Dec 20, 2012

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Why Has Moscow Passed a Law to Ban US Adoption of Russian Orphans?
TIME
Passing a new law in Russia has never presented much of a problem for Russian President Vladimir Putin. With perpetual control of both houses of parliament and a couple of loyalist "opposition" parties to boot, legislation backed by Putin generally ...
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Health law may boost tech firms' revenue
USA TODAY
Now, with Medicaid poised for broad expansion under the law and with online insurance marketplaces being built in most states, those companies are well positioned to profit. "There is near-term growth and wind at your back if you can deliver," said ...
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Federal Judge Upholds Ohio's New Exotic-Animal Law
ABC News
A federal judge upheld Ohio's new restrictions on exotic animals on Thursday after several owners sued the state over the law, which was enacted after a man released dozens of his wild creatures including lions and tigers last year and then committed ...
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Obama signs law to avoid duplicate luggage screening
USA TODAY
Millions of international travelers from a few select countries won't have their bags X-rayed a second time when making connecting flights in the United States, under a law President Obama signed Thursday. The so-called "No-Hassle Flying Act" gives the ...
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Ohio governor signs law slightly weakening gun controls
Reuters
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Ohio's Republican Governor Johns Kasich on Thursday signed into law a measure that would slightly weaken the state's law on carrying concealed weapons, less than a week after a Connecticut school massacre focused ...
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Biden to law enforcement: We need your help
CBS News
AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster. Vice President Joe Biden met with cabinet officials and law enforcement representatives today in Washington, D.C., to convene the first meeting of President Obama's gun violence task force. The task force, which was created in ...
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Scholars wrestle with Shariah law in proposed Egypt constitution
MiamiHerald.com (registration)
CAIRO -- Peppered throughout Egypt's constitution, which is expected to pass in a referendum vote Saturday, is a renewed emphasis on Islamic law, or Shariah, as a guiding principle of the state. But some judges here said they don't know how to enforce ...
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Putin backs tit-for-tat response to US rights law
Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin backed a ban on Americans adopting Russian children on Thursday in a feud over a U.S. law that aims to punish Russians accused of violating human rights. In his first annual news conference since he began a ...
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Oklahoma Reaches Agreement Over Law Targeting Hiring of Undocumented ...
Fox News
The law was challenged in 2008 by the Chamber and other pro-business groups that argued the state was pushing immigration law enforcement onto employers. But the state said the law was needed because "illegal immigration is causing economic ...
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Dismissal of Law School Jobs Data Suit Upheld by NY Appeals Court
Wall Street Journal (blog)
WSJ's Joe Palazzolo reports in March on a victory by New York Law School in a suit brought by graduates claiming the school used misleading post-graduate job statistics to lure students. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena). A New York appeals court has upheld ...
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Arizona court denies attempt to temporarily block ruling upholding medical ...
azcentral
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery lost another round in court Thursday when the Arizona Court of Appeals denied his effort to temporarily block a ruling upholding the state's medical-marijuana law. A three-judge panel heard oral arguments in the ...
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Argentina Uses New Legal Regulation for Media Law
ABC News
Argentina's government is using a new legal regulation to get the Supreme Court to intervene in the case of a media law opposed by the country's top media group. Justice Minister Julio Alak said Wednesday that the government has presented a "per saltum ...
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A 2011 law made it easier to challenge Apple's patents
Fortune (blog)
FORTUNE -- On Wednesday, Samsung informed a federal court -- and the Wall Street Journal dutifully reported -- that the U.S. Patent Office had "rejected" all claims of an Apple (AAPL) patent (the so-called "pinch to zoom" patent, or '915) that the ...
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There's No Law Against Bill Ackman Talking His Book
CNBC.com (blog)
Surely it was far worse for him to learn that Pershing Square's Bill Ackman was going to make an epic presentation accusing Herbalife of being "the best managed pyramid scheme in the history of the world." And also it was worse to see that the market ...
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Cuomo pushes first gun control law since Sandy Hook
New York Post
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York officials are scrambling to negotiate the first new gun control laws in the nation since the mass shooting at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Democrat-led Assembly are ...
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Timber county decides law enforcement needs taxes
San Francisco Chronicle
(AP) — Josephine County commissioners have voted to move forward with the creation of a special law enforcement tax district, the first step in asking voters for new taxes to pay for sheriff's patrols, prosecutors and the jail. The Grants Pass Daily ...
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Successful Lawyer Exhorts New Lawyers To Be More Successful
Above the Law
You went to law school for a reason; find a cause you love, and advocate for it, and, to the extent it's not entirely crazy, the money will follow; even if it doesn't, you'll be happier…. But stop whining. The minute you become a member of the bar ...
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Above the Law
Law restores faith in Kane public guardian office
Elgin Courier News
Wednesdays are pow-wow days in Diana Law's office. That's the day that Law and three other staff members gather in a conference room at her Aurora office to review every one of the two dozen public guardian cases Law is handling. As the four women eat ...
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Balto. Co. police chief joins White House gun control discussion
Baltimore Sun (blog)
Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson was among law enforcement officials from around the country who met with Vice President Joe Biden at the White House Thursday to discuss ways to curb gun violence. President Barack Obama this week ...
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Next challenge for health care law
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
On its face, the low-key discussion around a conference table in Miami last month did not appear to have national implications. Eight men and women, including a diner owner, a chef and a real estate agent, answered questions about why they had no ...
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The Gun Lobby's Favorite Part Of The Health Law
NPR (blog)
The "Protection of Second Amendment Gun Rights" section says the health law's wellness programs can't require participants to give information about guns in the house. It also keeps the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from collecting data ...
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NPR (blog)
Changes Coming for 'Stand Your Ground' Law?
WCTV
Chris Smith, (D) - Fort Lauderdale, filed a senate bill revising Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law as a response to the death of Trayvon Martin earlier this year. The proposal says that armed citizens would not be able to automatically cite "stand your ...
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1st law change after Sandy Hook tragedy
WTNH
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) -- The first change in state law in direct response to Sandy Hook occurred during Wednesday night's special session. And Thursday lawmakers announced a roster of eight proposed changes in the state's gun laws. Some state ...
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Living with shariah law: Crime and punishment in Indonesia's Aceh
NBCNews.com (blog)
Photos and text by Damir Sagolj, Reuters — Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation, but nowhere is the faith more strictly interpreted than in Aceh, sometimes referred to as the "verandah of Mecca" because it was one of the first parts of ...
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NBCNews.com (blog)
Group: Israel broke law by targeting media in Gaza
Philadelphia Inquirer
JERUSALEM - Israeli army attacks on journalists and media facilities in the Gaza Strip during last month's military operation violated the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said in a release Thursday. Two Palestinian cameramen were killed and at least 10 ...
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Italy parliament approves balanced budget law
Reuters
... to a government decree intended to keep the troubled ILVA steel plant running during a two year cleanup. Approval of the 2013 budget law is expected on Friday evening, clearing the way for President Giorgio Napolitano to order parliament to be ...
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Hobby Lobby request to block health law denied
San Francisco Chronicle
Page 1 of 1. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has denied Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby's request to block a portion of the federal health care law that requires the company provide insurance coverage for emergency contraception pills.
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Indiana law allows teachers to carry guns
The Courier-Journal
A state law that makes schools gun-free zones exempts anyone who has been employed or authorized by a school "to act as a security guard, perform or participate in a school function, or participate in any other activity authorized by a school." School ...
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Puppy Inspires "Phoenix's Law"
WKBW-TV
Buffalo, NY (WKBW) - A puppy that captured the heart of just about every Western New Yorker is now inspiring one lawmaker to change animal cruelty laws in the Empire State. After puppy Phoenix was found badly burned on Buffalo's east side, county and ...
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Blogs14 new results for law
 
SCOTUS for law students (sponsored by Bloomberg Law): Test ...
By Stephen Wermiel
Earlier this month, the Court announced that it would review two cases involving same-sex marriage: United States v. Windsor, a challenge to the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, and Hollingsworth v. Perry, a challenge ...
SCOTUSblog
Australia v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Melbourne : Stuart Law demands ...
Australia's batting coach Stuart Law spoke of his desire to return to the nation's batsmen the sort of collective "ruthless streak" that limited him to one Test in a career that ultimately reaped more than 27000 first-class runs - Cricket news from ...
Cricket news from ESPN Cricinfo.com
U.S. Law Enforcement Seeking To Use Drones For Domestic ...
By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director
Civil libertarians file Freedom of Information Acts to understand role of drones in domestic law enforcement in America.
NORML Blog, Marijuana Law Reform
Living with shariah law: Crime and punishment in Indonesia's Aceh ...
Photos and text by Damir Sagolj, Reuters — Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation, but nowhere is the faith more strictly interpreted than in Aceh, sometimes referred to as the "verandah of Mecca" because it was one of the first ...
Newsvine - PhotoBlog - Articles
Many Uninsured Still Don't Understand Health Law's Benefits While ...
The New York Times examines efforts by a nonprofit group to explain the overhaul's provisions to the uninsured. And the Wall Street Journal looks at an employer's efforts to keep the number of workers low so he can avoid the law.
All Kaiser Health News
Arkansas Town Declares Quasi-Martial Law to Fight Property Crime ...
By Tod Kelly
The Guns In America symposium is still a couple of weeks away, but I thought I would highlight this story now: The mayor and chief of police of Paragould, AR announced this week that in order to better fight crime.
The League of Ordinary Gentlemen
Brazilian Law Blog: Same sex marriage allowed in São Paulo, Brazil
By Adler Martins
Therefore, foreigners who wish to marry same sex partners in Brazil will now be allowed a marriage visa, which is much easier to obtain than the civil union visa for same sex unions, which already existed. I consider this a triumph of law and ...
Brazilian Law Blog
Georgia's New Abortion Law Challenged
By ereinhardt
A judge is considering whether to block Georgia's new law that bans abortions after 20 weeks from taking effect January 1. The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia filed a lawsuit on behalf of three obstetricians challenging the law's ...
GPB News Feed
JURIST - Paper Chase: Senegal adopts law creating special tribunal ...
By Cynthia Miley
[JURIST] Senegal's national assembly adopted a law on Wednesday that will allow Senegal to create a special tribunal to try Chad's former dictator Hissene Habre [BBC backgrounder]. The law allows Senegal President Macky Sall to ratifying ...
Paper Chase
State healthcare law's next phase - The Daily News of Newburyport
By By Matt Murphy
BOSTON — The state plans to begin shifting Medicaid patients by June, as required under a new health care cost containment law, into new alternative p.
NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport,...
Biden to Meet With Law Enforcement on Gun Control - 8 News NOW
Vice President Joe Biden will be meeting Thursday with law enforcement officers from around the country. He's leading a task force that will look at ways of reducing gun violence.
Las Vegas News from 8NewsNow.com
Judge Hears Arguments On Blocking Georgia Abortion Law « CBS ...
By vac872
ATLANTA (AP/WAOK) - A judge is considering whether to block Georgia's new law that bans abortions after 20 weeks pending the outcome of a legal challenge. The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia filed a lawsuit on behalf of three ...
CBS Atlanta
TaxProf Blog: Seton Hall Law School Offers 52% Tuition Discount to ...
By Paul Caron
Seton Hall University has announced that it will extend its widely acclaimed merit-based tuition reduction program to its School of Law, reducing tuition by over 50% for eligible students. The tuition cuts for undergraduate students at Seton Hall ...
TaxProf Blog
Do these trampoline feats violate the law of conservation of energy ...
By Mano Singham
No. Nobody violates the law of conservation of energy, just like nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. But it does seem like Christophe Hamel rises to a greater height than from where he jumped.
Freethought Blogs

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Ireland to clarify law on abortion when mother's life is at risk - CNN ...
Ireland's government will introduce new rules to clarify that abortions are permissible when the mother's life is at risk, the health minister said Tuesday.
www.cnn.com/2012/12/18/world/europe/ireland.../index.html
Group: Israel broke law by targeting media in Gaza - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli army attacks on journalists and media facilities in the Gaza Strip during last month's military operation violated ...
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