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Archive: 2020 (258 Posts)

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Makeup Dupes: The Law of Cosmetics and Trademarks

Posted by: Anna Price

The following is a guest post by Hannah Sullivan, an intern with the Digital Resources Division of the Law Library of Congress. She is a current graduate student at the University of Rhode Island in the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) program. If you are anything like me, a big part of growing …

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Introducing the New Multi-jurisdiction Service of Process Report

Posted by: Ruth Levush

This is a guest post by Kayahan Cantekin, a foreign law specialist in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. Kayahan previously blogged about Introducing the New Civil Education Models Report. We’re proud to announce that our new multi-jurisdiction report on rules governing the service of process is now available on law.gov. …

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Join Us For A Webinar To Learn How To Explore Our Vast Collection of Foreign Legal Gazettes

Posted by: Robert Brammer

On December 8th at 2pm ET, the Law Library of Congress will host a webinar to demonstrate how to use our new Foreign Legal Gazettes Database to explore the Law Library’s vast collection of foreign legal gazettes. The Law Library has been collecting foreign legal gazettes since the mid-19th century. We are one of the last …

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Join Us for our 2020 Human Rights Day Event: Contact Tracing and the Right of Privacy

Posted by: Robert Brammer

This is a post by Jenny Gesley, senior foreign law specialist and Robert Brammer, chief of the Office of External Relations.  The Law Library of Congress annually commemorates Human Rights Day with a special program that promotes understanding and recognition of a critical social, economic, or cultural human rights issue. This year, on December 10 …