Feb 25, 2013

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Pope changes Church law; allows cardinals to start conclave early
Reuters
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict has changed Roman Catholic Church law regulating the conclave that will elect his successor, meaning it can start earlier, the Vatican said on Monday. The change to a constitution by his predecessor John Paul ...
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Philippines Martial Law Victims to Receive Reparations
Voice of America
The new law sets aside $250 million to compensate victims or families of victims, determined by an independent panel, to have been murdered, tortured or suffered other injustices at the hands of law enforcement and the military of the Marcos ...
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Putin signs law to curb smoking, tobacco sales in Russia
Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that will ban smoking in most public places and restrict cigarette sales in the world's second-largest tobacco market after China. The law will ban smoking in some public places such ...
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State lawmaker proposes law to regulate drones
Chicago Tribune
SPRINGFIELD — As the Obama administration comes under fire for its use of unmanned drones in foreign lands, a state senator is pressing to have Illinois join the national debate on whether states should regulate drones to ensure the high-tech snooping ...
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Mo. texting while driving law nabs few violators
San Francisco Chronicle
The Columbia Missourian (bit.ly/Yd4NJL ) reports that an average of fewer than four people a month have received texting-while-driving tickets since the law was passed. Court records reviewed by the Missourian show that no one has been punished for ...
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Egypt: Amend Draft Demonstrations Law
Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The government-proposed draft law in Egypt concerning public demonstrations would severely limit the right to peaceful public assembly and is open to abuse by police, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the president and the ...
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Obama Administration vs. the Law on Same Sex Marriage
Heritage.org (blog)
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) defining marriage as one man and one woman for the purposes of federal law passed Congress with an overwhelming bipartisan majority and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996. It is the subject of a ...
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JP Morgan Deal Maker Joins Law Firm
Wall Street Journal
Mr. Woolery, 43 years old, became the bank's co-head of North American M&A in 2011 after serving as a partner at law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. He is returning to the law to help boost the corporate practice at Cadwalader, a 439-lawyer firm that ...
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Justices to consider 'bailout provision' in civil rights law
Boston Globe
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key section of the landmark voting rights law before the Supreme Court, insisting that reformed state, county, and local governments can use an escape hatch from the law's ...
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Governor Maggie Hassan recently announced that New Hampshire will partner with the federal government to operate the new insurance markets required under the law, and she wants to take advantage of the federal government's offer to temporarily cover ...
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Pro-gun-law forces cancel showdown
New York Post
A Potentially explosive confrontation over Gov. Cuomo's tough new gun law was avoided over the weekend as 1199 SEIU, the hospital workers union, abruptly canceled a Thursday rally designed to challenge some 10,000 opponents of the governor's ...
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Law student remembered as 'a star'
GW Hatchet (subscription)
Patrick Hroncich spoke Friday at a memorial service for his brother, John, a law student who died Dec. 20 at the age of 24. John Hroncich, who would have received his law degree in May, was remembered for his relentless cheer and drive to succed.
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Law faculty plotted to oust dean
GW Hatchet (subscription)
The accounts of the law school friction reveal a different story than the one initially told when Berman stepped down from one of GW's top programs. Professors described a fall semester of private email chains and contentious meetings about Berman's ...
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Colorado needs felony DUI law
Denver Post
House Minority Leader Mark Waller, R-Colorado Springs, succinctly sums up why the legislature should pass a bill he's sponsoring that hikes the penalty for some DUIs. "Colorado is one of just five states left with no felony DUI law," Waller said last ...
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Communist Party above law, Chinese dissident says
Yale Daily News (blog)
At a panel sponsored by the China Law Center, Chen and two other panelists — New York University Law School professor Jerome A. Cohen '51 LAW '55, who is a co-director of the U.S.-Asia Law Institute, and New York University Law School professor Ira ...
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Bill tackles loophole in law on end-of-life wishes
The Seattle Times
But as it turned out, Clara fell into a loophole in state law because she lived in an adult family home. Last summer, the state sent out a "dear provider" letter telling providers who work in adult family homes and assisted-living facilities that they ...
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Wyoming juvenile killer law not retroactive
Casper Star-Tribune Online
A new Wyoming law that ends mandatory life imprisonment for juvenile killers won't change the sentences of eight people already serving life for crimes they committed before the age of 18. The law, which Gov. Matt Mead signed two weeks ago, gives ...
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Disputed Md. DNA law aided 43 cases
Delmarva Daily Times
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Maryland DNA law being challenged in the U.S. Supreme Court helped lead to 43 convictions over the past four years, but state data shows the majority of the convictions could eventually have happened even without the new law.
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American Medical News
American Medical News
But recognizing federal False Claims Act risks and enacting a strong compliance program can help doctors come through such reviews unscathed and thwart violations before they occur, said attorney Julie E. Kass, a principal in the Ober|Kaler Health Law ...
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Proceedings | Highlights from the Law Blog
Wall Street Journal
You know that feeling of frustration when you are going through your phone bill and can't figure out why you owe so much? Imagine paying $10,000 a month for a phone line that hasn't worked for years. That's the complaint that the Port Authority of New ...
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Jindal: Delaying Obama healthcare law could help offset sequester
The Hill (blog)
Jindal has been a strong critic of the president's signature healthcare reform bill, and has said his state will not participate in the law's Medicaid expansion. The Louisiana governor's comments come ahead of the $85 billion in across-the-board ...
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Law & Disorder: Body found near boat wreckage off Jacksonville coast
Florida Times-Union
Law & Disorder: Body found near boat wreckage off Jacksonville coast. Posted: February 25, 2013 - 2:15am | Updated: February 25, 2013 - 2:19am. By The Times-Union. Law & Disorder: Body found near boat wreckage off Jacksonville coast. The Florida ...
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Reduced staffs mean law firms need less real estate
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"Any large law firm who's been in their space for 10 years or more, it's largely obsolete in a lot of ways," said Glenn D. Blumenfeld of Tactix Real Estate Advisors in Philadelphia. "I think you can tell that by the number of law firms who have ...
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Faces and places: Leslie joins law firm as associate
Macon Telegraph (blog)
Donyale Leslie has joined Anderson, Walker & Reichert LLP as an associate. Leslie received her Juris Doctor from the University of Georgia School of Law in 2008 and a Bachelor of Science in International Affairs and Modern Language from the Georgia ...
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Macon Telegraph (blog)
Starting Out: The Lawyer's Apprentice
New York Times
In "To Practice Law, Apprentice First" (Op-Ed, Feb. 18), John J. Farmer Jr., the dean of Rutgers School of Law in Newark, correctly identifies several faults with legal academia and the legal profession, but his proposal to require law graduates to ...
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A JPMorgan Deal Maker Is Returning to the Law
New York Times
It is the latest turn in the career of Mr. Woolery, who joined JPMorgan in 2011 after 17 years at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, one of the top mergers law firms in the country. In his new role, Mr. Woolery stands as a potential successor to Cadwalader's ...
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Obama admin. to Supremes: Strike anti-gay law
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
The Obama administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to strike part of a controversial 1996 law that bars recognition of same-sex marriage, even in the nine states where it is now legal, for such federal benefits as income and estate taxes and ...
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New Pa. concussion law falls short
Tribune-Review
A law that protects students on the playing field when they endure a concussion does nothing to help them upon returning to a classroom, experts say. Brain injury specialists say the Pennsylvania Safety in Youth Sports Act, which took effect in July ...
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Putin signs law banning smoking in public places in Russia | The ...
By Agence France-Presse
President Vladimir Putin has signed a law banning smoking in public places in Russia from June, a cornerstone of the government's bid to improve public health in the nicotine-addicted country, the Kremlin said Monday. The law makes ...
The Raw Story
Mo. Texting While Driving Law Nabs Few Violators « CBS St. Louis
By Justin Wingerter
The Columbia Missourian reports that an average of fewer than four people a month have received texting-while-driving tickets since the law was passed.
CBS St. Louis
Woman stabs daughter-in-law to death
By adekunle
Family sources said a peace meeting summoned by Chinedu to reconcile his mother with the late wife turned violent, as the mother who was armed with a sharp machete, went for her daughter-in-law, who was carrying one of her two ...
Vanguard News
Data protection and antitrust law | Chillin'Competition
By Alfonso Lamadrid
Regretably I couldn't attend Concurrence's New Frontiers of Antitrust conference held last Friday in Paris in spite of Nicolas Charbit's kind invitation. I hear that the conference was once again most interesting, so congrats again to Nicolas and ...
Chillin'Competition
Law Firm Publishes Handy Utica Highlights Report for 4Q12 ...
By willisja
Marcellus Drilling News - Landowner News & Resources – Drilling for Natural Gas in the Marcellus Shale.
Marcellus Drilling News
Mambulasa elected Malawi Law Society president: Replaces ...
By thomas
The members of the Malawi Law Society (MLS) have elected new president for the body. He is Mandala Mambulasa, who was voted in a democratic and transparent ballot. The elections were held in Mangochi during the MLS annual general ...
Nyasa Times Malawi breaking news...
Re: 44 Gun Companies Stop Sales To Law Enforcement In Anti-2nd ...
By Live2ride883
In response to the strict gun control laws that have been passed in New York, and that have been proposed in other states weapons manufacturers are.
Android Forums at AndroidCentral.com
Sumption v Virgo debate: Should prospective lawyers study Law at ...
By Mark Elliott
This week, the Law Faculty at Cambridge University will host a debate between Lord Sumption, a Justice of the Supreme Court, and Graham Virgo, who is a Professor at the Faculty here. The debate was sparked by remarks made by Sumption ...
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The Wolf Family Lecture in Real Property - Law Professor Blogs ...
By propertyprof
If you're in Florida for Spring Break next month you should find the time to make it up to Gainesville for the sixth annual Wolf Family Lecture on the American Law of Real Property. This year, Carol Rose will be speaking on "Property Law and ...
PropertyProf Blog
Supreme Court Holds California's Survival Statute Inapplicable To ...
By Keith Paul Bishop
So what law applies when a dissolved Delaware corporation is sued in California? In dicta included in two opinions from the 1980s, the Court of Appeal said that California's survival law does not apply to suits against dissolved foreign ...
California Corporate & Securities Law
Interview with floral artist, Rebecca Louise Law | Flowerona
By Rona
Today, I'm delighted to feature an interview with floral artist, Rebecca Louise Law.
Flowerona
Top CAIR Official Tells Muslims To Shun Law Enforcement, Defends ...
By Pastorius
Top CAIR Official Tells Muslims To Shun Law Enforcement, Defends Somali Jihadist Group Al-Shabaab… CAIR is so fucking MODERATE: FBI agents are devils lurking online to entrap young Muslims in bogus terrorist plots, a leading Council ...
Infidel Bloggers Alliance
From Law to Practice Part I - Sierra Express Media
By Sonkita Conteh - Freetown
Several milestones were achieved in 2012. Chief among these were multi-tiered elections judged by many as being largely free and fair. On the legislative front, the country notched up several ground-breaking laws. The Legal Aid Act has ...
Sierra Express Media

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Putin signs law to curb smoking, tobacco sales in Russia - Yahoo ...
From Yahoo! News: MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that will ban smoking in most public places and restrict cigarette ...
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National Law Journal's Go-To Schools - Business Insider
The National Law Journal has come out with a new law school ranking that could be useful for young people thinking of taking on tons of law school debt.
www.businessinsider.com/national-law-journals-go-to-schools-...
Pope changes Catholic law to allow earlier start for conclave - World ...
Pope Benedict has changed Catholic Church rules to allow the conclave that will choose his successor to be held earlier if cardinals are ready, the Vatican said ...
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How to Locate Free Case Law on the Internet | In Custodia Legis ...
One of the defining features of the common law system is the emphasis placed on the precedential value of case law. Until recently, case law has not been ...
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