Judge rules Gillette ads are false

News

Judge rules Gillette ads are false

June 2, 2005 02:59:00 pm

[JURIST] A US District Judge in Connecticut has ruled that Gillette's claims that its multi-blade M3Power razor [corporate product profile] lifts hair for a closer shave are "unsubstantiated and inaccurate," granting competitor Schick [company website] a preliminary injunction prohibiting television or print ads of the razor. A Gillette [corporate website] spokesperson said that the company has not decided whether to appeal the decision. The two companies have battled in court before, including a protracted patent fight in which Gillette claimed Schick violated its multi-blade patent. AP has more.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress set minimum federal sentences for drug offenders

On November 2, 1951, President Harry Truman signed the "Boggs Act" into law, setting minimum federal sentences for drug offenders.

Read Richard J. Bonnie and Charles Whitebread, The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry Into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition, 56 Virginia Law Review (1970).

Balfour Declaration issued

On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the United Kingdom's formal statement regarding Jewish people in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration was later endorsed by the World War I Allied Powers. It stated the British intention to support a national homeland for Jewish people and became a cornerstone of the Zionist movement.

Read the full Balfour Declaration as well as other documents regarding Israeli-Palestinian relations from the BBC.