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Commentary Facebook in the Spotlight: Dataism vs. Privacy
Facebook in the Spotlight: Dataism vs. Privacy
Kelly B. Cullen
April 20, 2018 07:54:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Chris Hoofnagle of Berkeley Law, discusses the policing of Facebook's privacy policies and FTC enforcement ... The Challenge of Policing Facebook Are our institutions up to the challenge of protecting users from information-age problems? This is the...

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Commentary Donald Trump, Syria and the Prevention of Genocide
Donald Trump, Syria and the Prevention of Genocide
Kelly B. Cullen
April 5, 2018 09:42:50 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Louis René Beres of Purdue University, discusses the implications of a hasty withdrawl from Syria... President Donald Trump recently announced his intention to get out of Syria, "very soon." The president's stated intention here could soon run...

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Commentary DNA Software in the Courts and the Future
DNA Software in the Courts and the Future
Kelly B. Cullen
March 13, 2018 11:02:01 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist John Buckleton of New Zealand's Institute of Environmental Science and Research, discusses the future of DNA software in the courtroom... As anyone who has ever watched CSI can tell you, DNA is well established as the gold...

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Commentary Defending the Jury After <span class="casename">Stanley</span>
Defending the Jury After Stanley
Kelly B. Cullen
February 19, 2018 03:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist, Dr. Charles I. M. Lugosi, J.D. LL.M. M.B.E. S.J.D. Counsel at the law firm of Crease Harman, LLP, discusses the jury controversy resulting from the trial of Gerald Stanley ... Speaking in my personal capacity as a...

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Commentary Trade Secrets (Part 2): The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016
Trade Secrets (Part 2): The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016
Kelly B. Cullen
February 8, 2018 07:00:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Uché Ewelukwa of the University of Arkansas School of Law, discusses the dynamic landscape of trade secret law in a multi-part series. In part 2, she discusses the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 ... Introduction Signed...

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Commentary Trade Secrets, Tech Innovations and the Changing Legal Landscape
Trade Secrets, Tech Innovations and the Changing Legal Landscape
Kelly B. Cullen
February 6, 2018 02:58:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Uché Ewelukwa of the University of Arkansas School of Law, discusses the dynamic landscape of trade secret law in a multi-part series. In part 1, she introduces current legal trends in trade secrets ... Introduction 2018...

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Commentary After Nassar: Protecting Athletes by Regulating Sports Medicine
After Nassar: Protecting Athletes by Regulating Sports Medicine
Kelly B. Cullen
January 29, 2018 12:00:23 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Dionne Koller of the University of Baltimore School of Law, discusses the Nassar sexual abuse scandal and the potential for regulation of "sports medicine" ... Sexual abuse of young athletes has been a persistent problem in Olympic...

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Commentary Masterpiece Wedding Cakes: The Context-Dependence of Meaning
Masterpiece Wedding Cakes: The Context-Dependence of Meaning
Kelly B. Cullen
December 8, 2017 05:38:19 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Jeff Shafer of Alliance Defending Freedom, discusses expression's reliance on context in light of Masterpiece Cakeshop ... Two perpendicular lines: a cross. A church architectural committee asks a sculptor to design one for placement atop the steeple...

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Commentary No Safe Harbor: Congress Threatens Free Speech Online
No Safe Harbor: Congress Threatens Free Speech Online
Kelly B. Cullen
October 28, 2017 01:45:06 pm

JURIST Guest Columnists Christina Pesavento and Ashley Baker, of the Committee for Justice: Thanks to a sex trafficking bill, the Internet's days as the bullhorn of democracy may be limited... In Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997), Justice John...

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Commentary Diagnosing the North Korean Pathology
Diagnosing the North Korean Pathology
Kelly B. Cullen
October 1, 2017 08:33:52 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Louis René Beres of Purdue University, critically analyzes Trump's "America First" foreign policy... Instead of exchanging corrosive epithets with Kim Jung Un, President Trump should focus on creating a better understanding of the North Korean dictator's personal...

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Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia

On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.

First US wartime conscription law took effect

On April 1, 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, the first wartime conscription law passed in the United States went into effect. It included a clause allowing a person to pay $300 to avoid military service, a controversial "rich man's" exception that precipitated the July 1863 New York City Draft Riots.

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