutional and discriminatory . The bill (H.B. 2) ,...

March 28, 2016 11:48:10 AM

The Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued sentences on Sunday for 41 defendants connected to a terrorist plot to bomb malls and hotels. All 41 defendants were charged with possessing firearms and ammunition...

March 27, 2016 03:52:54 PM

The Bangladesh Supreme Court on Sunday found two ministers guilty of contempt after they had publicly criticized the chief justice of the court. The two ministers, Food Affairs Minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM...

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Patent of Toleration grants religious freedom to Protestants in Holy Roman Empire

On October 21, 1781, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II issued the Patent of Toleration, which granted religious freedom to Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire.

First West law reports published

On October 21, 1876, the West Publishing Company, founded by John B. West, published its first law reporter, The Syllabi, which promised to provide Minnesota lawyers with legal intelligence that was "prompt, interesting, full, and at all times thoroughly reliable." The Syllabi eventually became the Northwestern Reporter, which later evolved into West's National Reporter System.

European Patent Institute established

On October 21, 1977, the European Patent Institute (EPI) was established by the European Patent Organisation pursuant to the European Patent Convention. The EPI serves as a non-governmental professional organization for patent lawyers in Europe.