Nov 27, 2012

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Top court will not revisit Illinois eavesdropping law
Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court refused on Monday to revive a controversial Illinois law that prohibited audio recordings of police officers acting in public places, a ban that critics said violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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Lifshitz Law Firm Announces Investigation of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.
Businessweek
27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Â Lifshitz Law Firm announces an investigation into possible breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with the proposed sale of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: RAH) (referred to as "Ralcorp" or the "Company") to ConAgra Foods , Inc.
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Sweeping changes suggested for Pa. child-abuse law
The Seattle Times
A commission set up by the Pennsylvania Legislature after Jerry Sandusky's molestation arrest last year says "sweeping" changes to state law are needed. By MARK SCOLFORO. Associated Press ...
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Is Israel or Hamas Breaking International Law in Gaza?
Slate Magazine
The latest conflict in Gaza has raised numerous questions about international law. Did Israel violate it? Did Hamas? Does it matter? There are standard ways to approach these questions. At the same time, parsing the relevant law will not give you much ...
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Slate Magazine
Fla. leaders: Law tried to suppress vote
Philadelphia Inquirer
Republican leaders said in proposing the law that it was meant to save money and fight voter fraud. But a former GOP chairman and former Gov. Charlie Crist, both of whom have been ousted from the party, now say that fraud concerns were advanced only as ...
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Ukraine leader signs law to change constitution via referendum
Reuters
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich on Tuesday signed a law enabling constitutional change via referendums instead of via parliament, in a move the opposition criticized as aimed at ensuring his own re-election in 2015. Yanukovich's ...
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Sweeping Changes Suggested for Pa. Child Abuse Law
ABC News
Pennsylvania should enact "sweeping" changes to state child abuse laws, a legislative commission concluded Tuesday after a year of study prompted by Jerry Sandusky's arrest on child molestation charges. The Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection's ...
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"Rule of Law" Issues Top of Mind for Canadian Firms Active in China
Wall Street Journal (blog)
What's the major concern for Canadian firms doing business in China? It centers around "rule of law" issues such as intellectual property rights, according to a think tank focused on Canadian-Asian relations. In a survey conducted by the Asia Pacific ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Liberty University allowed to argue claims against healthcare law
Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court rectified an oversight Monday and gave a Baptist university in Virginia a chance to argue in a lower court two claims that were not considered in June when the justices upheld President Obama's healthcare law. Lawyers ...
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New Law May Bring Some Accountability but Invites Abuse of Freedoms
AllAfrica.com
London — President Mohamed Morsy's Constitutional Declaration granting his decrees and laws immunity from judicial review even if they violate human rights until mid-2013 undermines the rule of law in Egypt. If Morsy were to pass a law violating human ...
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Changes to privacy law would cover the cloud
NBCNews.com (blog)
A generation ago, when the Electronic Privacy Communication Act was passed, "the cloud," a term for massive server storage of private emails, documents and photos, didn't exist. Now some lawmakers are looking to amend the 1986 law so that information ...
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FDA Cracks Down On Salmonella Outbreak Under New Food Safety Law
ThinkProgress
But thanks to the increased authority that the Food and Drug Administration gained under the 2011 food safety law, the agency was able to halt production at the country's largest organic peanut butter company on Monday after confirming traces of ...
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Neither Mayor Dave Bing nor Detroit City Council budging on law firm contract
Detroit Free Press
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing's stalemate with the City Council over approval of a law firm contract key to getting funding from the state may have gotten worse Monday, despite the troubling implications for the city's bottom line. Even one of Bing's most ...
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Steve Grossman says he opposes any changes in state's Senate succession law
Boston.com
Treasurer Steve Grossman, who is weighing a gubernatorial bid in 2014, says he opposes any potential changes to the state's Senate succession law. Treasurer Steve Grossman. The possibility has come up for discussion as President Obama weighs ...
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Ferguson: Rule of law hurting West?
CNN
Share Flag as inappropriate. Loading... Alert icon. Sign in or sign up now! Alert icon. Loading... Published on Nov 26, 2012 by CNN. Author Niall Ferguson tells CNN's Andrew Stevens laws are becoming more cumbersome and hurting Western economies.
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Harrisburg judge to determine whether ex dog law chief was defamed
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
Jessie Smith, who served as the special deputy secretary for dog law under Gov. Rendell, is suing three activists, saying they "engaged in a relentless campaign of systematic defamation" through various electronic communications. The suit alleges they ...
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Home > Employment Law > Who's the Boss? The Supreme Court Hears ...
Justia Verdict
While the issue might seem technical, it takes on substantive importance too, as it implicates the scope and strength of harassment law and the ability, or lack thereof, of victims to enforce their anti-discrimination rights in court. Workplace ...
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Justia Verdict
Tulsa College of Law creates energy law program for Chinese students
NewsOK.com
Chinese law students soon will have a new opportunity to learn about the American legal system with a focus on energy law. The University of Tulsa College of Law on Monday announced a partnership with Beijing Normal University that will allow Chinese ...
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'The Law in These Parts': The Occupied Territories Defined
PopMatters
"One burden I can't avoid is the heavy feeling that I'm not being told the truth from beginning to end." Oded Pesensson, a former Israeli military judge, leans across a desk as he speaks. In response to questions posed by filmmaker Ra'anan ...
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NY 'Proper Cause' Law for Carrying Gun Upheld by Court
Businessweek
A New York law requiring "proper cause" for getting a license to carry a handgun in public doesn't violate the constitutional right to bear arms, a federal appeals court ruled. A three-judge panel in Manhattan today upheld a lower court's dismissal of ...
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Law would let Saranac Lake village charge for property cleanup
The Adirondack Daily Enterprise
SARANAC LAKE - The village would be allowed to charge homeowners on their tax bill for the cost of removing garbage and debris from their properties under a proposed law being considered by the village Board of Trustees. At its meeting Monday night ...
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'Law & Order: SVU' 14.09 photos and spoilers: A past connection
Examiner.com
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" is currently on a short break on Channel 12 in Tempe, but fans are now being given a glimpse at the next episode. On Monday, Nov. 26, Spoiler TV shared the photos released for "Law & Order: SVU" episode 14.09 titled ...
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Law enforcement seizes 132 Cyber Monday websites selling counterfeit goods ...
kypost.com
WASHINGTON - Law enforcement agencies working together around the world reportedly seized 132 online domain names that were selling counterfeit goods to Cyber Monday and holiday shoppers, the U.S. Immigration and Custom's Enforcement says.
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Few quick answers to flood of questions over new gay-marriage law
The Seattle Times
Few quick answers to flood of questions over new gay-marriage law. While the state's same-sex-marriage law has prompted many questions, no single agency is equipped to resolve them all, leaving attorneys and legal groups scrambling to provide answers.
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Ga. denied full court hearing on immigration law
San Francisco Chronicle
A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit in August left in place a lower court injunction that blocks part of Georgia's law making it illegal for someone to knowingly harbor or transport an illegal immigrant during the commission of a crime. The panel ...
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Sales tax applies only to some online retailers
KCRA Sacramento
Amazon and some other online retailers now have to comply with a California law that went into effect in September, requiring that retailers who have a presence in California charge their customers sales tax. But, the law has been confusing to many ...
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We Don't Need a New Drone Rulebook: Follow International Law
Huffington Post
The Obama administration has reportedly been trying to come up with a set of rules to govern its campaign of targeted killing by drones. Though officials had hoped to complete it before the November presidential election, just in case Mitt Romney won ...
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EU's top court rules ESM fund compatible with EU law
Reuters
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Union's highest court ruled on Tuesday that the euro zone's permanent bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), was in line with European law, despite a challenge by an Irish lawmaker. The court was ...
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Openness in records law could be stronger
Fort Worth Star Telegram
Testimony at a Monday public hearing of the Senate Committee on Open Government suggested that the public information law needs some clarifying -- primarily to ensure openness when government entities or their adjuncts resist it. Here are some ways the ...
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Report: NJ law enforcement ramps up federally funded surveillance ...
By Josh Peterson
FBI and Homeland Security agents are also able to watch local surveillance feeds with the permission of law enforcement.
The Daily Caller
'Real News:' Morsi Above the Law | Video | TheBlaze.com
By Christopher Santarelli
Just one day after a fragile truce was brokered (largely by Egypt) between Hamas and Israel – Muhammed Morsi put the region back into instability when he granted himself sweeping new powers that would make his rulings and judgments ...
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Jude Law Seducing PA On Dom Hemingway??! | PerezHilton.com
By Perez Hilton
Is Jude Law dating a production assistant on the set of his new film Dom Hemingway?! Details here!
PerezHilton
Changes Suggested For Pa. Child-Abuse Law « CBS Philly
By akramer259
The Pennsylvania Task Force on Child Protection announced Tuesday its recommendations, which include rewriting the Child Protective Services Law.
CBS Philly
Cantor: Put health care law, device tax on fiscal cliff negotiating table ...
By Devin Henry
House Republican leaders are now calling for President Obama to put the Affordable Care Act — "Obamacare," the legislative highlight of the president's first term — on the fiscal cliff negotiating table, including, according to Majority Leader ...
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Denver Man Splits Time Between Law Office, Fire Department ...
By CBS4
Cyrus Rajabi is one of many Denverites making their mark as they pursue their careers in the city.
CBS Denver
Law Firm Takes Aim At Nativity Scene For Arlington Heights « CBS ...
By John Dodge
A law firm that specializes in fighting for nativity scenes in public spaces is setting its sights on Arlington Heights.
CBS Chicago
Joe. My. God.: Supreme Court Strikes Down Illinois Law Against ...
By Joe
The justices on Monday left in place a lower court ruling that found that the state's anti-eavesdropping law violates free speech rights when used against people who tape law enforcement officers. The law sets out a maximum prison term of 15 ...
Joe. My. God.
Honour killings: Law panel says no to death penalty | Firstpost
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Against the backdrop of the latest case of alleged honour killing, the Law Commission has recommended making it a non-bailable offence but disagreed with Supreme Court's suggestion that death sentence be applied to all such cases.
Firstpost
Law Firm PR Pioneer Jaffe Dies at 68 - The BLT: The Blog of Legal ...
By Matthew Huisman
Jay Jaffe, the founder and CEO of a public relations firm that pioneered law industry marketing, died last week. He was 68. Jaffe founded his Washington-based agency, called Jaffe PR, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1977 Bates...
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times
Panel to recommend child abuse law changes in Pa. - abc27 WHTM
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A commission set up by the Pennsylvania Legislature after Jerry Sandusky's molestation arrest last year is about to make its recommendations.
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Liberty University claims law means taxpayer dollars will fund ...
By Scott Wise
Supreme Court ordered a federal appeals court to take another look at whether a key requirement in the health care reform law violates religious freedoms.
WTVR.com – Richmond News &...
Illinois police-taping law takes hit amid Supreme Court ruling - WBEZ
The U.S. Supreme Court is rejecting a case by Cook County State's attorney Anita Alvarez. who was asking the court to uphold an Illinois law making it illegal for people to record police officers. Under Illinois law you can photograph or even ...
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Supreme Court allows new challenge to Obama health care law ...
From the blog The Ticket: The Supreme Court has opened the door to a new challenge to President Barack Obama's sweeping health care reform law, just five ...
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Report: Obama health law a good deal for states - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: States will receive more than $9 in federal money for every $1 they spend to cover low-income residents under President Barack Obama's ...
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Sweeping changes suggested for Pa. child-abuse law
A commission set up by the Pennsylvania Legislature after Jerry Sandusky's molestation arrest last year says "sweeping" changes to state law are needed.
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