Apr 8, 2013

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Howrey estate tussles with 50 law firms to cash in on 'unfinished business'
Washington Post
Two years into Chapter 11 proceedings, the trustee for Howrey — the Washington law firm that dissolved and entered bankruptcy in 2011 — has reached a settlement with one of Howrey's insurance carriers, and is continuing to negotiate with 50 other law ...
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Foreign Agents law demands financial control, not NGO closure – Putin in ...
RT
Russia's president allayed concerns of German officials and mass media, saying the new law on NGO activities - and mass audit to enforce it - only sought to introduce control over cash flow, not the political activities of foreign-sponsored groups.
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina rejects blasphemy law
BBC News
Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina has firmly rejected demands by Islamists for a new anti-blasphemy law to punish those who defame Islam and Prophet Muhammad. In a BBC interview, she said existing laws were sufficient to punish anyone who attempted to ...
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Lead in Kids' Foods Draws Lawsuit Over Warning Labels
Businessweek
(DOLE), Nestle SA (NESN)'s Gerber unit and other food makers are going on trial in California for allegedly violating a state law requiring them to warn consumers of unsafe levels of lead in baby food, fruit and juices. Dole, Gerber and Del Monte Foods ...
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Bradley Cooper to replace Jude Law in Jane
The Guardian
Bradley Cooper at A-Team press conference. Silver lining … Bradley Cooper cast in Jane Got a Gun. Bradley Cooper is to replace Jude Law in the role of the main villain on the Natalie Portman western Jane Got a Gun, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
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The Guardian
Immigration Law Needs Border Control for Republican Votes
Businessweek
The immigration revisions that a bipartisan Senate group unveils soon will hinge on a Republican demand: making a pathway to citizenship for the undocumented in the U.S. contingent on a measurable boost in border security. While trying to reconnect ...
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Filipino Catholic groups band together to back poll candidates who oppose ...
Washington Post
MANILA, Philippines — Filipino Catholic groups launched a campaign Monday to try to muster millions of votes for senatorial candidates who opposed a controversial contraceptives law passed last year and prove that the church remains a force to be ...
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Iraq cabinet unveils sweeping reform of Saddam law
The News International
The amendment to the De-Baathification law still needs to be approved by parliament, where it is expected to face stiff opposition, but it is among a raft of concessions to demonstrators who have alleged that the Shia-led authorities unfairly target ...
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Unions take donation law challenge to High Court
ABC Online
The union movement is taking the New South Wales Government to the High Court, challenging electoral donation laws which were changed by the Coalition state government last year. In NSW only individuals can donate to political parties, and that is ...
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More needs to be done to check crime against women, says Manmohan
The Hindu
We must, therefore, collectively ensure that our laws deliver on the state's duty to respect, protect and fulfil human rights and that the disadvantaged are not excluded from the processes that advance the cause of justice. At the same time, we need to ...
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The Hindu
Demolitions, land grabs frustrate Chinese
USA TODAY
Weak rule of law remains a leading source of public frustration here, and contributes to social unrest as people despair over the lack of recourse to challenge decisions, such as local government land grabs and forced demolitions of housing and businesses.
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Reform of California's landmark environmental law is on life support
San Jose Mercury News
SACRAMENTO -- For years, California's business leaders have lamented that the state's 43-year-old environmental law is too often used to protect everything but the environment. According to critics, businesses use it to kill their competitors' projects ...
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Obama violating int'l law at Gitmo says UN Human Rights Chief
Examiner.com
Barack Obama's failure to close Guantanamo Bay and release indefinitely held detainees there is a "clear breach of international law," UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said in a statement Friday, as the "desperate" hunger strikers near the two-month mark.
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New Kansas abortion law
Examiner.com
Different states have imposed their own laws on abortion. However, the situation is quite different in Canada. According to AbortioninCanada.ca, The Canadian governed passed an abortion bill in 1969 to allow abortions where the mother's health was in ...
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Money-Laundering Law in Hong Kong Doesn't Catch the Chiefs
New York Times
HONG KONG — Luo Juncheng, a delivery worker and school dropout from Guangdong Province in China, was 19 when he opened an account at the Bank of China subsidiary Chiyu Bank in Hong Kong in mid-2009. Over the next eight months, he moved ...
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National Law University team win international moot competition
Times of India
Winning the competition at the 11Red Cross International Humanitarian Law Moot in Hong Kong, recently , was a dream come true. The focus of the competition was international humanitarian law. We were coached by Naman Joshi, a fourth year student, ...
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CUHK law dean drawn into debate over remains of King Richard III
South China Morning Post
Steven Gallagher, an assistant dean at Chinese University's faculty of law, said he was approached a few weeks ago by one of the groups involved in the tussle over the final resting place for the bones, which were uncovered in Leicester in September ...
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Hong Kong Billionaire Law Kar Po's Park Hotel Group Sells Singapore Property ...
Forbes
Hong Kong billionaire Law Kar Po's Park Hotel Group said on Friday it sold one of its Singapore hotels for S$300 million, or about $242 million. The Singapore Skyline (Photo credit: Wikipedia). The Park Hotel Clarke Quay was bought by the Ascendas ...
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Law prof tries to prove his 'fragile' mental state
AsiaOne
A set of photos of Tey Tsun Hang in hospital and of a bag of soiled clothes he wore there were produced in court on Friday to prove the extent of the law professor's "fragile" mental state. The pictures were taken by long-time friend Chen Sei Lee ...
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AsiaOne
Law or unlawful?: Owners of vehicles without standardised plates in a bind
The Express Tribune
The bigger problem, however, is the alleged misuse of power in checking such vehicles as law abiding citizens complain of unlawful behaviour of the policemen, The Express Tribune learnt on Sunday. "Criminals and their accomplices are roaming freely in ...
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Md. gun restrictions punish law-abiding citizens
Baltimore Sun (blog)
The Maryland House passed the Firearm Safety Act of 2013 by a vote of 78 to 61 ("House passes gun control," April 4). The bill bans the sale or transfer of semiautomatic rifles and limits magazine capacity. Once signed by the governor, the law goes ...
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Walters: Law of supply and demand takes its toll
The Republic
By DAN WALTERS — Six years ago, yours truly wrote a column about a proposed law school at the University of California's Irvine campus, suggesting that it was more about academic ego and Orange County boosterism than a shortage of lawyers.
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No law will ever reduce gun violence in US
Columbus Dispatch
The laws serve only to make the law-abiding more vulnerable to criminals and the mentally unbalanced. It plainly is apparent that the places in this country with the strictest gun laws continue to have the highest rates of gun violence. Despite the ...
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Law Against Buying Fake Handbags Gets Another Push
Gothamist
Following their recent closeup in the New York Times Magazine, Councilmember Margaret Chin is again pushing for a law against buying counterfeit handbags that have traditionally been a magnet for tourists along Canal Street. "People think it's an ...
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Gothamist
New law bans public smoking in Medicine Hat
CBC.ca
A new law set to take effect in Medicine Hat will ban smoking in outdoor public places just in time for summer. The law, spearheaded by local high school students, restricts smoking within 10 metres of public fields, paths, playgrounds and beaches. "It ...
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CBC.ca
Oklahoma's dental law lacking enforcement clout
San Francisco Chronicle
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma's Dental Act was intended to ensure patient safety, but limited funding for regulators, a small staff and a state prohibition against surprise inspections restrict its effectiveness when there's trouble. The state ...
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Connecticut governor who just passed sweeping anti-gun law after Sandy Hook ...
Daily Mail
Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy has likened the vice-president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) to a 'clown' after the body criticised his state's new tighter gun laws. Governor Malloy said the NRA's executive vice-president, Wayne LaPierre ...
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Daily Mail
Public has little faith in government, law enforcers
Jakarta Post
"More than 60 percent of the respondents live in rural areas and these people are convinced that law enforcement is particularly tough on people without access to capital or power. These people think that the law favors the middle and upper classes, ...
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Law Ministry Bills stuck, govt reaches out to Oppn
Indian Express
Among the Law Ministry Bills that are pending are the Judicial (Standards and Accountability) Bill, which was passed by Lok Sabha on March 29, 2012; the Commercial Division of High Courts Bill, 2009, which was passed by Lok Sabha on December 18, ...
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Blogs13 new results for law
 
Bayside Church Fostering Partnership Between Community, Law ...
By Cecilio Padilla
Community members stood before law enforcement, religious and political leaders to find out how they can work together to tackle crime.
KTXL FOX40
Emissions Law Keystone Quid Pro Quo - Business Insider
By Rob Wile
Morgan Stanley: New Canada Emissions Law Is 'Quid-Pro-Quo' For Keystone Pipeline Approval.
Business Insider
Gov. Snyder's Emergency Manager Law May Violate Equal ...
By Black Liberal Boomer
The clock is ticking, and Detroit's new Emergency Manager is listening. June 23 is the 50th anniversary of the date when Dr. Martin Luther King gave his first 'I Have a Dream' speech in Detroit.
PoliticusUSA
Ill. Law Would Restrict Police Use of Drones « CBS St. Louis
By Brad Choat
Sen. Daniel Bliss says law enforcement would need a search warrant to use the technology, under his bill.
CBS St. Louis
A New Law Would Require Electric Vehicles to Make Artificial Sound
By Phil Covington
The NHTSA estimated in its January 2013 recommendations that, "If this proposal were implemented, there would be 2800 fewer pedestrian and pedal cyclist injuries over the life of each model year of hybrid cars, trucks and vans and low ...
Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit
Bradley Cooper Replaces Jude Law as Western 'Jane Got a Gun ...
By Ethan Anderton
Following the sudden exit of director Lynne Ramsay on the first day of production of the western Jane Got a Gun, actor Jude Law also left the project as the.
FirstShowing.net
Bangladesh PM rules out new blasphemy law | Capital News
By AFP
DHAKA, Apr 8 – Bangladesh's prime minister has ruled out a new blasphemy law despite a mass campaign by Islamists to introduce the death penalty for bloggers whom they accuse of insulting the Prophet Mohammed. As part of their push ...
Capital News
Law and Disorder: The Destructive Dynamic of America's - The Daily ...
By Contributing Author
I caution those parents if their child has been arrested … You need to think about your child. Just don't say the Chicago police picked on your child, when we watched all the assaults going on, especially by teen women.
The Daily Sheeple
CT Gun Law Circus | Nightcap
By tribforestlanglee
The gun debate is heating up once again. With the NRA president, you know crazy Wayne Lapierre firing the first shot. Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy is blasting Lapierre after criticism over the state's new weapons laws. Malloy signed the ...
Nightcap
Amid scandal, spain king's son-in-law has Qatar job offer
By Agence France-Presse
Spanish King Juan Carlos' scandal-tainted son-in-law Inaki Urdangarin reportedly gets a job offer in Qatar in the handball field.
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EDIT: How a national Shield Law saves journalism | The Daily Free ...
By editors
If a source requests to remain anonymous, the reporter has a duty — backed by the Shield Laws — to keep that source's identity a secret. Janet Winter, a Fox News reporter, now faces jail time for refusing to reveal her source. Winter is ...
The Daily Free Press
Affordable housing: Weston Rep. Shaban proposes law changes ...
By The Forum Staff
Rep. John Shaban State Rep. John Shaban (R-135) has again introduced legislation to restore local control over the placement of affordable housing in local.
The Weston Forum
Seminar Today - Medical Cannabis: Law, Science, And Advocacy ...
By Johnny Green
The one day seminar "Medical Cannabis: Law, Science and Advocacy," will feature two expert attorneys, a doctor and a registered nurse.
The Weed Blog

Web3 new results for law
 
California Law Would Let You Know Who's Got Your Data: Scientific ...
State lawmakers push to pass a bill requiring companies to tell you exactly what personal data they've shared with other companies.
www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=california...
Mark Zuckerberg Might Be Right About Moore's Law Of Sharing | Co ...
According to Moore's Law, the number of transistors on integrated circuits will double every two(ish) years. This prognostication made in the '60s has actually ...
www.fastcodesign.com/.../mark-zuckerberg-might-be-right-ab...
Against the law : Nature News & Comment
Behaviours proposed for black holes conflict with the laws of physics.
www.nature.com/news/against-the-law-1.12703


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