It's thanks to a treaty we signed in 1967.

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The nicknames are supposed to be a tool for helping catch crooks, but it seems as if they’re really cooked up to keep special agents amused.
The town conned insurance companies out of millions in the 1950s. It only cost an arm and a leg (or dozens).
The family of Robert M. Jaffray, an Air Force veteran, claims he's the one responsible for the "World Showcase."
How an argument over dough wound up in the Supreme Court.
Great for cats, bad for cockpits.
Registering an aural trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is difficult, but these sounds made the cut.
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From body language to leadership skills, here's what lawyers on both sides of the courtroom are looking out for.
Batman v. Commissioner, Terrible v. Terrible, Schmuck v. United States, and eight more real court cases.
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In 2014, a leaked copy of the Directorate of Intelligence Style Manual & Writer's Guide for Intelligence Publication, a.k.a. Strunk & White for spies, found its way to the Internet.
“Squatter’s rights” isn’t a list of specific rights, but refers to a specific form of adverse possession, a legal principle that we inherited from England and has been around, in one form or another, for ages.
Matt Soniak answers today's Big Question.