Dec 19, 2012

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US Expands Child Online Privacy Law to Cover Apps, Social Networks
Wall Street Journal
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday updated its decade-old rules governing children's online privacy to reflect the growth of social networks and smartphone apps, but backed away from earlier proposals that could have made companies like ...
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Wall Street Journal
Senegal Gov't Adopts Law to Try Ex-Chad Dictator
ABC News
Senegal's national assembly adopted a much-anticipated law on Wednesday which creates a special tribunal to try ex-Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, the first step in ending 22 years of impunity that began when the deposed former president fled to ...
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Court: College May Challenge Law on Covering Contraception
Wall Street Journal (blog)
A federal appeals court overturned late Tuesday a lower court decision that judges should stay out of the spat between the Obama administration and religious employers for the time being, and ordered federal officials to provide regular updates on new ...
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Russia's parliament gives initial OK to law banning Americans from adopting ...
Washington Post
Before becoming law, the measure has to pass a third reading in the State Duma, which is set for Friday, after which it would go to the upper house, the Federation Council, and then require Putin's signature. The legislation further steps up animosity ...
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Washington Post
Bridgewater unanimously passes law to regulate cell phone towers
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
BRIDGEWATER — The township council has passed a new ordinance to regulate cell phone towers and wireless facilities. The Bridgewater Township Council Monday voted unanimously in favor of an ordinance introduced on Dec. 3 to regulate future cell ...
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Judge: Ind. districts can sell schools despite law
San Francisco Chronicle
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A judge has ruled that two northeastern Indiana school districts can sell vacant schools, bypassing a state law requiring them to wait four years in case a charter school wanted to claim the buildings. The decision that Allen ...
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Religious challenge to health care law can continue
MiamiHerald.com (registration)
WASHINGTON -- North Carolina's Belmont Abbey College can keep on challenging the Obama administration's signature health care law under an appellate court ruling that leaves the challenge on hold. In a decision closely watched by many other religious ...
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Homeboy Sandman: A Rapper Leaves Law Behind
NPR
His Puerto Rican mom graduated from college around the time her son was winning his third scholarship, this time to law school. He eventually left school to pursue rapping full time, and five years later, he now makes a comfortable living touring the U ...
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NPR
EU Tobacco Regulations: Law Would Make Cigarette Branding Less 'Attractive'
Huffington Post
If approved by EU member states and the European Parliament, the law will mean graphic visual and written warnings take up 75 percent of the surface of all cigarette packets, leaving 25 percent or less for the brand. The European Commission proposed ...
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Robert Bork and Antitrust Economics
Slate Magazine (blog)
But his original claim to fame was a 1978 book called The Antitrust Paradox and which expresses ideas that have been enormously influential in the relatively dull sphere of anti-trust law. The way this arises is that the Sherman Anti-Trust Act is ...
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Slate Magazine (blog)
Cuomo signs law for town lawsuit process
Newsday
Andrew Cuomo has signed a law to establish a uniform process for notifying municipalities, school districts, public authorities or other government entities before starting a lawsuit. Under existing law, anyone wishing to sue such an entity must first ...
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Newsday
Point Pleasant will end midnight bar closing law in exchange for money to fix ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
POINT PLEASANT BEACH — Bars in Point Pleasant will be allowed to stay open past midnight following an agreement between Jenkinson's and the borough council, according to a report on APP.com. In exchange, the owners of Jenkinson's have agreed to ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Reported property seizures by Minnesota law enforcement surged in 2011
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Specifically, all law enforcement agencies in Minnesota must submit expanded forfeiture data every year, including lists of vehicles taken from drunken drivers, gun serial numbers and whether seized property was sold, returned to the owner, destroyed ...
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Judge rejects challenge to drive-by shooting law
San Francisco Chronicle
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A judge has rejected a constitutional challenge to a state law targeting drive-by shootings in Nebraska's larger cities. Lancaster County District Judge Robert Otte ruled on the challenge this week in the case against Armani Flood ...
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Ohio law takes turn for worse with error
Columbus Dispatch
A little-noticed change in an Ohio traffic law this year made a dangerous left turn perfectly legal. The change was a mistake — a short phrase that should have been in the original bill is missing. And the lawmaker who introduced the bill last year ...
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Law That Prevents Sharing Netflix Histories May Be Changing
Mashable
The law that's preventing you from sharing your Netflix history may soon change. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would modify a law that restricts sharing a person's video rental history without written consent. The new law ...
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HPD: Reserve deputy shoots brother-in-law
KPRC Houston
A reserve deputy with the Harris County Sheriff's Office shot his brother-in-law during an argument, police said. The shooting happened shortly before 7 p.m. on Goforth and Balkin Street Tuesday. Investigators said the reserve deputy and his wife were ...
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Funding holes in daycare regulation law emerge
Topeka Capital Journal
An outgoing senator's questions in a committee hearing Wednesday revealed funding holes in Lexie's Law, which state officials credit with vastly improving the quality of day care in Kansas. Sen. Roger Reitz, R-Manhattan, was part of a Health Policy ...
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Energy Nimbies Beware of Swanson's law
The Economist (blog)
ON THE principle of "let him who is without sin cast the first stone", Cassandra is reluctant to criticise those guilty of Nimbyism (surely one of the best acronyms ever coined). But I do allow myself a rueful smirk when coming across "green" advocates ...
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Czech President's Veto of New Film Financing Law Defeated in Parliament
Hollywood Reporter
The Czech Parliament has overruled President Vaclav Klaus' early-November veto of a new law redefining support for film and television production in the Czech Republic. The Czech president had said the new law is unnecessary, arguing that there is no ...
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Hollywood Reporter
HHS touts health law grants for school clinics
The Hill (blog)
The healthcare law provides $200 million in fund for the School-Based Health Center Capitol Program. The grants announced Wednesday are represent the third series of awards under the law. They will allow 197 clinics to serve an addition 384,000 ...
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Sebastopol adopts law to help bicyclists, pedestrians
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
The "vulnerable road users" ordinance was passed on a unanimous vote, paving the way for it to become law when it comes back for a second reading at a future meeting. "Hate is hate, it doesn't matter what it's for, anything we can do to stop bullying ...
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Hungarian law exposes 'abusive' politicians to fines, removal
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Hungarian law exposes 'abusive' politicians to fines, removal. December 19, 2012. (JTA) -- Amid a public outcry over anti-Semitic statements by a Hungarian lawmaker, the country's parliament has passed an amendment to punish politicians that use ...
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UK Muslims slam 'discriminatory' gay marriage law, demand exception
RT
A bill proposed by the UK government allows gay marriages, but explicitly forbids the Church of England and the Church in Wales from blessing same-sex couples. British Muslims have criticized the proposition, demanding a similar exception. The specific ...
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RT
Iowa Law Professor Proposes Global Governance Structure for Geoengineering
Newswise (press release)
Newswise — With policymakers and political leaders increasingly unable to combat global climate change, more scientists are considering the use of manual manipulation of the environment to slow warming's damage to the planet. But a University of Iowa ...
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Tajik Parliament Approves Law Against Domestic Violence
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
The law includes a statement that the elderly should play an active role in preventing domestic violence among young families. The advice of elders carries significant weight in traditional Tajik society. According to official statistics, more than 200 ...
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Ireland amends abortion law
CNN
CNN'a Becky Anderson talks to NIc Robertson and panel guests about Ireland's abortion law controversy. Check out more videos from CNN at http://www.youtube.com/cnn. Or visit our site at http://www.cnn.com/video/ ...
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Gun law being pushed by DeGette, House Dems to ban high-capacity magazines
Denver Post (blog)
Hmmmm….seeing as no clips were used…once again…can we PLEASE learn proper terminology before we start trying to make law? They are magazines and the capacity makes little difference. I can shoot 30 aimed rounds from my Glock with a 30 round ...
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Blogs13 new results for law
 
'What Law Would Have Stopped Adam Lanza?': TheBlaze's Will ...
By Erica Ritz
TheBlaze's Will Cain appeared as a panelist on CNN Wednesday with a roundtable that included Christiane Amanpour and Soledad O'Brien, and the three got in a contentious discussion over gun control. Discussing the recent tragedy in ...
TheBlaze.com - Stories
How Stupid Must a Gun Law Be to Get Struck Down by the Courts ...
By Jacob Sullum
New York Times legal reporter Adam Liptak argues that D.C. v. Heller, the 2008 decision in which the Supreme Court recognized that the Second Amendment.
Reason.com Full Feed
Video History Sharing law Passes the House
By Alex Wilhelm
Today by a voice vote, an update to the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPAA) was passed in the House. The bill, H.R. 6671, will allow users to opt-in online to having their video history shared digitally. If that sounds scary, don't worry; it will ...
The Next Web
FTC updates online child privacy law to require parental consent for ...
By Jordan Kahn
The Wall Street Journal reported today that the US Federal Trade Commission has announced its decision to update its more than 10 year old law governing the privacy of children online. The changes will mean app developers and websites ...
9to5Mac
Update To Internet Child-Protection Law Misses The Mark, Says ...
By Ed Fischer
The government is out with new regulations designed to keep kids safe from those who wish to track them online.
CBS Philly
Judge: Charter school law unfair
A judge has decided that two northeastern Indiana school districts can sell vacant schools without following a state law requiring them to wait four years in case a charter school wanted to claim the building.
Indiana | WISH TV
FTC Aims to Bring Child Privacy Law Into 21st Century | Digital ...
By kkaye@adage.com (Kate Kaye)
As expected, the Federal Trade Commission today officially proposed its update to the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. The update brings the law, unchanged since it was passed in 1998, into the 21st century, acknowledging the ...
Advertising Age - Latest News
Law & Apple: Some Courtroom Clarity, Yet Big Questions Remain ...
By Adrian Hoppel
It was, clearly, the biggest patent lawsuit of the year in the tech industry, and it originally resulted in a $1 billion decision for Apple, to be paid by Samsung. However, whenever that many zeroes are involved in a lawsuit, you can be sure there ...
iPhone
Althouse: Republicans used to stress "law and order," and ...
By noreply@blogger.com (Ann Althouse)
The Democrats know very well that no significant gun laws will be passed but the uproar serves their purpose better than new laws that would fail. Political theater is what the Democrats are about. Considering the last election, it works pretty ...
Althouse
City Council Passes New Gun Law Ordinance
Council members were visibly shaken by the tragic events that began Sunday night in Councilman Manspeaker's district and ended Monday morning in Councilwoman Hiller's district.
WIBW - Local News - Headlines
Michigan Legislature Passes Law To Allow Concealed Weapons In ...
By jonathanturley
We previously discussed the suggestion by a member of Congress that the Connecticut massacre could have been avoided if only teachers were carrying M-4 assault rifles. Now the Governor of Michigan is considering bringing that a little ...
JONATHAN TURLEY
FDA Law Blog: FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Enrichment ...
By FDABlog HPM
By Alexander Varond – On December 14, FDA released a draft guidance document entitled "Enrichment Strategies for Clinical Trials to Support Approval of Human Drugs and Biological Products" ("Enrichment Guidance"). The thirty-nine-page ...
FDA Law Blog
Rule of Law » Toxic Bias in Association of American Law School ...
By J. Christian Adams
If you needed another example of the extraordinary bias in law schools today, particularly when it comes to election law, take a look at the panel at the Association of American Law Schools annual meeting where election law will be discussed.
Rule of Law

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Russia fumes as U.S. Senate passes Magnitsky law aimed at human ...
MOSCOW — The U.S. Senate on Thursday repealed a trade sanction imposed 38 years ago to force the Soviet Union to allow Jews and other religious ...
articles.washingtonpost.com/.../35649594_1_magnitsky-law-...
FBI, International Law Enforcement Disrupt International Organized
The Department of Justice and the FBI, along with international law enforcement partners, announced the arrests of 10 individuals from Bosnia and Herzegovina ...
www.fbi.gov/.../fbi-international-law-enforcement-disrupt-inte...
Law Elementary / Homepage
EE - 5th grade. Houston ISD. Gives details on math, science, and technology program.
www.houstonisd.org/Domain/7412
Judge Bork on Law & Life - National Review Online
Andrew C. McCarthy writes on NRO: At The New Criterion's site, Roger Kimball has re-posted my 2009 review of A Time to Speak, an anthology drawn from ...
www.nationalreview.com/.../judge-bork-law-life-andrew-c-mc...


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