Jan 18, 2013

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Burma Accused of Violating International Law in Kachin
Voice of America
As fighting between Kachin rebels and Burmese forces has crept closer to the rebel headquarters in Laiza, international rights groups say the military's artillery and airstrikes are indiscriminate and violate international humanitarian law. Three ...
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Voice of America
Aaron Swartz and the law
Los Angeles Times
Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide last week at age 26, leaves behind quite a legacy for someone so young. He was an Internet activist dedicated to promoting the free flow of information online, which made him a hero to many. His most recent milestone ...
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Mongolia Defends Draft Mining Law Branded as Bad for Investment
Bloomberg
Mongolian officials held a briefing today to defend proposed changes to a mining law that the country's biggest business association says would deter investment. Puntsag Tsagaan, the mineral policy adviser to President Tsakhia Elbegdorj who led the ...
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Florida Governor Backs Voting Changes
New York Times
In 2011, the Republican-controlled Legislature changed Florida's election law by shortening the number of early voting days and hours and tightening other election rules, including voter registration. Mr. Scott, a Republican, signed the bill, despite ...
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Justice Department seldom checking references for law-enforcement hires
Washington Post (blog)
US_Department_of_Justice The Justice Department rarely checks references for potential law-enforcement hires as recommended by official groups that oversee personnel practices, according to a report released Thursday by the agency's inspector general.
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New York's new gun law: How might the NRA challenge it in court?
Christian Science Monitor
The Christian Science Monitor Weekly Digital Edition. The new law, called New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act or NY SAFE Act, is particularly tough on the high-capacity ammunition magazines used in semiautomatic assault rifles.
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Christian Science Monitor
Change sought in new gun law
Albany Times Union
ALBANY — Good-government groups and newspapers are hoping legislators will amend the just-passed gun control law to make it harder for people to have information about their pistol permits kept private. In a nod to concerns by several state lawmakers, ...
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How a 'hopelessly out of date' law makes you a computer criminal
Christian Science Monitor
The CFAA is a 1986 law, section 1030 of the federal criminal code, which makes any unauthorized access into a protected network or computer a federal crime and permits harsh penalties for those convicted. But 1986 was a long time ago. Today, any Web ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Whole Foods CEO regrets calling Obama health law 'fascism'
The Hill (blog)
Whole Foods CEO regrets calling Obama health law 'fascism'. By Elise Viebeck - 01/18/13 08:54 AM ET. Tweet. Whole Foods Market CEO John Mackey said he regrets describing President Obama's healthcare law as "more like fascism" in a recent interview.
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Azerbaijan Approves Law on TANAP Agreement with Turkey
Fox Business
A statement on the website of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said the two sides signed a law that approves the agreement on the project, which will carry Caspian Sea gas across Turkey to Europe and which was endorsed June 26 in Istanbul.
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Blame city law for your nasty flu
New York Daily News
As the worst outbreak of influenza in recent years rages across the country, we must ask what we can do to help prevent future outbreaks. Beyond stockpiling more flu vaccines and treatments, there's a simple answer: guarantee paid sick days for all our ...
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New York Daily News
Judge dismisses Ind. right-to-work law challenge
Chicago Daily Herald
The union argued in the lawsuit that the right-to-work law contains multiple violations of both the state and federal constitutions, including a contention that the law interferes with the union's free speech rights by stifling the collection of money ...
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The AM Roundup: Toyota Settles, POM Loses, Strine Opines
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Toyota settles: Toyota has settled what was to be the first in a group of hundreds of pending wrongful death and injury lawsuits involving sudden, unintended acceleration by Toyota vehicles. AP. Patent trends: Patent dispute settlements between brand ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
Undocumented immigrant seeking to practice law awaits California Supreme ...
89.3 KPCC
Under federal law, undocumented immigrants are not eligible to receive public benefits. So the question is: Would a professional license to practice law qualify as a public benefit? And if Garcia got his license, would the federal government allow him ...
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89.3 KPCC
Sports Law, Spaw, Lorts: The Lies They Tell Ourselves
Above the Law
While the intersection of law and sports is an area rich with possibility, it's also one that gives no f**ks about a weekly deadline. Some weeks, the arrest blotter is full. Other weeks, it is decidedly not so. In addition to this, it's sometimes ...
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Above the Law
Additions to be made to gun laws for law enforcement
7Online.com
A spokesman for the governor's office called Eyewitness News to say, "We are still working out some details of the law and the exemption will be included, currently no police officer is in violation." The Patrolman's Benevolent Association President ...
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7Online.com
WNY attorney to file suit over gun law
WIVB
The lawsuit, filed on behalf of local gun owners by James Tresmond of Hamburg, argues the law is unconstitutional for two reasons: the restrictions it puts on gun owners, and how quickly it passed. "It violates certain tenets of the Constitution of the ...
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In Reply: Law makes patients vulnerable to justice system
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, right, talks to members of the press following a Wednesday ceremony in Rochester marking passage of new gun- and ammunition-control legislation the day before. / AP Photo/Democrat & Chronicle, Shawn Dowd ...
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Law Banning Genetic Discrimination Doesn't Apply To Some Insurers
Kaiser Health News
There's a federal law that's supposed to protect people from having their own genes used against them, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, or GINA. Under GINA, it's illegal for an employer to fire someone based on his genes, and it's illegal ...
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Gov. Christie commits to 'fully implementing' mental health treatment law
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Chris Christie tonight committed to "fully implementing" a mental health treatment law that he said has gotten off to a sluggish start because of a lack of interest by treatment providers and court officials, according to his spokesman. Earlier this ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Top 10: Largest Pittsburgh-area law firms
Pittsburgh Business Times
10 on the list of the largest Pittsburgh-area law firms, with 66 local lawyers. Joe Wojcik. Thomas P. Peterson is managing shareholder of Tucker Arensberg PC, which ranked No. 9 on the list of the largest Pittsburgh-area law firms. The downtown-based ...
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Long-Term Gains Preferred as New U.S. Law Hits Top Earner
Bloomberg
Financial advisers are devising playbooks for top U.S. earners to help them minimize the effects of various higher taxes taking effect in 2013. "I think about it as an obstacle course," said Sandi Bragar, director of planning at Los Angeles-based ...
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Berkeley Law Launches Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA.... On the eve of the 40-year anniversary of Roe v. Wade, UC Berkeley School of Law today announced the formal launch of its new Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice (CRRJ). Founded by Professor and Pulitzer Prize nominee Kristin ...
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Debevoise, Goodwin Procter, Norton Rose: Business of Law
Bloomberg
White's husband, John W. White, was head of the SEC's division of corporation finance, which is responsible for disclosure policies, under Republican SEC chairman Christopher Cox from 2006 to 2008. He's now a partner at law firm Cravath Swaine & Moore ...
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Inside the list: Which local law firms have largest presence beyond the Puget ...
Puget Sound Business Journal
For more than 20 years, the Puget Sound Business Journal has highlighted the region's law firms via our day-to-day coverage and special reports. Each August, we run a list of the region's top Puget Sound area law firms ranked by the number of lawyers ...
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No references required for federal law enforcement hires
Washington Times
The Justice Department's office of inspector general, in a 109-page report, says law enforcement personnel at the five federal agencies accounted for more than 60 percent of the department's new hires in fiscal 2010 but Justice required reference ...
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Washington Times
Kevin Whyte talks corporate law
Pittsburgh Business Times
Kevin Whyte, vice president and general counsel, Carmeuse North America, began his one-year term as president of the Association of Corporate Counsel's Western Pennsylvania Chapter on Jan. 1. Whyte worked at law firms from 1987 to 2002 when he ...
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Virginia Mandatory Ultrasound Law's Repeal Blocked By State GOP
Huffington Post
A Republican-controlled committee in the Virginia State Senate voted 8-7 on Thursday to block Democrats' efforts to repeal a new mandatory ultrasound law and a set of regulations that could shut down many abortion clinics in the state. The committee ...
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Blogs13 new results for law
 
Obama's Gun Law Wish List - By Andrew Sullivan - The Daily Beast
By Andrew Sullivan
Republicans were primed to expect a gun grab. Prominent conservatives like Matt Drudge have made historically obtuse warnings that Obama, like Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin, is bent on disarming the population (presumably prior to building ...
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
TNT's Orders 'Marshal Law: Texas' Reality Series Produced By Jerry ...
By NELLIE ANDREEVA
That was quick. Just 2 days after TNT passed on the Jerry Bruckheimer drama pilot Trooper, the network is back in business with the top producer, greenligh.
Deadline.com
New York gun law affects state's cops, too | The Daily Caller
By Will Rahn
A New York lawmaker says that the state's recently passed gun control law stunningly fails to include any exemptions for law enforcement officers.
The Daily Caller
Errata Security: Aaron's Law: repeal CFAA rather than amend it
By Robert Graham
The Internet is world-wide, 95% of hackers trying to break into your computers are beyond the reach of U.S. law. Rather than providing a meaningful deterrent to bad hackers, what the law really does is create a chilling effect for our own ...
Errata Security
Woman Fights Law on Stop Sign Confusion - 8 News NOW
By Mark Zamora
It's simple: red means stop – or does it? What if the stop sign is too far back and there is no white stop bar on the street, and you need to pull forward to see other cars?
KLAS - National - Headline
Victim on gun law reform: We can do this – Anderson Cooper 360 ...
By Ella Chick
Colin Goddard, who was shot during the 2007 Virginia Tech mass shooting, and Alexis Haller, uncle of Sandy Hook school shooting victim Noah Pozner, share their reactions to Pres. Obama's plan to reduce gun violence in America.
Anderson Cooper 360
The PJ Tatler » Whoops! New NY Gun Law Forgot To Exempt Cops ...
By Matt Vespa
There's a reason why moving slow on legislation is good. If it's too big, or you do it too fast, you often complicate the problem. New York has just passed the most stringent anti-gun laws on the books. Yes, government did something! However ...
The PJ Tatler
'Anonymous' Hackers Endorse 'Aaron's Law,' Plan More Hacks For ...
By Carl Franzen
Someone self-identifying as an "Anonymous" hacktivist posted a note to the text-sharing site Pastebin on Wednesday night announcing the second phase of "Operation Angel", a protest in honor of late online activist Aaron Swartz, which ...
TPM LiveWire
Nicaragua finally publishes tax law
By Tim Rogers
Nicaragua finally publishes tax law | Nicaragua's English Language Online Newspaper | Nicaragua News.
Nicaragua Dispatch
NOPD violates law by delaying administrative investigations into ...
By Ramon Antonio Vargas, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune
Panel's determination reached in appeal of NOPD sergeant who was suspended after accusations that he battered a female high school student in 2008 while working a paid detail.
New Orleans Metro Real Time News
AG Wilson, Law Enforcement Leaders Announce Legislative Priorities
By apiper
(COLUMBIA, S.C. – January 17, 2013) South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined law enforcement and legislative leaders yesterday, Wednesday, January 16, at the State House to unveil the 2013 Criminal Justice Reform Package, ...
South Carolina Attorney General
Advocates Call For Law To Protect Cabbies After Driver Was Beaten ...
By pvictorwins
Many are hoping a stiffer law and stiffer penalties will make taxi drivers less of a target for violence.
CBS New York
iOwnTheWorld.com » Blog Archive » Cuomo's new gun law does ...
By Cardigan
A New York lawmaker says that the state's recently passed gun control law stunningly fails to include any exemptions for law enforcement officers, and technically prohibits police from ever bringing guns on school grounds or possessing ...
iOwnTheWorld.com

Web4 new results for law
 
New 'Aaron's Law' aims to alter controversial computer fraud law ...
The suicide last week of Internet activist Aaron Swartz has led a Democratic congresswoman from Silicon Valley to call for reforms to computer fraud laws linked ...
m.cnet.com/news/new-aarons-law-aims-to.../57564193
I'm Rep Zoe Lofgren & I'm introducing "Aaron's Law" to change the ...
The CFAA was the hook for the government's bullying of @aaronsw. This law would remove that hook. In a single line: no longer would it be a felony to breach a ...
www.reddit.com/.../im_rep_zoe_lofgren_im_introducing_aaro...
Editorial writers rip gun law process | NCPR News
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trading sharp words with the editorial board of the Glens Falls Post Star, after the newspaper blasted his new gun control measure.
www.northcountrypublicradio.org/.../editorial-writers-rip-gun-...
"GOP Eyes Election Laws" | Election Law Blog
Election Law--Cases and Materials (5th edition 2012) (with Daniel Hays Lowenstein and ... The Supreme Court and Election Law: Judging Equality from Baker v.
electionlawblog.org/?p=46332


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