17th March 2012: LAW NEWS HEADLINES & LINKS

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• TECH LAW: Apple's legal woes continue, Motorola gets to enforce its push notification injunction http://t.co/ZD3KbiOE Mar 17, 2012
• Top legal team in line for baby murder trial http://t.co/F48d4bMm Mar 17, 2012
• Legal threat for Walsall Council over cash for Bryntysilio children's centre repairs http://t.co/lnGCyXPl Mar 17, 2012
• Closed material procedure: Barrister describes twisted system of justice worthy of Franz Kafka http://t.co/qre9rItK Mar 17, 2012
• Family of Susan Russell, killed in cabin fall on A63, hit out at lorry driver Mark Smith's sentence http://t.co/zeq7pNKC Mar 17, 2012
• NEW ZEALAND: Law Society president says perseverence pays http://t.co/YJf1WSJi Mar 17, 2012
• LAW FIRM NEWS: 36 Bedford Row barrister acts on OFT's Groupon investigation | The Lawyer: http://t.co/BlR19roE Mar 17, 2012
• US: Travyon Martin Shooting Death Prompts Calls for Justice Department Inquiry: http://t.co/5hkPQ8la Mar 17, 2012
• No booze and curfews for lags with tags http://t.co/ghOHIinB Mar 17, 2012
• Aberdeen solicitor rapped over property deals - Tribunal hits lawyer with three-year restriction http://t.co/aK2dAgjv Mar 17, 2012
• Golcar man James Friedl’s head injury led to criminal life, court hears - Huddersfield http://t.co/UPaCo4sa Mar 17, 2012
• INDIA: High Court restrains maid from pursuing 'slavery' case against Indian diplomats in US http://t.co/z4EWt9Ny Mar 17, 2012
• AUS: Hounded to death - Cindy Crossthwaite murder http://t.co/V9CP3S21 Mar 17, 2012
• Judge rules fingerprint jail security is unlawful | Scotland http://t.co/BbbOvhve Mar 17, 2012
• ETHIOPIA: NGO law undermining human rights: AI: http://t.co/Br1hcgtG Mar 17, 2012
• Human Rights Is A Foreign Concept In The UN's War On Drugs http://t.co/jXaEPMU4 Mar 17, 2012
• US: Senators link repeal of RUSSIA trade restrictions to sanctions bill on human rights abusers http://t.co/X0HRb3EC Mar 17, 2012
• US: Korea's Hyundai Can Fix a Human Rights Disaster in Alabama http://t.co/VVpZ2m9P Mar 17, 2012
• Commentary by the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow on latest draft constitution by the Law Society of Scotland http://t.co/XlyCTZgn Mar 17, 2012
• The judgement of Sheriff Deutsch in the banking cases raised a few bankers eyebrows at a senior level - Scotland http://t.co/EQQInLi7 Mar 17, 2012
• Morally Bankrupt Law Reform - Scotland http://t.co/OcHEqsRR Mar 17, 2012
• HMA v HMA: The Next Pan Am 103 trial - The Firm: Scotland http://t.co/KUGpvCVy Mar 17, 2012
• "Star student" secures Ross Harper's unique "life barrier" law training package - Scotland http://t.co/8YiDP4Vw Mar 17, 2012
• EGYPT: Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda III dies http://t.co/nsr40I4z Mar 17, 2012
• Gaddafi's former intelligence chief detained in Mauritania http://t.co/sHCQXwtl Mar 17, 2012
• FRANCE: Under age models risk creating 'hyper-sexualised French lolitas' http://t.co/SXg7A7fB Mar 17, 2012
• Hundreds pay tribute to Pc David Rathband‎ http://t.co/0ARoTKSE Mar 17, 2012
• Report into Stephen Lawrence officer was not shown to inquiry http://t.co/Ic4Yhjo7 Mar 17, 2012
• Ed Miliband's Westminster office at centre of police break-in investigation http://t.co/uyYn2GFr Mar 17, 2012
• US: The Good, Bad and Ugly of Capitalism: http://t.co/1IW8PeXT Mar 17, 2012
• US: It’s About Immigrants, Not Irishnesss: http://t.co/za12yX8K Mar 17, 2012
• Revealed: Murdoch's secret meeting with Mrs Thatcher before he bought The Times http://t.co/ZhgOIWtI Mar 17, 2012
• Ministers promote insurance as legal aid alternative http://t.co/vrqfYefm Mar 17, 2012
• Tough new community sentences unveiled by David Cameron http://t.co/Pk1uDHXk Mar 17, 2012
• Brodie Clark receives £100,000 over Border Agency row - but no one is to blame http://t.co/EahXLlJJ Mar 17, 2012
• Bupa put profit first at filthy and understaffed care home, says judge http://t.co/pAMNdoCA Mar 17, 2012
• Legal Theory Blog - Pojanowski on Statutes in Common Law Courts http://t.co/MDtQQMVB Mar 17, 2012
• US: Courts Back Government After Tech Company Challenges National Security Letter Gag Rule http://t.co/5JsvfluO Mar 17, 2012
• GERMANY: Court orders rare art posters seized by Nazis to be returned to American man : http://t.co/uCa7FLKb Mar 17, 2012
• Couple who took neighbours to court over sound of high heels clicking on the floor lose case http://t.co/5s6zGPp8 Mar 17, 2012
• US: Court says no TV cameras at health-care arguments http://t.co/c4StNNJX Mar 17, 2012
• TECH LAW: Apple vs Samsung: Court adjourns lawsuit over slide-to-unlock http://t.co/FZ66KIze Mar 17, 2012
• INDIA: Supreme Court to examine validity of nuclear liability law - http://t.co/KiQRpTmb Mar 17, 2012
• KAZAKHSTAN: Labour rights lawyer Natalia Sokolova released, but with restrictions http://t.co/K8bnLtWj Mar 17, 2012
• 'I was targeted': Lawyer who escaped car bomb made from toy parts while driving his two sons to school http://t.co/HjLkPEWv Mar 17, 2012
• US: Goldman person leaked Apple, Intel secrets: lawyer http://t.co/ozNRhQ0l Mar 17, 2012
• US: Lawyer linked to accused madam raided http://t.co/anNR2SkO Mar 17, 2012
• US: Defense lawyer in Afghanistan massacre known for hard-core cases http://t.co/Z9mvdtO3 Mar 17, 2012
• Evidence in mosque attack trial may have been destroyed, Kingston Crown Court hears http://t.co/Gm5K28t7 Mar 17, 2012
• US: Indian student Dharun Ravi found guilty of hate crime - guilty on all 15 counts http://t.co/oB8qFAwI Mar 17, 2012
• CANADA: Tori Stafford murder trial: Up to jury to judge Terri-Lynne McClintic’s credibility: http://t.co/yZXoaFp1 Mar 17, 2012
• ISRAEL: Destroy Illegal Solar Panels in Palestinian Villages http://t.co/kGnihc41 Mar 17, 2012
• Illegal parking to be outlawed - Dumfries & Galloway http://t.co/1e00ojPu Mar 17, 2012
• Indonesia to ship back 2,000 tonnes of contaminated waste which were illegally sent to the country from UK http://t.co/GEczK2Kz Mar 17, 2012
• Dentist Hamada Makarita 'dated patient, drugged her with illegal pills then took naked pictures http://t.co/2xaKzhVX Mar 17, 2012
• Club drug 'Roflcoptr' to be made illegal http://t.co/E9lwb20B Mar 17, 2012
• London, the most grotesque city in the world: haunt of Bashar, Boris and Ken | Marina Hyde http://t.co/1DKMhbVV Mar 17, 2012
• FRANCE: Nicolas Sarkozy can't blame illegal immigration on the EU http://t.co/EG8BiAgL Mar 17, 2012
• Britain slams Argentina's "illegal" campaign of intimidation against the Falkland Islanders http://t.co/GHjFuZvu Mar 17, 2012
• US: Job Prospects for Law Grads? The Jury's Out http://t.co/cKuiVZlW Mar 17, 2012
• US: Utah's Repeal Of Panhandling Law Raises Questions About National Impact http://t.co/d7WVhkSK Mar 17, 2012
• US: Health Law Hearings: Justices Plan Daily Tapes: http://t.co/zZkeamNt Mar 17, 2012
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• Groupon guilty of 'widespread' breaches of consumer protection laws http://t.co/dTmjneiY Mar 17, 2012
• INDIA: Govt seeks tax law change after Vodafone verdict http://t.co/WbSzqvMg Mar 17, 2012
• Tribunal awards £250,000+ to former workers at Amdega in Darlington for a lack of consultation over their redundancies http://t.co/Rzeu5wZ8 Mar 17, 2012
• Tribunal backing for FSA broker ban http://t.co/UaAsQlPP Mar 17, 2012
• Agent was trusted member of Provisional IRA, Smithwick Tribunal hears http://t.co/XAzwBbZ7 Mar 17, 2012
• LEBANON: Rafik Hariri tribunal judge rejects new charge http://t.co/yNSTNP0w Mar 17, 2012
• Gay marriage 'gives no extra rights to homosexuals but confuses society' - Telegraph http://t.co/m7m6OOeP Mar 17, 2012
• ISRAEL: Rights for both sides, or rights for none http://t.co/V9Cl2m2p Mar 17, 2012
• 'Justice has been done': singer P J Proby cleared of £47,000 benefits fraud - http://t.co/7PGYetVC Mar 17, 2012
• Met chief to face hacking questions - http://t.co/AgX0nNii Mar 17, 2012
• Police plans to fire rubber bullets in London - http://t.co/Uwr8vbOs Mar 17, 2012
• Ex special constable jailed for rape and underage sex http://t.co/EnqQmwos Mar 17, 2012
• Northern Ireland payday lenders face investigation http://t.co/4UJXP75X Mar 17, 2012
• Eight arrested in Holyland unrest http://t.co/53SKOBjq Mar 17, 2012
• Fife man Steven Paterson admits trading in dead endangered animal parts http://t.co/2LVnvYI7 Mar 17, 2012
• Facebook 'troll' Sean Duffy sentenced for offensive Sophie Taylor image http://t.co/O8EwTuVd Mar 17, 2012
• Paedophile teacher Andrew Kingsley has sentence cut http://t.co/1QkRKdcm Mar 17, 2012
• Suzanne Pilley: Police vow to keep searching for body http://t.co/OTx98u9z Mar 17, 2012
• Ex-soldier Carl Jones with stress disorder admits Wrexham affray charge http://t.co/b3VMLdB4 Mar 17, 2012
• Andrew Rimmer case: Police welcome sentence for 1994 attempted rape http://t.co/1TXEz2oj Mar 17, 2012
• George Clooney released after Sudan embassy arrest http://t.co/3EXho8E7 Mar 17, 2012
• 'Sobriety Orders' to be piloted by government http://t.co/DAM9AMp6 Mar 17, 2012
• Cot deaths advice 'did not reach deprived areas' http://t.co/X6t4F2v7 Mar 17, 2012
• Dharun Ravi guilty of Rutgers webcam hate crime http://t.co/ZnVwYfDO Mar 17, 2012
• Afghanistan massacre suspect named as Sgt Robert Bales http://t.co/5WjdRTdu Mar 17, 2012