Dec 10, 2012

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Gibson Dunn, Shearman & Sterling: Business of Law
Businessweek
In challenging the law, Olson joined forces with David Boies, a partner at Boies Schiller & Flexner LLP and his opponent from Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court case that resolved the 2000 presidential election deadlock. The pair set out to win a Supreme ...
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'Sleeper' fee in new health law
The Seattle Times
'Sleeper' fee in new health law. The Obama administration says it is a temporary assessment levied for three years starting in 2014, designed to raise $25 billion. It starts at $63 and then declines. By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR. The Associated Press ...
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Feds rule on health care law's Medicaid expansion
Businessweek
President Barack Obama's health care law expanded Medicaid to cover people up to 138 percent of the federal poverty line, or about $15,400 for an individual. The change mainly affects low-income adults without children at home, as well as low-income ...
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Dad-in-Law Phone Studied in Utah Mom Disappearance
ABC News
Utah investigators handling the case of missing mother Susan Powell examined her father-in-law's cell phone, calendar and emails earlier this year — more than two years after she disappeared. Records obtained by The Associated Press under Washington ...
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Judge hears testimony about Ohio exotic animal law
San Francisco Chronicle
Cyndi Huntsman is one of four owners who are suing the state over its crackdown on possessing wild animals, claiming the law violates their property and First Amendment rights. The lawsuit had its first hearing Monday before Judge George Smith in ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
Michigan 'Right-to-Work' Laws Spark Heated Debate on Role of Labor Unions
PBS NewsHour
In a lame-duck session, Michigan Republicans approved a pair of bills that would make the Great Lakes State into a "right to work" state. Organized labor was furious, accusing politicians of pushing through legislation with no opportunity for public ...
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A divide on 'conversion therapy' law
Los Angeles Times
So-called conversion therapy to change a patient's sexual orientation is a practice frowned on by mainstream psychiatry and deeply offensive to gays and lesbians, who rightly see it as a relic of a time when homosexuality was regarded as a mental illness.
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Unions vow political payback for right-to-work law
Ventura County Star
(AP) - With defeat in the Michigan Legislature virtually certain, Democrats and organized labor intend to make enactment of right-to-work laws as uncomfortable as possible for Gov. Rick Snyder and his Republican allies while laying the groundwork to ...
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Possible "Cousins' Law" Headed To Legislature
KCAU
About 3 months into the search for missing cousins Lyric Cook and Elizabeth Collins, a Cedar Falls woman proposed a new bill aptly named the "Cousins Law" that would hopefully help speed things up when it comes to looking for a missing child. The core ...
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Kate Middleton and the law against radio hoaxes
Washington Post (blog)
But other times they are anything but laughable. That's the case with the one by two Australian DJs involving the royal family and the staff at London's King Edward VII hospital. The prank call about the pregnancy of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge ...
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Obama Rips Michigan's Anti-Union Law, Says Republicans 'Manufacture Crises'
Business Insider
President Barack Obama is delivering a forceful attack on Michigan's pending "right-to-work" legislation Monday, telling workers at a Detroit auto plant that the law is motivated by politics, not economics. "What we shouldn't be doing is try[ing] to ...
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Marquette law prof joins Wis. Supreme Court race
Seattle Post Intelligencer
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Marquette University law professor Ed Fallone announced Monday that he plans to run for the Wisconsin Supreme Court next spring, becoming the third announced candidate and essentially assuring that a primary will be needed in ...
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Jude Law shows support for UK film industry
Washington Post
Jude Law, John Hurt and Noomi Rapace are among the many stars attending the British Independent Film Awards in support of the U.K. film industry. Associated Press. Correction: Clarification: RELATED. The FOLD · E-mail · Save/Share · Embed · Comments ...
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Rare Family Law Case Heard by US Supreme Court
Huffington Post
Many parents embroiled in child custody cases might only dream of bringing their cases to the highest court in the land, yet this became reality for Army Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Lee Chafin last week, when oral arguments were heard by the United States ...
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NBA commissioner David Stern scolds New Jersey Gov. Christie on sports ...
SportingNews.com
"And wholly apart from the fact that a governor, who's a former U.S. Attorney, has chosen to attack a federal law which causes me pause for completely different reasons since I've at times sworn to similar oaths about upholding the law of the United ...
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With Governor's Signature, Colorado Marijuana Law Goes Into Effect
ThinkProgress
With Governor's Signature, Colorado Marijuana Law Goes Into Effect | Colorado's law to legalize and regulate marijuana went into effect Monday, as Gov. John Hickenlooper quietly signed an executive order making Amendment 64 part of the state's ...
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New law bans gag clauses in settlements with state licensees
California Watch
The law prohibits civil legal settlements that bar consumers from cooperating with authorities who probe negligence and other misconduct by state licensees, including accountants, veterinarians, pharmacists, behavioral therapists and physician assistants.
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A new law expanding virtual schools?
Boston.com (blog)
There were other elements in the law including the creation of statewide "virtual schools," schools where students could do much of their coursework online. That promise was not kept, as the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education put into ...
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Groups sue over immigration law
Helena Independent Record
An immigrants' advocacy group and others have sued to challenge the constitutionality of a recent voter-approved law requiring people to show a proof of citizenship before they obtain certain state government services and benefits. At issue is ...
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Female Lawyers Make Up Less Than a Third of Pa. Law Firm Rosters
The National Law Journal
The percentage of women attorneys working in the Pennsylvania offices of the state's 100 largest law firms has inched up slightly from 2011 to 2012, but the numbers are still lower than some expected. It has long been noted that women make up smaller ...
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Nashua's Law Warehouse takes legal action against Liquor Commission ...
Nashua Telegraph
Law Warehouse President Brian Law and his lawyers maintain the state agency repeatedly refused to release bid documents prior to and after Exel of Westerville, OH won the competition. "We have no choice other than seeking a court order releasing these ...
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Why John Steele and Prenda Law Should be Sanctioned
Opposing Views
Last week we had the incredible story of the comedy routine that copyright troll John Steele and Prenda Law tried to pull on a courtroom in Florida, leading to the case being dismissed and the judge planning to dig deeper into the potential "fraud on ...
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Opposing Views
Law enforcement setting up DWI checkpoints as part of 'Booze It or Lose It ...
WNCT
JACKSONVILLE, N.C.- Law enforcement across the east will be setting up DWI checkpoints this holiday season as part of the 'Booze It and Lose It' campaign. We got the chance to sit in with officers in Jacksonville at a weekend checkpoint and found out ...
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President Obama stands with middle class against Michigan 'Right To Work' law
Examiner.com
He took a strong stand on behalf of his core constituency - all working and middle class families - by voicing strong opposition to the state's new "right-to-work" law now on the verge of enactment. Appearing at a Detroit Diesel manufacturing plant ...
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Examiner.com
Villanova Law School Sentenced to Two Years Probation
JDJournal.com
The Association of American Law Schools has announced that it has placed Villanova University's law school on probation for two years for its role in grade-inflation two years ago. The organization, which is the main professional organization for law ...
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Nintendo Blames German Law for Bizarre Wii U eShop Content Restrictions
Technabob (blog)
If you're a European owner of the new Nintendo Wii U game console, you may have noticed some odd limitations in the eShop for downloading digital content. If you happen to try and purchase any game content that's rated for 18 years and over during ...
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Technabob (blog)
Russia set to retaliate on US Magnitsky law
Washington Post
MOSCOW — Russian legislators began their promised retaliation Monday against the Magnitsky Act passed by Congress, saying they will enact a law before the end of the month banning visas for Americans who harm adopted Russian children, for example, ...
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Daily Kos: Obama: Michigan anti-union law offers 'the right to work ...
By rss@dailykos.com (Laura Clawson)
Speaking in Detroit Monday afternoon, President Barack Obama strongly criticized the push by Michigan Republicans to pass an anti-union law during the lame duck session. In a speech largely focused on his proposal to tax income over ...
Daily Kos
Villanova Law School Gets 2 Years' Probation Over Falsified ...
By Nick DeSantis
The Association of American Law Schools has placed Villanova University's law school on probation for two years for reporting inflated admissions data. The move follows the American Bar Association's decision, in August 2011, to publicly ...
The Ticker
NRA-ILA | Wisconsin: Right-to-Carry Law Celebrates its First ...
By NRA-ILA
The Wisconsin Department of Justice will continue to issue concealed carry permits under a second round of temporary procedural rules proposed this week. Permanent regulations have been proposed but are awaiting approval in both the ...
NRA-ILA News
Obama: Michigan union busting law means 'right to work for less ...
By David Edwards
President Barack Obama traveled to Michigan on Monday where he said a controversial anti-union "right to work" law passed by the Republican-controlled state Legislature last week really meant that workers had a "right to work for less ...
The Raw Story
Amendments to Hungarian Film Law Introduce Flat Fees for ...
By Vladimir Kozlov
The move is expected to make production costs more predictable.
International
NJ Wineries Toast New Distribution Law « CBS Philly
By TimothyJMcL
New Jersey wineries believe a new law allowing them to directly ship their products to customers will help them become a contender for space on dining room tables this holiday season and beyond.
CBS Philly
Vacation rental owner sues Seal Beach over law | beach, city, beck ...
By By ROXANA KOPETMAN
SEAL BEACH – The ink was hardly dry on the city's new law related to short-term vacation rentals before it was challenged in court. Seal Beach recently adopted one of the strictest ordinances in the county. It prohibits property owners from ...
The Orange County Register -...
Robotic exoskeletons for law enforcement
By Tim Dees
The movie RoboCop was 26 years ago, long enough that there is a remake due out in 2014. For all its over-the-top moments (my personal favorite is where the bad guy s face gets dissolved in corrosive.
PoliceOne Daily News
Mars, grubby hands, and international law | OUPblog
By Alice
By Gérardine Goh Escolar The relentless heat of the sun waned quickly as it slipped below the horizon. All around, ochre, crimson and scarlet rock glowed, the brief burning embers of a dying day. Clouds of red dust rose from the unseen ...
OUPblog
Mark-Up and Commentary on the Patent Law Treaties - Patently-O
By Dennis Crouch
By Dennis Crouch I have posted a draft Mark-Up and Commentary on the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012. Download it here: http://www.patentlyo.com/PLT.pdf. At this point, the mark-up is very much a draft. I will release a more ...
Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)
Law and order in Sebastopol
By Andrea Granahan
Another busy week for Sebastopol Police Department.
Sebastopol, CA

Web7 new results for law
 
After Northridge killings, L.A.'s boarding house law moves to full City ...
Barely a week after four people were found shot dead outside an unlicensed boarding house in Northridge, a bill that would regulate such homes drew ...
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MURPHY'S LAW: Big 4, ISU Ticket Sales, Team Kelsey - Des Moines
By Chris HasselNo team has a better winning percentage, in the country, than Northern Iowa --- and I mean that literally. UNI is 6-0 on U.S. soil (0-3 in the ...
whotv.com/.../murphys-law-big-4-isu-ticket-sales-team-kelsey/
Top 10 in Law Blogs: LXBN December 10, 2012 : Real Lawyers ...
Top 10 in Law Blogs: LXBN December 10, 2012. Employment lawyers constantly preach the values of watching what you say on social media platforms like ...
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Smashwords — Fundamentals of Transnational Business Law — A ...
Fundamentals of Transnational Business law is a textbook for law beginners. It provides information and basic legal notions for understanding the legal ...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/263983
'Sleeper' fee in new health law | Seattle Times Newspaper
WASHINGTON — Your medical plan is facing an unexpected expense, so you probably are, too. It's a new, $63-per-head fee to cushion the cost of covering ...
seattletimes.com/avantgo/2019878360.html
Kasich: Right-to-work law not crucial for Ohio | The Columbus Dispatch
With Michigan poised to become the Midwest's second right-to-work state, Gov. John Kasich said today he has higher priorities than seeing that Ohio follows ...
www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/.../kasich11.html
Consultant Sees More Law Firm Mergers Ahead; $2B Club to ...
Cross-border law firm mergers are on the upswing. In the last month, three law firms announced cross-border mergers, and more deals are likely next year, the ...
www.abajournal.com/.../consultant_sees_more_law_firm_mer...


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