28th January 2012: LAW NEWS HEADLINES & LINKS

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• Egypt’s Assault on Civil Society: http://t.co/1g1mJr3K Jan 28, 2012
• Racist gesture claims at Liverpool-Manchester Utd game investigated http://t.co/0h6XG85E Jan 28, 2012
• David Cameron: Human Rights Laws Stop Britain Protecting Against Terrorism | http://t.co/xlVMdVo4 Jan 28, 2012
• US: Obama administration approves arms shipment to Bahrain http://t.co/JYZjsIVB Jan 28, 2012
• TIBET: Rights group says ‘escalating repression and failed official policy’ root causes of Tibetan protests http://t.co/vU0ouLma Jan 28, 2012
• US: Human Rights Watch expresses concern for aging prisoners http://t.co/HGJNH8ff #cnn Jan 28, 2012
• RUSSIA: Arbitrationcourt celebrates 20 years of justice http://t.co/maQC2v8p Jan 28, 2012
• Prisons nearly full: Government http://t.co/zoCqVoKw Jan 28, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Family wants justice in CIA killing http://t.co/yQnKIHhM Jan 28, 2012
• US: Seventh Shoplifting Arrest Leads To 10 Year Prison Sentence For Spartanburg Man http://t.co/lVNXP2gl Jan 28, 2012
• Falklands job swap for Cornwall Council solicitor http://t.co/FBi44eoo Jan 28, 2012
• Operation Elveden: Five held in police payment probe http://t.co/YO80HgLA Jan 28, 2012
• No need to go to London - business law advice available in Birmingham http://t.co/9O2yZwcd Jan 28, 2012
• INDIA: Human rights defenders decry gallantry awards to accused police officers http://t.co/3a7IcMIB Jan 28, 2012
• CHINA: Refutes criticism over human rights situation - http://t.co/OF0REGeS Jan 28, 2012
• Assisted suicide should be illegal throughout Europe, human rights body rules http://t.co/4IlPNXL4 Jan 28, 2012
• BBC News - Right-to-die man wins first step in legal battle http://t.co/ZCl3bsxS Jan 28, 2012
• Facing Legal Complications and Lack of Support, Scotland Looks at Alternatives to Independence: http://t.co/kcgOsQrz Jan 28, 2012
• US: Opportunities for lawyers, law students and legal educators to do very important and creative work http://t.co/G2FdJrN4 Jan 28, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Report on legal environment in Pakistan for registered Afghans launched: http://t.co/PQ0iZsXP Jan 28, 2012
• US: Prosecution of 2 of the defendants in the Penn State University scandal more difficult with Joe Paterno's death. http://t.co/YKt5RZfT Jan 28, 2012
• Gary McKinnon's legal nightmare to be decided by the summer http://t.co/OPF2MRGR Jan 28, 2012
• Legal secretary who caused collapse of her solicitor’s firm with £400,000 fraud is jailed for four years http://t.co/XREC8WaN Jan 28, 2012
• Lawyers in right-to-die case can act without fear of prosecution http://t.co/ZY3ArJND via @guardian Jan 28, 2012
• How Not to Fight Online Piracy: US Government Paranoia May Stifle the Internet at its Most Crucial Time http://t.co/dJDJ6Cg4 Jan 28, 2012
• London 2012: Olympic Scams, Cons, Flim-Flams And Swindles - And How To Avoid Them http://t.co/lrZ5iKR1 Jan 28, 2012
• The unanswered questions of the Stephen Lawrence case http://t.co/9RelV7Ke Jan 28, 2012
• Protesters evicted from building linked to Iraqi Embassy - http://t.co/DhY1DBN4 Jan 28, 2012
• Three are sent to prison for defrauding Swiss bank of $22m - http://t.co/xXmZNKBw Jan 28, 2012
• Pensioner 'killed' boy in Bulgaria - http://t.co/0nr7aZwo Jan 28, 2012
• Escape prisoner Andrew Farndon arrested http://t.co/zd4ndPzZ Jan 28, 2012
• Don't legalise gay marriage, Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu warns David Cameron http://t.co/uOStswKP Jan 28, 2012
• Costa Concordia passengers offered compensation settlement http://t.co/AMhFUm1z Jan 28, 2012
• Stephen Lawrence's mother says No 10 must do more on race http://t.co/i5HRI0p7 Jan 28, 2012
• News International offices searched as four more men are arrested http://t.co/vBefaP7H Jan 28, 2012
• Asil Nadir's cash deposits 'would be 300 times as big as Nelson's Column' http://t.co/z8xdeM17 Jan 28, 2012
• The US government's capital punishment prerogative | http://t.co/4mafhalR Jan 28, 2012
• When Twitter Blocks Tweets, It’s #Outrage: http://t.co/slw8zYob Jan 28, 2012
• US: Hawaii's proposed online tracking law comes under fire from ISPs, civil libertarians http://t.co/Uy5qhbSK Jan 28, 2012
• US: Medication Abortion Law In North Dakota Challenged In Court On 'Undue Burden' Standard http://t.co/cnJ2SgCv Jan 28, 2012
• FRANCE: Proposed genocide law fuels Turkey's anger http://t.co/NDMr7G4E Jan 28, 2012
• VATICAN: Vatican rewrites anti-money laundering, terror finance law to comply http://t.co/lCZGb9RH Jan 28, 2012
• US: Florida’s election law draws scrutiny http://t.co/JgraO3wO Jan 28, 2012
• US: Obama lawyers argue rest of health law can survive http://t.co/KQocZ9An Jan 28, 2012
• RUSSIA: Doll Protests Are Illegal http://t.co/agLsP1gX Jan 28, 2012
• Google and Bing Accused by Lobbyist Groups of Directing Users to Illegal Copies of Music http://t.co/1aSiXNna Jan 28, 2012
• AUS: 'Illegal slum' exempt from rules | http://t.co/6DGtxayJ Jan 28, 2012
• INDIA: Illegal mining: SC stays Karnataka Lokayukta probe against SM Krishna http://t.co/tGs3BeoK Jan 28, 2012
• GUATEMALA: Former head of state’s trial for genocide one more step against impunity | http://t.co/dcKn9oV2 Jan 28, 2012
• Jack Frew trial: Accused had ‘no memory’ of carrying out attack - Edinburgh http://t.co/aPTcYyz3 Jan 28, 2012
• Harry Redknapp tax evasion trial: I'm paid £40k a week so have no need to steal 'a few quid' http://t.co/cUiIfXnz Jan 28, 2012
• Lynette White £30m corruption trial latest: Cardiff 3 solicitor raises questions over how case ended - Cardiff http://t.co/vo1HIoBv Jan 28, 2012
• CANADA: What the Shafia jurors didn’t hear http://t.co/DdP3XbXA Jan 28, 2012
• UK Planning reforms could be field day for lawyers http://t.co/fsO6dWdX Jan 28, 2012
• US: Lawyer asks judge to let Sandusky see his grandchildren http://t.co/XnadPhL6 Jan 28, 2012
• US & ITALY: In cruise ship disaster, an SOS for lawyers http://t.co/hTjC01ws Jan 28, 2012
• US: Courts Split on Discrimination Suits by Christian Grad Students | http://t.co/YbHYp4pR Jan 28, 2012
• Assisted suicide: High Court takes step towards allowing terminally-ill patients to kill themselves http://t.co/TmSyooUS Jan 28, 2012
• US: Need for court sketch artists fades away, with cameras taking their place, as states lift bans http://t.co/TQ5faC4L Jan 28, 2012
• NIGERIA: Supreme Court sacks five governors http://t.co/uHS6BMTy Jan 28, 2012
• High court judges attempt to speed up Gary McKinnon case http://t.co/jelluIhN Jan 28, 2012
• US: Denver appeals court upholds military impostor law http://t.co/RwsukyWb Jan 28, 2012
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek 3 Jan 28, 2012
• US: Stephen Slevin put in solitary TWO YEARS with no trial after DUI arrest awarded $22m http://t.co/2TYwbQ7Q Jan 28, 2012
• Breast implant scandal: waive legal rights, clinic demands - http://t.co/Bt8Fp950 Jan 28, 2012
• Legal Services Act puts future of some law firms at risk - http://t.co/64Th52OS Jan 28, 2012
• NIGERIA: Boko Haram vows to fight until Nigeria establishes sharia law http://t.co/fsH5PulJ via @guardian Jan 28, 2012
• SYRIA: Child Martyred in Explosive Device Blast in Damascus, Law Enforcement Member and Citizens Shot Dead in Homs http://t.co/o76YExOv Jan 28, 2012