Sep 21, 2012

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Pennsylvania Judge Urged by ACLU to Bar Voter ID Law
Businessweek
The Pennsylvania judge who last month upheld a law requiring voters to have photo identification was urged by the American Civil Liberties Union to bar enforcement of the statute without further review. The state Supreme Court this week returned the ...
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WHY IT MATTERS: Wall Street regulation and reform
San Francisco Chronicle
The result was a sprawling law, the Dodd-Frank Act, which aims to prevent future crises by giving the government new tools and restricting banks' activities. The law may make future crises less likely, but it increases costs for companies, especially ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Travolta says privacy law should shield celebrities from intrusion suffered by ...
Washington Post
"There is a right to privacy whether you're famous or not famous, and I feel that anyone being invaded at that level is unfortunate and there should be a law, no one would like that," he said in an interview broadcast Friday. Travolta plays a corrupt ...
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Law & Order actress sues Manhattan co-op board
Wall Street Journal
Associated Press. NEW YORK — Law & Order actress S. Epatha Merkerson has filed a lawsuit against her Manhattan co-op board. Merkerson alleges the co-op managers turned off the ventilation to her gas stove without telling her in 2008. She claims that ...
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Mexican Government Reviewing Complaint on Ala. Law
ABC News
The Mexican government is reviewing a labor union's complaint that Alabama's crackdown on illegal immigrants violates an international trade agreement. An official with Mexico's labor department confirmed the review in a letter released Thursday by the ...
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Arizona's bad immigration law takes effect
Washington Post
AFTER A TWO-YEAR struggle, a federal judge this week authorized Arizona law enforcement agencies to require officers to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect is in the country illegally. Wearing the wrong clothes, speaking with the wrong ...
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US farm law to expire, House Republicans split on food stamps
Reuters
"Tea Party" House members object to Senate version of bill. * Creates uncertainty but immediate impact limited. * Without new bill, US support rates soar, plantings are limited. By Charles Abbott. WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. farm law ...
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Challenges To Health Law Just Keep Coming
NPR (blog)
Oklahoma was in a unique position to amend its original lawsuit charging that the health law was unconstitutional because that suit had been stayed pending the Supreme Court's decision. Now that the issue of constitutionality has been settled ...
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New SF checkout bag law takes effect Oct. 1
San Francisco Chronicle
New SF checkout bag law takes effect Oct. 1. RETAIL. Stacy Finz. Updated 3:03 a.m., Friday, September 21, 2012. View: Larger | Hide. S.F. Cole Hardware cashier Claudia Villalon puts Joe Bourque's items in a paper bag. The retailer voluntarily stopped ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Banker Divorces May Spur Changes to UK Law
Businessweek
An inquiry announced last week by the Law Commission, an advisory body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice, is the first step toward reversing a trend that's made Britain the "divorce capital of the world," said Louise Spitz, an attorney with Manches ...
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Trinidad justice minister fired over controversial law
Reuters
PORT OF SPAIN, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago's justice minister, Herbert Volney, was fired on Thursday over a controversial law that could allow charges to be dropped against more than a dozen people facing corruption charges, including two ...
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Myanmar Revamps Foreign Investments Law
Manila Bulletin
The new foreign investment law envisions broad powers for the already over-taxed investment commission, restricts foreign investment in 11 poorly defined areas and requires local hiring, according to a copy of the widely misunderstood legislation ...
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Father-in-law has loose lips, so share information accordingly
Tampabay.com
I'm trying to give my father-in-law leeway, because I understand he was excited and wanted to share good news. Unfortunately, he has little regard for other people's requests or feelings and this is a glaring example of it. It now makes me extremely ...
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Moody's: Wisconsin union law repeal negative for local gov'ts
Reuters
Sept 20 (Reuters) - The repeal of a controversial Wisconsin law curbing the collective bargaining rights of unionized public sector workers would be a negative credit factor for local governments in the state, Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday.
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It's the law: Turns out teachers will get first merit-pay bonuses, regardless ...
The Spokesman Review (blog)
Here's a new wrinkle in the ongoing dispute about timing of the first merit-pay bonuses to teachers under the new "Students Come First" school reform laws, in which the Idaho Education Association has been accusing state schools Supt. Tom Luna of ...
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Law Enforcement Community Members Back Marijuana Legalization Ballot ...
Huffington Post
Lt. Tony Ryan (Ret.), a 36-year veteran of the Denver Police Dept. speaks at a press conference for Amendment 64. He is surrounded by former cops, prosecutors, a judge and Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol advocacy director, Betty Aldworth.
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HHS touts health law ahead of Ryan AARP speech
The Hill (blog)
The Obama administration touted the healthcare law's benefits for seniors ahead of Paul Ryan's speech to the AARP convention, where he will pan "ObamaCare" and say it threatens Medicare. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ...
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Martial Law in the eyes of the late strongman Marcos' son
GMA News
On the 40th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law, Akbayan party-list even called on the neophyte senator to apologize for the "atrocities" committed by his father and his administration. "We demand Senator Marcos to apologize to the Filipino ...
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Pa. voter ID law gets new hearings for next week
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
The latest court hearings on the state's disputed voter identification law are set for Tuesday, with lawyers for the Corbett administration and opponents facing off in Commonwealth Court on new attempts to halt the measure. The court maneuvers come as ...
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Businesses call California's greenhouse gas law unfair
TheReporter.com
SACRAMENTO -- A key component of California's landmark greenhouse gas emissions law would impose enormous costs on businesses at a time when the state's economy is sputtering, oil refiners, manufacturers and others said Thursday. Fees from the ...
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Fee hikes, Law 12, Gentilly on way out
Montreal Gazette
Premier Pauline Marois emerged from her first cabinet meeting to announce she is making good on three of her campaign promises. "The new government is now in place," she told reporters on Thursday. "I intend to act rapidly to offer results to Quebecers ...
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Law officers to enforce 'papers please' provision
Yuma Sun
Law enforcement agencies were given clearance to enforce the provision this week after two years of court-ordered delay. Under the law, police officers are mandated to check the immigration status of those detained for other reasons if there is reason ...
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South Africa Wants a High Profile At Rule of Law Meeting
AllAfrica.com
South Africa has been criticized for planning to play a key role at the first ever rule of law meeting to take place ahead of the United Nations General Assembly next week. This is the first time the UN has held an event dedicated specifically to the ...
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RI School System: Dad-Daughter Dances Violate Law
ABC News
A Rhode Island schools superintendent has ended the district's father-daughter dances and mother-son ballgames to comply with a state gender discrimination law, prompting some to complain that the move is an example of political correctness gone awry.
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Tax Penalty to Hit Nearly Six Million Uninsured People
TIME
In this March 28, 2012 file photo, supporters of health care reform rally in front of the Supreme Court in Washington on the final day of arguments regarding the health care law signed by President Barack Obama. Congressional budget analysts are now ...
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Cochran Cochran Annapolis Law.com Launches DUI and DWI Defense and ...
The Herald | HeraldOnline.com
21, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- Drew Cochran Law, an Annapolis criminal law firm, headed by famed attorney Gill "Drew" Cochran, just launched the website cochrancochranannapolislaw.com to help people in Annapolis charged with criminal offenses and ...
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Plantation father pushes use of tough child-care law
Sun-Sentinel
It is probably the first time Jeremy's Law — named after Fiedelholtz's 3-month-old son, Jeremy, who died in 1997 in a licensed but overcrowded Plantation day care center — has ever been put to use. Fiedelholtz is demanding that government agencies ...
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Bourbon Street 'no preaching' law challenged
Boston.com
Bourbon Street 'no preaching' law challenged. By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN. Associated Press / September 20, 2012. E-mail |; Print |; Reprints |. Text Size: –; +. E-mail. E-mail this article. To: Invalid E-mail address. Add a personal message:(80 character ...
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Penn. state Rep.: Photo ID law only disenfranchises the 'lazy' 47 ...
By David Edwards
A Republican state representative in Pennsylvania is defending the state's voter photo ID law by claiming that people who were too "lazy" to have identification were probably included in the 47 percent of Americans who Mitt Romney claims ...
The Raw Story
Oklahoma AG amends lawsuit challenging health care law - Jurist
By Rebecca DiLeonardo
[JURIST] Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt [official website] on Wednesday filed an amended complaint [text, PDF; press release] in the state's lawsuit challenging the federal health care law. In the new complaint, Pruitt maintained the ...
Paper Chase
ECPA Amendment Adopted Despite Flurry of Law Enforcement Letters
By Greg Nojeim
Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee adopted an amendment that would require law enforcement officers to obtain a warrant in order to access the contents of email and other personal and proprietary electronic communications.
Center for Democracy & Technology...
Sentencing Law and Policy: ABA and NIJ unveil new on-line ...
By Doug B.
The website, run by the ABA and DOJ's National Institute of Justice, is meant to be a resource that allows users to search the collateral consequences they can face in their own state. Margaret Colgate Love, a Washington-based lawyer and ...
Sentencing Law and Policy
Ashraf demands international law banning hate speech against Islam
By noreply@tribune.com.pk (Sunara Nizami)
Prime Minister Ashraf instructs nation to protest peacefully without causing harm or damage to life or property.
The Express Tribune
Email Privacy Law Going Before Senate Committee Today ...
By Zach Walton
In reality, an updated ECPA would help protect users' privacy without impeding any kind of law enforcement. A warrant is easy to get with probable cause and the bill doesn't stop law enforcement from obtaining warrants. According to CNET ...
Top News - WebProNews
Jeremy's Law To Be Used In Sunrise Daycare Van Death « CBS Miami
By cbs4macdonald
For the first time in Florida, Jeremy's Law will be charged in a day care criminal case for the first time in Florida and most likely the first time in the country.
CBS Miami
The 'dark' and 'bright' sides of Martial Law » Nation » News ...
One of the key figures during the Marcos regime on Friday said the Martial Law years had brought both good and bad to the Philippines.
philstar.com - Breaking News
Illinois High Court to Consider Abortion-Notice Law « CBS St. Louis
By Justin Wingerter
A never-enforced law requiring minors to notify their parents before getting an abortion is about to be reviewed by the Illinois Supreme Court.
CBS St. Louis
FDA Law Blog: FDA Issues Draft Compliance Guide on Pet Food ...
By FDABlog HPM
By Riëtte van Laack – Earlier this month, FDA announced the publication of a draft level 1 Compliance Policy Guide ("CPG") titled "Labeling and Marketing of Nutritional Products Intended for Use to Diagnose, Cure, Mitigate, Treat or Prevent ...
FDA Law Blog
New Paltz's wetlands law annulled by judge | New Paltz Times
By Mike Townshend
For a second time in less than a decade, a state Supreme Court judge has thrown out a New Paltz wetlands law. Justice Raymond J. Elliott III's Sept. 4 decision annulled the town's 2011 wetlands law in full for being unconstitutionally vague.
New Paltz TimesNew Paltz Times...
A Brief Look At Botswana's New IP Law | Intellectual Property Watch
By Linda Daniels
Botswana's new industrial property act, which came into force earlier this month, has been applauded by IP commentators as an important step in the development of a strong IP system that is in line with international trends. Copies of the new ...
Intellectual Property Watch
Mexican government reviewing complaint on Ala. law | WSLS 10
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) The Mexican government is reviewing a labor union's complaint that Alabama's crackdown on illegal immigrants violates an international trade agreement. An official with Mexico's labor department confirmed the ...
WSLS 10 - News

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Mexico reviewing Alabama immigration law under international - Jurist
[JURIST] The Mexican government announced Thursday that it is reviewing a complaint [complaint, PDF] by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) ...
jurist.org/.../mexico-government-reviews-alleged-international...
Judge: Police to enforce Ariz. immigration law now - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: A judge in Arizona ruled Tuesday that police can immediately start enforcing the most contentious section of the state's immigration law, ...
news.yahoo.com/judge-police-enforce-ariz-immigration-law-n...
Federal Appellate Court Rules Medical Marijuana Law Does Not ...
There is an interesting case out of Michigan concerning medical marijuana — and the basic requirements of drafting a medical marijuana law. We previously ...
jonathanturley.org/.../federal-appellate-court-rules-medical-ma...
Jindal, Campaigning For Romney, Says Health Law Will Penalize 6 ...
The Louisiana governor denies ties between Romney's health law in Massachusetts and the national overhaul championed by President Barack Obama.
www.kaiserhealthnews.org/.../states-officals-talk-about-health-l...


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