Oct 1, 2012

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Court Weighs Same-Sex to Race-Related Laws Following Obamacare
Businessweek
The justices take the bench today for the first time since June 28, when they upheld President Barack Obama's sweeping health-care law. That 5-4 ruling, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the four Democratic-appointed justices in the majority ...
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California law will allow illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses
Kansas City Star
The bill would not apply to crimes in which the offender had a history of violence, the victim was tortured or the victim was a law enforcement officer or firefighter. • Vetoed legislation to allow California children to have more than two legal ...
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Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Ruling Looms
Huffington Post
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct 1(Reuters) - A judge was expected to rule Monday on whether a new Pennsylvania voter identification law gives voters liberal access to the documents needed to cast a ballot or should be blocked as restrictive five weeks before ...
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Legal Events to Watch This Week
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is scheduled to hear arguments in a case over an Ohio law disqualifying provisional election ballots filed in the wrong voting precinct. A federal district judge ruled in August that the state's ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
New state laws on car seats, chemotherapy coverage begin
Baltimore Sun
The chemotherapy law is named for Kathleen Mathias, the wife of state Sen. James N. Mathias Jr. of Ocean City, who died of breast cancer last year. Kathleen Mathias was a long-time cancer prevention advocate and founded the Worcester County chapter of ...
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Angola Oil Law Taking Force Today May Boost Liquidity
Bloomberg
The total liquidity will be "a huge number" because the law requires taxes on oil revenue to be paid through local banks, a figure that amounted to $12.6 billion last year, Joao Fonseca, executive director at Banco Angolano de Investimentos in Luanda ...
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Calif. law limits therapy for kids
Detroit Free Press
Jerry Brown signed legislation prohibiting a form of therapy aimed at changing a minor's sexual orientation from gay to straight, the first law of its kind in the nation, officials said Sunday. Kate Kendell, executive director of the National Center ...
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Medicare hospital law kicks in today
Evansville Courier & Press
As of today, Medicare will start fining hospitals that have too many patients readmitted within 30 days of discharge due to complications. The penalties are part of a broader push under President Barack Obama's health care law to improve quality while ...
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5-year anniversary of Minnesota's smoking law
Sacramento Bee
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Minnesota's smoking law has made a noticeable difference in the health of state residents. On the law's 5-year anniversary Monday, state health commissioner Dr. Edward Ehlinger says a study from the Mayo Clinic shows a decline in ...
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McLane Law Firm leases 21000 square feet at TradeCenter 128
Boston.com
WOBURN, MASS., October 1, 2012 – Cummings Properties has announced a new, 21,300-square-foot lease at TradeCenter 128 in Woburn with McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, reportedly the largest law firm in New Hampshire. According to Cummings ...
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Download 'pirates' face jail under new Japanese law
CNN
The new law is a victory for the recording industry's global fight against online piracy, which has seen setbacks in the U.S. and European Union where the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), respectively ...
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Strengthened Domestic Violence Laws Take Effect Monday
Hartford Courant
The widely publicized medical marijuana law is set to take effect Monday, along with a series of lesser-known domestic violence reforms that could help thousands of people. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed more than 200 bills passed by the 2012 legislature.
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Farm Fiscal Cliff Prods Congress to Rewrite Law: BGOV Barometer
Bloomberg
Congress's failure to pass an agriculture law this year means U.S. farm policy officially reverts to rules dating to 1949 that would raise prices of commodities from cotton to wheat next year at taxpayer expense. Futures traders are betting lawmakers ...
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Texas Women Ponder Next Steps as Law Cuts Health Options
Bloomberg
Losing access to a Fort Worth, Texas, health-care clinic affiliated with Planned Parenthood has Alexis Lohse worried. The 31-year-old Texas Christian University student and married mother of two daughters said trying to find an alternative provider is ...
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ExecuSpeak Dictionary: Law of Large Numbers
TheStreet.com
By Carol Heiberger 10/01/12 - 08:00 AM EDT. Tweet. PHILADELPHIA (TheStreet) -- Listening to expert commentators talk about the expectation of slower growth in China, there is a reference to the "law of large numbers" as part of the explanation. So how ...
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Leading Business Law Firm Pahl & McCay Opens Los Angeles Office
Sacramento Bee
Pahl & McCay is a full-service corporate, business and litigation law firm, combining its dedication to client service with its philosophy of developing close, supportive relationships with clients to make a unique, professional law firm. Pahl & McCay ...
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Reimbursement law used little
Scranton Times-Tribune
HARRISBURG - A Pennsylvania law requiring convicted public officials to reimburse the treasury for taxpayer-funded legal help has been little used, a newspaper reported. The Philadelphia Inquirer said its review of court and legislative documents and ...
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Californians favor change of three-strikes law but not death penalty
San Jose Mercury News
LOS ANGELES -- California voters support easing the state's tough three-strikes sentencing law by more than 3 to 1 but are reluctant to abolish the death penalty, according to a University of Southern California Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll. The ...
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Preaching law to test free speech protections
Sydney Morning Herald
In its submissions, South Australia argues that the by-law was "reasonably appropriate and adapted to serve a legitimate end," consistent with a landmark High Court ruling in February which found that parole conditions imposed on a prisoner which ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Muse Attempts to Beat Back Entropy With The 2nd Law
Huffington Post
It's been three years since Muse, arguably the most popular band on Planet Earth, released an album, and it's been even longer since they released one as confident and as loud as The 2nd Law. This is the sixth album by the three-piece band from England ...
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Fewer Ohio inmates, but judges want law fixed
The Newark Advocate
Nicholas "Tanner" Leach appears in court Sept. 18 in Marietta. A law that successfully has helped Ohio reduce its inmate population is being criticized as too restrictive by judges seeking more leeway in sentencing. During the Sept. 18 hearing, Judge ...
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Law school denies bias in hiring suit
DesMoinesRegister.com
The University of Iowa College of Law rejected a prominent Republican anti-abortion activist for a job because she performed poorly in an interview, not because of her conservative politics, state lawyers argued Friday. The Iowa attorney general's ...
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Buckle up, Fido! NJ considers pet seat belt law
NBCNews.com
Buckle up, Fido! NJ considers pet seat belt law. Though Governor Chris Christie has called it "stupid," New Jersey lawmakers are considering requiring pets to strap in when riding in cars. NBC's Mara Schiavocampo reports on the controversial new proposal.
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NBCNews.com
California Law Helps Pave the Way to a Bright Mobile Future
Huffington Post
With broadband-enabled wireless devices fast becoming the preferred on-ramp to the Internet and nearly 330 million subscriptions already running over mobile networks, it's critical for technologists and policymakers alike to keep a laser focus on ...
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Will A New Law Make Trans People Cyber Criminals?
Care2.com (blog)
However, the law has drawn the ire of local LGBT rights groups who say that the legislation goes much further than that and actually attempts to criminalize activity between consenting adults that should not be subject to criminal prosecution — and ...
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National Artist signs 7th petition vs Cybercrime Law
ABS CBN News
MANILA, Philippines - A 7th petition was filed with the Supreme Court (SC) against several provisions of controversial Republic Act (RA) No. 10175 (Cybercrime Prevention Act) on Monday afternoon, urging the high court to strike them down as ...
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New Connecticut State Laws Take Effect Today
Patch.com
A series of new state laws will go into effect Monday, Oct. 1 in Connecticut, laws that were approved in the last legislative session at the state capitol. Among them are laws that allow the use of medical marijuana, strengthen domestic violence ...
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Blogs12 new results for law
 
Do patent and copyright law restrict competition and creativity ...
By Richard Posner
Welcome to the new Becker-Posner Blog, maintained by the University of Chicago Law School. Home · Subscribe · en Español · « Reforming the Patent System Toward a Minimalist System-Becker | Main ...
The Becker-Posner Blog
Muse: The 2nd Law - PopMatters
By Brice Ezell
The grand irony for Muse is that the entropic metaphor of The 2nd Law reflects the major flaws in their sonic choices, not some important fact of the human condition.
PopMatters
Daily Kos: Historic: CA Gov. Jerry Brown signs law banning "ex-gay ...
By rss@dailykos.com (Chrislove)
Lieu's bill is expected to appear on a new list to be released Sunday. [...] Mental health professionals who violate the law, which applies to therapy for patients younger than 18, will be subject to discipline by whatever group licenses them.
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MURPHY'S LAW: Floyd is Home, Feed the Weisman, ISU Offense a ...
By John Sears
By: John SearsThe Floyd of Rosedale is back in its rightful place. The Hawkeyes are getting better, they're still not a great team, but they're better. I had no idea what to expect against Minnesota, but Iowa battered the Gophers up and down the ...
WHOTV.com – Des Moines news...
'The Good Wife' Season 4 premiere: Alicia fought the law, remains to ...
By Andrea Reiher
The Good Wife" came back for Season 4 with some interesting new faces in the mix. What did you think of the new characters?
From Inside the Box
Sentencing Law and Policy: Ohio reducing prison population, but ...
By Doug B.
This new AP article, headlined "Fewer Ohio inmates, but judges want law fixed," highlights that sentencing judges dislike limits on their discretion even when these limits require lower sentences. Here are excerpts: A law that has helped Ohio ...
Sentencing Law and Policy
California Driver's Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants Bill ...
By The Huffington Post News Editors
It would have barred local law enforcement officers from detaining suspects for possible deportation unless they are charged with serious or violent felonies. Brown backed comprehensive federal immigration reform, and said in a veto ...
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed
09:18 AM - How Appealing - Law.com
"Californians back change on three strikes, but not on death penalty; Proposition 36 would ease the three-strikes sentencing law; Proposition 34 would replace the death penalty with life without possibility of parole": Jack Leonard and Maura ...
How Appealing
States Moving Ahead On Defining 'Essential' Health Insurance ...
By Phil Galewitz
These are some of the decisions states have made as they determine what minimum insurance benefits millions of their residents will be entitled to in 2014 under the federal health law. The decisions – which affect people who will buy ...
All Kaiser Health News
Plaintiff's Law Firms May Get $150 Million Attorney Fees in Bank of ...
By EmploymentCrossing
On Friday, the Ohio attorney general said that plaintiff's law firms, including Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check,
JD Journal
Dorf on Law: A Legal Lohengrin Returns
By Michael C. Dorf
Readers unfamiliar with the case law that has developed under the ATS may find it surprising that a federal statute would be interpreted to authorize suit in a U.S. court brought by a foreign plaintiff against a foreign defendant alleging violations ...
Dorf on Law
Revealed: gap between law firm costs and revenues soars over five ...
The cost of lawyers has accelerated at a faster pace than the revenues they have produced over the last five years, but in the last two years that trend has started to reverse, The Lawyer UK200 reveals today.
The Lawyer - Latest News

Web6 new results for law
 
California law bans gay teen 'conversion' therapy - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: California has become the first state to ban a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight.
news.yahoo.com/california-law-bans-gay-teen-conversion-ther...
This Week in The National Law Journal - The BLT: The Blog of Legal ...
Plaintiff's Hot List: The National Law Journal profiles 19 firms are at the cutting edge of their profession (and are giving defense lawyers a run for their money).
legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2012/10/this-.html
Californians favor change of three-strikes law but not death penalty ...
LOS ANGELES -- California voters support easing the state s tough three-strikes sentencing law by more than 3 to 1 but are reluctant to abolish the death ...
www.contracostatimes.com/.../californians-favor-change-three...
1,000 Evangelical Preachers Will Break the Law and Support ...
On October 7, about a thousand preachers will violate the requirement they agreed to with the IRS by actively providing specific guidance about how to vote on ...
www.politicususa.com/1000-evangelical-preachers-break-law-...
Sean Summers leaves Barley Snyder, opens new law firm - The ...
The former candidate for U.S. Congress has teamed up with Jill Nagy to open Summers Nagy Law Offices at 35 S. Duke St.
www.ydr.com/.../sean-summers-leaves-barley-snyder-opens-n...
Haven't practiced law for 14 years after law school but now am ...
Haven't practiced law for 14 years after law school but now am thinking about it - will I get hired?. Attorney jobs forums.
www.indeed.com/forum/job/attorney/Haven-t.../t459913


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