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Apple sues Motorola in federal court over patent claims in Germany

[JURIST] Apple [corporate website; Bloomberg backgrounder] brought suit against Motorola Mobility [corporate website; Bloomberg backgrounder] in the US District Court for the Southern District of California [official website] on Friday seeking an injunction to stop Motorola from bringing patent claims against Apple in Germany. Motorola's suit in Germany is over... [full story]

Federal appeals court refuses to reconsider Texas sonogram law

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit [official website] on Friday denied a request [press release] filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) [advocacy website] to hold an en banc hearing to reconsider a challenge to a Texas law that requires doctors to perform a sonogram.... [more]
Virginia senate approves bill allowing adoption agencies to refuse placement
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Senate panel approves bill to televize Supreme Court proceedings
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Supreme Court blocks Ohio execution
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Understanding Lakey: Abortion Rights and the Right to Know
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Mary Ziegler
Saint Louis University School of Law


Mugesera: Clarifying Rwanda Incitement Jurisprudence
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Gregory Gordon
University of North Dakota Law

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Same-Sex Marriage2/07
The heated debate over same-sex marriage is one of the most polarizing issues currently facing the American legal community. It is a controversy being played out in every branch of the federal government, from the floor of the US Senate to the Oval Office. It ...." [more]

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Federal judge upheld firing of medical marijuana user

On February 11, 2011, a federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan ruled that Wal-Mart did not wrongly fire an employee, Joseph Casias, who tested positive for medical marijuana he was using to treat a brain tumor. In the...." [more]
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Norwegian Terror Laws Should Not be Expanded2/10
JURIST Guest Columnist Per Lęgreid of the University of Bergen argues that Norwegian anti-terror laws should not be expanded to individuals planning terror attacks and that when faced with the choice between upholding individual liberties and attempting to prevent terror, individual liberties must prevail...The new ...." [more]
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Prosecuting the Political Crimes of Brazil's Military Dictatorship2/10
JURIST Guest Columnist Caio Abramo, LL.M. candidate at the Graduate School of Law, Economics and Governance at the University of Utrecht, is currently doing preliminary studies in international public law. He discusses Brazil's obligation to prosecute political crimes committed during the rule of the military ...." [more]
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Corona's Impeachment: The Failure to Disclose Assets2/06
JURIST Columnist Edsel Tupaz of Tupaz & Associates argues that despite statements to the contrary from some officials, the article of impeachment against Philippine Chief Justice Renato Corona based on his failure to fully disclose his assets is not without precedent...Is a misdeclaration, in good ...." [more]
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