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• ... that in Young v. Facebook, Inc., Judge Jeremy Fogel found that Facebook was not a physical place for the purpose of the Americans with Disabilities Act, despite its having "posts" and "walls"?

• ... that the landmark 1924 case Tournier v National Provincial and Union Bank of England clarified English law on the obligations that a bank has to protect the confidentiality of its customers?

• ... that other than "incapable" beneficiaries, the Variation of Trusts Act 1958 only allows the courts to alter trust documents for potential beneficiaries, not confirmed ones?

• ... that Serbian poisoner Baba Anujka (pictured), aged over 90 at the time of her trial, was sentenced to 15 years' hard labor?

• ... that in England and Wales, legal aid, a court of criminal appeal, county courts and limits on the use of the death penalty were proposed as early as 1652 by the Hale Commission?

• ... that by the time Lyon's Inn was dissolved it was being run by only two of the standard twelve governors, neither of whom had any idea what their duties were?

• ... that Malaysian blogger Alvin Tan was put on trial for sedition after posting a photograph of himself eating pork as a Ramadan greeting?

Source

1. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/March#6 March 2012
2. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/January
3. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/March
4. Template:Did you know nominations/Baba Anujka (September 2019)
5. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/June
6. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/October
7. Template:Did you know nominations/Alvin Tan (blogger) (May 2015)