Oct 12, 2012

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Law Blog Fireside: The Lawyer Protecting Oakland's Medical Pot
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Oakland, Calif., is trying to keep the federal government from seizing its biggest medical-marijuana dispensary. On Wednesday, the city took a bold step: It sued the feds, arguing that the U.S. attorney for Northern California is barred from seizing ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
ID law can be applied reasonably
Greenville News
South Carolina's new law that requires voters to present photo identification does not violate Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act by disenfranchising minority voters, and it was not designed to do so, a federal court ruled Wednesday. The ruling is the ...
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Lawmen Against the Law
New York Times (blog)
SEATTLE — Last November, the former chief federal prosecutor from Washington State took the stage before a hall full of cops and tried to persuade the people who enforce the drug laws to change them — specifically, to get aboard what will most likely ...
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New York Times (blog)
Mexico passes law to combat cartel money laundering
Chicago Tribune
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Congress on Thursday approved a long-awaited law to crack down on money laundering in a bid to attack the finances of the country's powerful drug cartels. The law, proposed two years ago by outgoing President Felipe ...
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Official: Pharmacy Tied to Meningitis Outbreak May Have Broken State Law
U.S. News & World Report
According to Massachusetts law, so-called compounding pharmacies like the company in question -- the New England Compounding Center -- are only licensed to produce medications to fill single prescriptions for individual patients, said Dr. Madeleine ...
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U.S. News & World Report
Muse's Matt Bellamy 'Disappointed' With 'The 2nd Law,' Hoped For More ...
Huffington Post
In an interview withThe Daily Star, Matt Bellamy seemed far from content with their new album, "The 2nd Law." "I'm disappointed that we don't have many acoustic tracks, more quiet moments," he said. "When I left the studio after having laid the ...
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The Botswana High Court has overturned a customary law which prevented ...
BBC News
The Botswana High Court has overturned a customary law which prevented women from inheriting the family home. The judge ruled that the law contravened the constitution, which guarantees equality for men and women. Edith Mmusi and her sisters have ...
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BBC News
Court rejects Ohio voting law on tossing ballots filed in wrong precincts
CBS News
The Sixth Circuit federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that the state of Ohio can't discount votes just because they were filed in the wrong precinct, rejecting an appeal by the Ohio Secretary of State in what some say is a landmark decision for ...
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FDU play 'Henry's Law' shines light on bullying
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Lents, a theater professor at FDU, said her approach to the new drama "Henry's Law" was to avoid casting any of the four characters in the play as a villain, and to illustrate the unintended consequences of social media. Lents said the play, which is ...
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Kejriwal seeks law minister's resignation
gulfnews.com
New Delhi: India Against Corruption (IAC) activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday mounted pressure on the ruling coalition government staging a protest near the prime minister's 7 Race Course Road residence and demanded Law Minister Salman Khurshid's ...
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Doctors, law enforcement, legislators struggle with unfamiliar 'bath salts' threat
Tampabay.com
TAMPA — When Jairious McGhee ran through a busy Tampa intersection screaming rap lyrics, when an officer's Taser barely slowed him and he fought off medics, when his heart stopped five times and he eventually died, the drug in his body was legal in ...
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Enough notice is the law, not an option
Great Falls Tribune
For a little while Wednesday, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission planned at its Thursday meeting to consider an easement to allow the Tongue River Railroad to build across a state-owned Miles City fish hatchery at its Thursday meeting.
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New state laws add momentum to creation of insurance exchange
California Center for Health Reporting (blog)
Not that you're planning on getting a divorce, but should it happen, what if you lose your health insurance in the process? Soon, courts and health plans will be required to tell Californians who are divorcing or experiencing other major life changes ...
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Letters: US law abroad
Los Angeles Times
However, the issue of corporate liability (in this case, Shell Oil Co., a British-Dutch company, is accused of colluding in attacks in Nigeria on anti-drilling activists) is newer to international law, so the Supreme Court understandably wants to ...
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W&L Law Prof. Benjamin Spencer Named Assoc. Dean for Research
Washington and Lee University News Office (blog)
As director of the Law Center, the independently funded faculty research and support arm of W&L Law which has existed since the mid-1970's, Spencer oversees the Center's agenda, which includes sponsoring symposia, enhancing the intellectual life at the ...
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SCOV Law Blog: Housing authority takes the heat
vtdigger.org
Editor's note: This analysis of a recent Vermont Supreme Court ruling is by Daniel Richardson, the founder of SCOV Law Blog. Bennington Housing Authority v. Lake, 2012 VT 82. In the practice of law there are cases that come to your doorstep mid-process.
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Did you hear about the 1500 preachers breaking the law?
Washington Examiner
Hundreds of preachers broke the law Oct. 7 in a calculated act of civil disobedience aimed squarely at the IRS. Odds are, however, you didn't hear about "Pulpit Freedom Sunday." The reason you didn't is that most of the lawbreakers minister to ...
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Dewey, Skadden, Bingham, Cooley, Foley: Business of Law
Businessweek
An effort by the official partners' committee of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP to compel appointment of an examiner was "for an improper purpose as a litigation tactic," a bankruptcy judge said Oct. 9 in approving a $71.5 million settlement with former partners.
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Indiana election: State's voter ID law sets stage for legal battle that goes ...
Indianapolis Star (blog)
A voter inserts his ballot into the voting machine, as people took advantage of early voting Oct. 8, 2012, in the Marion County Clerk's Office, Indianapolis. Joseph Worley is in the middle of a two-year battle with the state for a photo ID card ...
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NY Court's Decision in Gun-Liability Case Described as Groundbreaking
Wall Street Journal (blog)
A decision last week by a New York State appellate court to reinstate a gun liability lawsuit is being held up as a landmark by the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. In a unanimous decision, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department, held that a ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Long Beach Defies State Law, Shuts Down Pot Clinics
Reason (blog)
Just last week the City of Los Angeles reluctantly surrendered to the will of its own citizens (and state law) and rescinded its own (unenforced) ban on pot dispensaries. But in Long Beach, they're shutting down businesses and actually arresting people ...
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Reason (blog)
Voter ID-Law Supporters Accuse Opponents Of Wanting Illegal Votes
Huffington Post
A display of a sample of a new Penn State ID card, now including an expiration date in the upper left-hand corner to comply with the Pennsylvania's new voter ID law, as seen at the school's Hetzel Union Building in State College, Pa., Wednesday, Sept.
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Mariemont chief was law enfocement legend
Cincinnati.com
Donald Shanks became the youngest police chief in the state of Ohio back in 1954 when, at the age of 30, he was promoted to the top job of this tree-filled Hamilton County village.He wound up serving 33 years as police chief before retiring in 1987.
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RTI anniversary: The law that empowered India under threat
Firstpost
There are perhaps few laws in India that could compete with the Right to Information (RTI) Act for the number of obituaries written on it and existential threats it is said to face. RTI activist Aruna Roy once quipped "people have been predicting its ...
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Firstpost
Cycle boss wants law to act on dopers
The Roar (blog)
Cycling Australia president Klaus Mueller has called for doping in sport to be criminalised in the wake of the Lance Armstrong drug revelations. Mueller says discussions between sports bodies and the federal government are now needed on a range of ...
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US Patent Office reviews theft risks and the law
The News Journal
David Kappos, director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, narrates a slide presentation at a meeting at DuPont Country Club on changes to intellectual property law sponsored by DuPont and Widener Law School. / ROBERT CRAIG/THE NEWS ...
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City law director says charter prohibits second referendum at this point
TheDay.com
Finizio cited a legal opinion he received Wednesday from City Law Director Jeffrey Londregan, which said the budget cannot be taken to another referendum because the city already has spent more than 25 percent of its budgetary allocation for the ...
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Law & Disorder (Oct. 12, 2012)
Kingston Daily Freeman
Menacing: Christopher G. Ferguson, 39, of Windham, was arrested by state police at Catskill at 6 p.m. Wednesday and charged with menacing, assasult, criminal mischief and aggravated harassment, all misdemeanors. He was held in lieu of cash bail ...
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European Parliament Panel Backs Common European Sales Law
RTT News
The European Parliament's Economic Affairs Committee (ECON) has backed European Commission's proposals for a common European sales law aimed at facilitating cross-border trade in the single market, an EU statement said on Thursday.
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Blogs13 new results for law
 
Pennsylvania Fracking Law Opens Up Drilling on College ...
By Sydney Brownstone
But it was no idle threat: After quietly moving through the state Senate and House, this week the governor signed into law a bill that opens up 14 of the state's public universities to fracking, oil drilling, and coal mining on campus. For a system ...
MoJo Articles | Mother Jones
Breaking News: Sixth Circuit Decides ... - Election Law Blog
By Rick Hasen
Amid all the fights over voter ID laws, purging noncitizens from voter rolls, and early voting, we should at least be able to agree, across partisan lines, on one thing: No one should lose the right to vote because a poll worker can't tell an odd ...
Election Law Blog
Construction at Cornell Law School Poses More Pros Than Cons ...
By Alexa Davis
Since early June, a drone of machines has accompanied the construction of a new wing at the Cornell Law School that will house a lobby, an auditorium and two state-of-the-art lecture halls. Despite the noise, construction does not seem to be ...
The Cornell Daily Sun
Dillinger Escape Plan Singer Lays Down the Law on Illegal - Loudwire
By Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann
Illegal downloading has singlehandedly been the hottest topic within the music industry throughout the 2000s, but how much does it affect the bands? The.
Loudwire
Suffolk County Boating Safety Law Signed Following Tragic July 4 ...
By jessicamarcus
The new law requires operators of boats to take a safety course and have the certificate displayed on board the vessel.
CBS New York
Police: Heber mom broke law helping teens hide sexual relationship ...
A Heber City mother is in hot water after she allegedly helped her 14-year-old daughter and the teen's lover conduct an illicit affair. The 40-year-old woman is facing criminal charges for allegedly assisting the teens in pursuing their sexual encounters. Heber City police allege the mother would wait ...
All - The Salt Lake Tribune
CLRP Spring 2013 Legal Internship-Criminal Law Reform Project ...
By nationalnalsa
SPRING 2013 LEGAL INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY NOTICE TO LAW STUDENTS AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION Criminal Law Reform Project, NY The American.
National Native American Law...
Some Question Whether Law Firms Should Represent Both Banks ...
Once upon a time, before the mortgage meltdown, foreclosure cases were something of a rarity. But now some are wondering whether lawyers in one of the country's hardest-hit real estate markets should represent both banks and homeowner ...
ABA Journal Daily News
California's condom law and the porn biz (NSFW)
By Kathy Shaidle
I've written before about California's condom/porn law, as well as the "business" of porn (does it even have a business model?) Apparently, "Measure B" is still a thing, and Fleshbot has a story about this nanny state micormanagement hoo-ha, ...
Five Feet of Fury - Kathy Shaidle ...
Motorola Donates $15M to Help Build Law Enforcement Museum ...
By Chuck Carroll
The National Law Enforcement Museum being developed in Washington is getting a $15 million boost from Motorola Solutions Inc.
CBS DC
Tell the truth! Shame Southern Poverty Law Center
By Bradlee Dean
Bradlee Dean is an ordained preacher, heavy metal drummer, talk-show host of the Sons of Liberty Radio, and speaks on college and high school campuses with his ministry, You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International. He also is the ...
WND
Capitol Hill Fights Over Health Law, EHR Doc Payments Continue ...
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill sound off on the Obama administration's "meaningful use" payments to doctors as the fight over parts of the health law and its oversight and D.C's insurance exchange continue.
All Kaiser Health News
Opponents react to voter ID law being upheld : News : CarolinaLive ...
By Joel Allen
Opponents of South Carolina's controversial Voter ID law do not plan to appeal a federal court ruling Wednesday that upheld the law.
Carolina Live - Local News

Web3 new results for law
 
Philippine court suspends anti-cybercrime law - Asia-Pacific - Al ...
Supreme court issues temporary restraining order while it decides whether certain provisions violate civil liberties.
www.aljazeera.com/.../2012109102229428634.html?...
Legal Scraps from the Veep Debate - Law Blog - WSJ
Associated PressVice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee Rep. Paul Ryan of WisconsinIf you legal junkies were hoping for ...
blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/.../legal-scraps-from-the-veep-debate/
Law Via the Internet - Sunlight Foundation Blog
This week saw Cornell's Law Via the Internet, a gathering dedicated to free access to government information, with a special emphasis on legal and regulatory ...
sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2012/10/.../law-via-the-internet/


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