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Posted by: Ruth Levush
Today's blog post highlights the newly published Law Library of Congress legal report titled, "Regulation of IVF and Related Issues," which examines the IVF regulations in the following regions: France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library, Legal Reports
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This blog post describes the Norwegian patent law in force when the Scandinavian Cheese Slicer (Ostehøvel) first got patented in 1925, 100 years ago this year.
Posted in: Global Law, Law Library
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post announces the upcoming U.S. Law Webinars that will take place virtually in June by the Law Library of Congress.
Posted in: Education, Event, Law Library
Posted by: Elin Hofverberg
This FALQ post describes how (coalition) governments are formed in Norway, including when governments can be dissolved and what happens if a party decides to leave the coalition government.
Posted in: Frequently Asked Legal Questions (FALQ), Global Law
Posted by: Andrew Weber
Today, in partnership with the Office of the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, we are thrilled to announce that beta House Roll Call Votes endpoints are now available from the Congress.gov API. In this first iteration, the beta House Roll Call Votes endpoints cover all votes associated with legislation dating from 2023 (118th Congress). Endpoints include a list-level and item-level, along with a member votes-level, which shows how each member of the House of Representatives voted on a particular piece of legislation.
Posted in: Congress
Posted by: Taylor Gulatsi
Today's blog post announces the upcoming Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar on May 22 titled: "How to Handle AI? – Italian National Regulation in the Context of European Law."
Posted in: Education, Event, Global Law, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Sarah Friedman
On April 25th, 2025, the Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., which is located only a few blocks from the Library of Congress in Southeast Washington, D.C., hosted its first Friday evening parade of the season.
Posted in: Pic of the Week