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News France appeals court upholds judgment against eBay but reduces damages
France appeals court upholds judgment against eBay but reduces damages
Zach Zagger
September 3, 2010 04:08:47 pm

The Paris Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a 2008 judgment against the online auction house eBay for its role in the sale of counterfeit goods but significantly reduced the amount of damages eBay has to pay....

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News Canada G-20 protesters file class action suit against AG and Toronto police
Canada G-20 protesters file class action suit against AG and Toronto police
Brian Jackson
September 3, 2010 01:19:31 pm

Two individuals detained during the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Toronto in July filed a class action suit on Thursday on behalf of 1,150 individuals detained during the summit. The individuals, Miranda...

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News DOJ brings charges in largest US human trafficking case
DOJ brings charges in largest US human trafficking case
Matt Glenn
September 3, 2010 01:05:08 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that a Hawaii grand jury has indicted six people on human trafficking charges . The defendants allegedly enticed approximately 400 Thai nationals to come to the US by...

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News California appeals court refuses to order state appeal of same-sex marriage ruling
California appeals court refuses to order state appeal of same-sex marriage ruling
Matt Glenn
September 3, 2010 12:15:50 pm

A judge for California's 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that neither Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger nor Attorney General Jerry Brown is required to appeal last month's federal district...

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News Equatorial Guinea president says coup plotters had fair trial
Equatorial Guinea president says coup plotters had fair trial
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2010 10:28:08 am

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang said Friday that last month's trial of four men sentenced to death for a 2009 attack on the presidential palace was fair. Obiang stated that the country's laws were respected, and procedures guaranteeing a...

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News ICTY judges warn Karadzic trial likely to continue until 2014
ICTY judges warn Karadzic trial likely to continue until 2014
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2010 09:24:28 am

Judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) warned Friday that the genocide trial of Radovan Karadzic may take another four years—two years longer than expected. As the UN...

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News UN-sponsored anti-corruption agency opens in Austria
UN-sponsored anti-corruption agency opens in Austria
Daniel Makosky
September 3, 2010 08:18:13 am

The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), a joint venture undertaken by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) , Austria and others, opened its doors on Thursday. Based in Laxenburg, Austria,...

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News Rights group urges Bahrain to investigate torture allegations
Rights group urges Bahrain to investigate torture allegations
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 2, 2010 03:23:59 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Wednesday on Bahraini authorities to make a prompt investigation into torture allegations made by four Shia activists who have been detained for more than two weeks. On August 27, after...

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Prosecutors urge continued support of international tribunals
Hillary Stemple
September 2, 2010 01:39:34 pm

Current and former international prosecutors on Tuesday signed the fourth Chautauqua Declaration praising recent advances in international law and urging countries to continue supporting the international courts in order to maintain the spirit of the Nuremburg Principles...

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News UN delays release of controversial DRC ‘genocide report’
UN delays release of controversial DRC ‘genocide report’
Andrea Bottorff
September 2, 2010 11:14:48 am

The UN announced Thursday that it will delay the release of a report that accuses Rwandan forces of committing acts of genocide in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

European human cloning treaty signed

On January 12, 1998, nineteen European nations signed a treaty prohibiting human cloning within their jurisdictions. Review the terms of the Additional Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine, on the Prohibition of Cloning Human Beings.

WWII National War Labor Board established

On January 12, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt revived the National War Labor Board (NWLB) for World War II. In order to prevent wartime labor stoppages, the NWLB was set up to arbitrate labor disputes that arose during the war. The NWLB also managed wage controls over the airplane, automobile, shipping, mining, telegraph, and railway industries during the war. The original NWLB was created by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I for largely the same purposes. Read Cornell University's collection of NWLB files from both World Wars.

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