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News World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 14 October 2017
World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 14 October 2017
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October 14, 2017 12:00:05 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Turkish prisons are committing torture and disappearing citizens, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Thursday. Palestinian political parties Hamas and Fatah [Al Jazeera...

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 14 October 2017
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October 14, 2017 12:00:03 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The White House notified the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday that it had instructed the Department of Health and Human...

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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 7 October 2017
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October 7, 2017 12:00:05 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Canada's House of Commons on Wednesday passed bill S-226 , the "Magnitsky Act," which would allow for the Canadian government to take "restrictive measures in respect of foreign...

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 7 October 2017
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October 7, 2017 12:00:03 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The parties involved in challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban order filed letter briefs with the US Supreme Court Thursday addressing whether the issue is moot in light of Trump's September...

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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 30 September 2017
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September 30, 2017 12:00:05 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A Vietnamese Court began issuing verdicts and sentences Friday in an ongoing anti-corruption case for members of Ocean Bank, with former CEO Nguyen Xuan Son being sentenced to...

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Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Senate Budget Committee released the 2018 Budget Resolution Friday that aims to cut taxes but potentially add $1.5 trillion to the deficit over 10 years. The budget...

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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 23 September 2017
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September 23, 2017 12:00:05 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Transport for London (TfL) on Friday announced that it will not issue a private hire operator license to Uber London Limited to operate in London. ...

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 23 September 2017
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September 23, 2017 12:00:03 pm

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: San Francisco filed a nuisance lawsuit against five fossil fuel companies due to expected expenses the city will incur from global warming. The Oregon Supreme Court ...

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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 16 September 2017
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September 16, 2017 12:00:06 pm

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The Office of the Attorney General of Indonesia announced Thursday that it would rescind a policy that banned lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals from becoming employees....

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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 16 September 2017
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Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois ruled Friday that the Trump administration cannot withhold grants to so-called "sanctuary cities," issuing a nationwide...

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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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