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| New Internet Law Gets Hostile Reception in Philippines New York Times The new law, the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, which was signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III on Sept. 12, sets penalties for a range of computer-related crimes including child pornography, identity theft, online fraud and illegally accessing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Judge halts Pennsylvania voter ID law USA TODAY 2012 - A Pennsylvania judge is putting a halt to the state's new voter identification law, ordering today that it not be enforced for the presidential election just five weeks away. The ruling by Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson could be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mississippi Voter ID Law Put On Hold For Election Following Federal Review Huffington Post TUPELO, Miss., Oct 2 (Reuters) - Mississippi's controversial new law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls will not be in effect for the November general election while federal officials review whether the measure is discriminatory ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Justice Under the Law of Nations New York Times The 1789 Alien Tort Statute allows federal courts to hear "any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States" — including this one, say the plaintiffs. Since 1980, federal ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| NJ counts school bullying incidents for 1st time under new law _ 12K in 2011 ... Fox News New Jersey education officials now have some handle on just how much bullying happens in the state's public schools. Data made public Tuesday show there were 12,024 instances of harassment, intimidation and bullying reported in the 2011-12 school ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Law Enforcement in the Age of Twitter Wall Street Journal When a crime occurs today, law enforcement must quickly and efficiently canvass online venues to capture and preserve evidence, much like the traditional door-to-door canvass that investigators historically conducted to identify and interview witnesses. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Libor Prompts Labour Party to Demand Economic-Crime Law Businessweek The U.K.'s opposition Labour Party demanded the introduction of a new economic-crime law to help prevent future financial scandals such as the manipulation of the Libor benchmark. The party's home-affairs spokeswoman, Yvette Cooper, told the party's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Costa Rica Hunting To Be Banned In Landmark Latin American Law Huffington Post SAN JOSE, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Costa Rica is poised to become the first Latin American country to ban hunting as a sport, after Congress on Tuesday provisionally approved reforms to its Wildlife Conservation Law. Lawmakers voting on the ban voted 41 in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| STAFF: New law against 'reparative' therapy protects minors, encourages ... Daily Nebraskan California will become the first state to prohibit licensed therapists from performing "reparative" or "conversion" therapy on patients under 18. Reparative therapy is used in attempts to change sexual orientation, specifically to eliminate homosexual ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sports betting law called hypocritical by league groups Las Vegas Review - Journal New Jersey enacted a sports betting law in January, limiting bets to the Atlantic City casinos and the state's horse racing tracks, It is seen by supporters as a way to bring new revenue to the struggling casino and racing industries, and reclaim a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| France Preparing Anti-Terror Law to Combat Home-Grown Radicals Bloomberg By Helene Fouquet - 2012-10-03T12:49:17Z. French President Francois Hollande's government is preparing a law to fight home-grown terrorists that will allow the arrest of suspects for activities outside of France. Under the new law, training in camps ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| TeliaSonera appoints law firm to review Uzbek license deal Reuters STOCKHOLM Oct 3 (Reuters) - Nordic telecoms firm TeliaSonera said on Wednesday it had appointed a law firm to investigate allegations of wrongdoing related to its purchase of a 3G license in Uzbekistan in 2007. "Mannheimer Swartling have been asked ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Voter ID Rules Fail Court Tests Across Country New York Times A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday blocked the key component of a highly contested state law requiring strict photographic identification to vote in next month's election, saying the authorities had not done enough to ensure that voters had access to the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| APNewsBreak: Feds clear SC online registration law The Tand D.com The law passed unanimously by the Legislature removes several steps from the paper registration process. Supporters say the online option will help voters, improve the accuracy of voter rolls and save money. South Carolina becomes the 13th state ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| New Health Care Law Hits Hospitals WSIL TV Under a requirement of President Obama's health care reform law that took effect Monday, hospitals now face hefty fines if they readmit too many Medicare patients. The new rules are designed to improve quality of care and save taxpayers money, but ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Auto Insurers Say Law Will Limit Premium Increase, But Won't Save Consumers ... The Ledger But drivers shouldn't expect their insurance bills to dip immediately either. As part of insurance reforms passed last spring, car insurers had a Monday deadline to either reduce personal injury protection premiums 10 percent or explain why they could not. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| MURPHY'S LAW: Death Ray Turns Warm And Fuzzy Strategy Page MURPHY'S LAW: Death Ray Turns Warm And Fuzzy · PROCUREMENT: Screwing The French · WARPLANES: On Top Of The World, Comrade · COUNTER-TERRORISM: Playing The Christian Card In Arabia · CHINA: That Empty Feeling · AIR DEFENSE: ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Egypt Islamists want equal rights for women - but only as far as Islamic law ... CBS News "It's a disaster what's about to happen to the Egyptian constitiution," Rasha Abdullah, another woman protesting the Islamic law clause on Tuesday night, told CBS News. She called the assembly crafting the constitution "a committee with a majority of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Jones Day, Paul Hastings, Akin Gump, S&C: Business of Law Bloomberg "Dan's general commercial litigation practice specialties encompass construction and insurance law. His significant construction industry expertise includes advising on construction risk, negotiation and drafting of contracts, and litigating disputes ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gay-cure therapy law challenged in court San Francisco Chronicle A groundbreaking California law banning therapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation of gay and lesbian youths has been challenged in court by Christian conservatives who say it tramples on families' rights and therapists' consciences. The law ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Look Out, LegalZoom! Jacoby & Meyers Gets into Legal Forms Wall Street Journal (blog) There may be a glut of attorneys chasing pricey corporate work these days, but one law firm is placing its bets on increased demand at the budget end of the spectrum. Jacoby & Meyers LLC, the firm that decades ago pioneered legal advertising on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Atlanta City Council passes new anti-panhandling law Atlanta Journal Constitution Atlanta could see tougher crackdowns on aggressive panhandlers under an ordinance passed by the City Council. The legislation was touted as a way for police to regulate aggressive panhandling after years of non-enforcement of the city's current law, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| JURIST - Paper Chase: Japan introduces tough new copyright law By Sung Un Kim The revised law [materials, in Japanese] now imposes penalties [BBC report] of two years in prison and fines of up to two million yen (USD $25,627) upon those who illegally download copyrighted files. The law was revised in June with the ... Paper Chase | ||
| Pennsylvania's Voter-I.D. Law, Delayed : The New Yorker By Amy Davidson In a Pennsylvania court on Tuesday, Judge Robert Simpson ruled that the state's new, and highly dubious, voter-I.D. law would not go into effect before the election on November 6th. He did not reject the law, just the arguments, by its ... News Desk | ||
| Court puts Pennsylvania voter-ID law on hold - The Maddow Blog By Steve Benen When Republican policymakers at the state level decided to create harsh, new voting restrictions this year, the approval process was pretty easy: GOP lawmakers worked with GOP governors and passed measures like voter-ID laws. Newsvine - The Maddow Blog - Articles | ||
| Pennsylvania Photo ID Law Put on Hold | Mother Jones By Kevin Drum Honestly, this is a reasonable decision regardless of what you think about photo ID laws in general. Pennsylvania's law was simply passed too late to be implemented in any kind of fair and equitable way. At a bare minimum, you need time to ... Kevin Drum Feed | Mother Jones | ||
| Pennsylvania judge blocks voter ID law | Strange Bedfellows ... By Joel Connelly A Pennsylvania judge has stopped enforcement of a controversial, Republican-sponsored Pennsylvania voter ID law in this year's election, saying there is not enough time for potentially disenfranchised voters to obtain the required photo ID. Strange Bedfellows -- Politics News | ||
| Drone Strikes in Africa, Voter ID Law Suspended, Money to Support ... By Scott Shackford America may start drone strikes in North Africa. If you're in the area, stay calm and try not to look like a male of age to serve in the military. Footage. Hit & Run | ||
| Palace asks cybercrime law critics to denounce hackers | News ... On the day that the controversial Cybercrime Prevention Act took effect, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda on Wednesday called on opponents of the news law to be as critical with so-called 'hacktivists' that have defaced several ... GMA News Online | ||
| Leagues Say NJ Sports Betting Law Is Hypocritical « CBS Philly By Spike The major professional sports leagues and the NCAA say New Jersey's proposed sports betting law is hypocritical. CBS Philly | ||
| Judge Upholds, Delays Voter ID Law in PA « Commentary Magazine By Alana Goodman This isn't a total victory for proponents of the voter ID law, but it is a very positive sign. While the judge upheld the Pennsylvania law requiring voters to show identification at the voting booths today, part of the law will be postponed until after ... Commentary Magazine | ||
| Judge Blocks Pennsylvania Voter ID Law Rick Hasen: "In a nutshell, the judge has found that there will still be at least some voter disenfranchisement caused by the new law, because it does not appear that PA officials could get id's into the hands of everyone who wants one before ... Taegan Goddard's Political Wire | ||
| Lawsuit in federal court seeks to block law banning gay 'conversion ... By Patrick McGreevy The conservative Pacific Justice Institute has filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to block a new state law that will prohibit providing minors with "conversion" therapy that seeks to change its subject's sexual orientation from gay to straight. PolitiCal | ||
| Call for quick adoption of Internet law - Reporters Without Borders On the evening of 27 September, Google Brazil finally yielded to pressure from the Brazilian courts and blocked access to a YouTube video that was deemed to defame one of the many candidates in the two-round municipal elections due to ... Reporters Without Borders | ||
| Facebook says child privacy law shouldn't apply to "Like" button ... By Andrew Couts Facebook has sent a letter to the FTC arguing that its "Like" button and other social plugins should be exempt from a children's privacy protection law. |
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| Pa. voter ID law ruling could mean political swing - Yahoo! News From Yahoo! News: Some political momentum could be on the line when a judge rules on whether to keep intact Pennsylvania's tough new law requiring voters ... news.yahoo.com/pa-voter-id-law-ruling-could-mean-political-... | ||
| Illegal Immigrant Fighting For License To Practice Law In Florida ... Jose Godinez-Samperio has stepped forward and asked to become the first illegal immigrant in the US to obtain a license to practice law. Jose Godinez- ... www.infowars.com/illegal-immigrant-fighting-for-license-to-p... | ||
| Oh No They Didn't! - Outrage over Philippine cybercrime law MANILA (AFP) - A new cybercrime law in the Philippines that could see people jailed for 12 years for posting defamatory comments on Facebook or Twitter is ... ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/72430455.html | ||
| How effective Cyber Crime Law that was implemented in the ... Considering the new law was implemented recently, one cannot accurately say how effective the law has been yet. However, just because a law is in place, doesn't ... answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid... |
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