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09/13/2024

: Father Sentenced to 68 Years in Prison for Ra**ng His Three Children https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-09-13/lebanon-father-sentenced-to-68-years-in-prison-for-ra**ng-his-three-children/?loclr=fblaw

On July 16, 2024, the Criminal Court of North Lebanon convicted a 51-year-old man of ra**ng his own three children. The court ordered the three children to be taken from the father’s custody and be placed in a social care facility for psychological and medical rehabilitation. The court sentenced t...

09/12/2024

Today's post is an interview with Ivana Hristova, a foreign law intern in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/09/an-interview-with-ivana-hristova-foreign-law-intern/?loclr=fblaw

09/12/2024

: Uber Heavily Fined for Violating EU's General Data Protection Regulation https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-09-12/netherlands-uber-heavily-fined-for-violating-eus-general-data-protection-regulation/?loclr=fblaw

On July 22, 2024, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) imposed a fine of 290 million euros (about US$324 million) on Uber for violating the European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The DPA found Uber transferred sensitive personal ...

09/11/2024

: Tariff on Agricultural Goods Temporarily Waived https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-09-10/bolivia-tariff-on-agricultural-goods-temporarily-waived/?loclr=fblaw

09/10/2024

Today on the blog, we introduce the upcoming U.S. law webinars for October 2024. We hope you can join us! https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/09/upcoming-us-law-webinars-october-2024/?loclr=fblaw

09/10/2024

: Federal Court Rules AI Cannot be Recognized as an Inventor https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-09-09/germany-federal-court-rules-ai-cannot-be-recognized-as-an-inventor/?loclr=fblaw

In a decision published July 31, 2024, the Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) ruled that because under German patent law only natural persons can be inventors, artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be listed as the inventor in a patent application. The decision was issued on a patent ap...

09/10/2024

We hope you can join us for our Constitution Day event at 3pm tomorrow, in-person or online. Professor Robert Post and Dean William Treanor will discuss Professor Post's book, The Taft Court: Making Law for a Divided Nation, 1921–1930.

For more information and to register, visit our blog: https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/08/join-us-for-constitution-day-2024-the-taft-court-making-law-for-a-divided-nation-1921-1930/?loclr=fblaw

09/09/2024

Today's blog post is an interview with Jai-Len Williams, a foreign law intern at the Law Library of Congress. https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/09/an-interview-with-jai-len-williams-foreign-law-intern/?loclr=twlaw

09/09/2024

: Appeals Court Allows Deportation Despite Erroneously Issued Certificate of Citizenship https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-09-08/united-states-appeals-court-allows-deportation-despite-erroneously-issued-certificate-of-citizenship/?loclr=fblaw

On August 27, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a U.S. resident who never obtained citizenship was subject to removal despite the government’s 21-year delay in canceling his certificate of citizenship. (Lall v. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., No. 20-205 (3d Cir. 20...

09/06/2024

Today's blog post details the history and responsibilities of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names from its creation to the present day. https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/09/charting-the-course-what-is-the-u-s-board-on-geographic-names/?loclr=fblaw

09/06/2024

: New Pretrial System Adopted to Improve Case Management and Reduce Delays https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-09-05/trinidad-and-tobago-new-pretrial-system-adopted-to-improve-case-management-and-reduce-delays/?loclr=fblaw

On December 12, 2023, President Christine Carla Kangaloo proclaimed the Administration of Justice (Indictable Proceedings) Act, as amended (AJIPAA). The AJIPAA repealed and replaced the preliminary inquiry procedures previously prescribed under the Indictable Offences (Preliminary Enquiry) Act. Inst...

09/05/2024

The Law Library's Global Legal Research Directorate has a newly published report titled “Regulation of Payments to Former Officials from Foreign Governments." Learn more on today's blog: https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/09/law-librarys-published-new-report-titled-regulation-of-payments-to-former-officials-from-foreign-governments/?loclr=fblaw

09/05/2024

: General Court Rules European Commission Must Grant Wider Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Purchase Agreements https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-09-04/european-union-general-court-rules-european-commission-must-grant-wider-access-to-covid-19-vaccine-purchase-agreements/?loclr=fblaw

09/04/2024

Join us on 9/26 at 2:00 p.m. EST for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar: “War and Lawmaking: Recent Legal Developments in Israel" by senior foreign law specialist, Ruth Levush. https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/09/join-us-on-9-26-for-a-foreign-and-comparative-law-webinar-on-war-and-lawmaking-recent-legal-developments-in-israel/?loclr=fblaw

09/04/2024

and : Offenders Serving Life Sentences Prohibited from Marrying https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-09-03/england-and-wales-offenders-serving-life-sentences-prohibited-from-marrying/?loclr=fblaw

Offenders sentenced to life imprisonment and a whole life order are now prohibited from marrying or entering a civil partnership while serving their sentence, under the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, which entered into force on August 2, 2024.Whole life orders are imposed on exceptionally serious o...

09/03/2024

Today's blog post explores the role of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), in particular its role during the Olympics. https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/09/falqs-the-court-of-arbitration-for-sport-and-the-olympics/?loclr=fblaw

09/03/2024

Today on , we turn to the Annals of Congress on to discover reactions to the British Attack on Washington in 1814. https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/09/using-congress-gov-to-discover-reactions-to-the-british-attack-on-washington-in-1814/?loclr=fblaw

09/03/2024

: Act to Protect Minors in Foreign Marriages Enters into Force https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-09-03/germany-act-to-protect-minors-in-foreign-marriages-enters-into-force/?loclr=fblaw

On July 1, 2024, the Act to Protect Minors in Foreign Marriages, which regulates the consequences of a marriage that is legally void in Germany because one partner is underage, entered into force. The new law is in response to a February 2023 decision by the Federal Constitutional Court (Bundesverfa...

08/30/2024

Today's picture of the week post is from Heather's summer travels to Tallinn, Estonia, one of the best-preserved medieval cities in Europe. https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/08/old-town-tallinn-pic-of-the-week/?loclr=fblaw

08/30/2024

: Limit on Licenses for Car Rental Service with Drivers Declared Unconstitutional https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-08-29/italy-limits-on-issuing-car-service-licenses-declared-unconstitutional/?loclr=fblaw

On July 19, 2024, Italy’s Constitutional Court issued Decision No. 137 of July 3, 2024 (in Italian), declaring unconstitutional a law that froze the issuance of new licenses for chauffeured car services until a national computerized register is fully operational.Constitutional QuestionThe Constitu...

08/29/2024

Today's blog post is a guest post by foreign law specialist Tariq, who brings us a post on the interim government and the Constitution of . https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/08/interim-government-and-the-constitution-of-bangladesh/?loclr=fblaw

08/29/2024

: Road Traffic Act Amended to Address Mobile Driver's Licenses https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-08-29/south-korea-road-traffic-act-amended-to-address-mobile-drivers-licenses/?loclr=fblaw

South Korea’s Road Traffic Act has been amended to provide a legal basis for mobile driver’s licenses. (Act No. 20155, Jan. 30, 2024.) The amendment will become effective October 25, 2024.A mobile driver’s license is a license installed in encrypted form on a cell phone or other mobile communi...

08/29/2024

Today's blog post is an interview with Carlos Olave, Law Team Section Head at the Law Library of Congress. https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/08/an-interview-with-carlos-olave-law-team-section-head/?loclr=fblaw

This is an interview with Carlos Olave, Law Team section head at the Library of Congress.

08/28/2024

: Compensation Plan for Wrongly Convicted Postmasters Implemented https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-08-27/united-kingdom-compensation-plan-for-wrongly-convicted-postmasters-implemented/?loclr=fblaw

The Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme (HCRS) is now open for applications for postmasters wrongly convicted in the Post Office Horizon Scandal. The HCRS was created to compensate postal employees whose improper convictions for fraud, false accounting, money laundering, theft, handling stolen goods,...

08/28/2024

We are pleased to announce that we are holding a “Congress.gov Public Forum” on 9/18 from 1-3 p.m. EDT. You can attend in-person or online. If you are a professional or a concerned citizen who uses Congress.gov regularly to keep up with the latest federal legislative activity, we want to hear from you! https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/08/join-us-for-a-congress-gov-public-forum-on-september-18th/?loclr=fblaw

08/27/2024

Today on the blog, Betty brings us a post on historic New York Joint Legislative Committee reports on motor vehicles and traffic safety. https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/08/new-york-state-committee-reports-on-the-shelf/?loclr=fblaw

08/27/2024

: Federal Court of Justice Confirms Life Sentence of Syrian Official for Crimes Against Humanity https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-08-26/germany-federal-court-of-justice-confirms-life-sentence-of-syrian-official-for-crimes-against-humanity/?loclr=fblaw

On August 5, 2024, Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) upheld a 2022 ruling from the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz, convicting Anwar R., a former Syrian intelligence officer, to life imprisonment for multiple crimes against humanity, including torture, murder, severe dep...

08/26/2024

Today's blog post highlights the Law Library of Congress's time at the American Association of Law Libraries Conference in July. https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/08/a-law-library-recap-from-aall/?loclr=fblaw

08/26/2024

: Amendments Proposed to Allow Clerical Authorities to Govern Marriage https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-08-25/iraq-amendments-proposed-to-allow-clerical-authorities-to-govern-marriage/?loclr=fblaw

On July 24, 2024, the Iraqi House of Representatives began considering proposed amendments to two provisions of Iraq’s Personal Status Law to require husbands at the time of marriage to choose whether the marriage will be governed by civil law or by Shi’i or Sunni clerical authority.Content of t...

08/23/2024

- : MOU to Prevent Documentation Fraud Signed https://www.loc.gov/item/global-legal-monitor/2024-08-22/philippines-united-states-mou-to-prevent-documentation-fraud-signed/?loclr=fblaw

On June 10, 2024, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on document verification with the United States Embassy in Manila aimed at preventing fraud and facilitating migration and international travel procedures.As noted in the announcem...