17th June - LAW NEWS Headlines

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• Communications Bill: 'No plans' to spy on postcards http://t.co/HahCskpD Jun 17, 2012
• Benefits for striking low-paid workers to be axed http://t.co/aoHlZXML Jun 17, 2012
• FA will contest Uefa fans charge http://t.co/BoR7Ol8i Jun 17, 2012
• US: Los Angeles riots figure Rodney King found dead http://t.co/I7jsHp1x Jun 17, 2012
• MALAWI: International criminal court a mockery of justice http://t.co/xW3RrSRi Jun 17, 2012
• PHILIPPINES: Deadline ends today for chief justice bids http://t.co/IYYFqNrX Jun 17, 2012
• James Murdoch should disclose contents of second mobile phone to Leveson inquiry, says Tom Watson http://t.co/GKSvTN6u Jun 17, 2012
• Lord Justice Leveson 'threatens to quit inquiry' http://t.co/9BrVarmE Jun 17, 2012
• Leveson Inquiry: Judge complained about Michael Gove http://t.co/xYJp1JoV Jun 17, 2012
• Press Complaints Commission chair risks Leveson clash with reform plans http://t.co/LaUWAkaU Jun 17, 2012
• SRA | Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates - Solicitor advocates urged to notify the SRA | http://t.co/48sm17II Jun 17, 2012
• CONFERENCE: Roman law and legal history: a conference in memory of Alan Rodger, University of Glasgow, 7-8 September http://t.co/Rk8YIyXm Jun 17, 2012
• Can libertarians care about social justice?: Legal Theory Bookworm http://t.co/aE7pfh4m Jun 17, 2012
• US: State increases court fees to boost legal aid to the poor http://t.co/8eDyDA4i Jun 17, 2012
• Pals of RockNess Benzo Fury death victim Alex Heriot call for legal high ban http://t.co/jB5kDmYi Jun 17, 2012
• Rapist who won £4.5 million on the lottery may face legal action by his teenage victim http://t.co/Pr1aSI69 Jun 17, 2012
• US: Forty years after Watergate, many legal reforms rolled back http://t.co/AwTGXgDd Jun 17, 2012
• INDIA: Uttarakhand not to take legal action for share transfer by Uttar Pradesh in Tehri Project http://t.co/XXdvjvvo Jun 17, 2012
• Right to the top: Britain's nuclear test veterans take battle for justice to Europe http://t.co/1deRFROf Jun 17, 2012
• Q&A with barrister Toby Cadman on the Syrian conflict: International Bar Association http://t.co/nIamLQ0l Jun 17, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Aitzaz, Zahid Bokhari banned in Sindh bars http://t.co/qh1CLZ9b Jun 17, 2012
• BRAZIL eyes revised law to ease power concession renewals - The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/IHv00QYw Jun 17, 2012
• Law firms to benefit from energy lift - The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/tKErzDWu Jun 17, 2012
• Has the global financial crisis changed the approach of law firms to client relations? - The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/4n1z1z4f Jun 17, 2012
• Legal gold - how to sell and deliver coaching, training and consulting services to lawyers - The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/HIZrIgIq Jun 17, 2012
• English defamation reform to have limited impact on 'trolls' - The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/c8vCV4oj Jun 17, 2012
• Cyber criminals one step ahead, warn tech law specialists - The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/6ZRLxCGO Jun 17, 2012
• CANADA: Lawyers rocked by massive lawsuit - The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/tSMIDYCg Jun 17, 2012
• UAE: Sheiks face pressure to crack down on 'inappropriate' dress - The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/syatfKXv Jun 17, 2012
• RUSSIA's proposed court laws 'almost Stalinist' - The Global Legal Post: http://t.co/QaH6O5DL Jun 17, 2012
• CONFERENCE: 'Law via the internet', Oct 7-9th, Cornell Law School New York, US http://t.co/UvfRcq3U Jun 17, 2012
• A Journalist's Guide to the US Federal Courts http://t.co/l2FNKHQm Jun 17, 2012
• Skeptical look at judicial decisionmaking, judges who stray from text in interpreting statutes: BOOK REVIEW http://t.co/XPkw9Yqs Jun 17, 2012
• US: Defense contractor tortured in military custody in Iraq cannot sue - federal appeals court in Washington http://t.co/7aRqBUyj Jun 17, 2012
• GREECE: Debt crisis hits women especially hard http://t.co/a4zpN7al Jun 17, 2012
• Labour's new policy chief: we must be bold and radical http://t.co/qZt6vFsO Jun 17, 2012
• World Bank warns that euro collapse could spark global crisis http://t.co/skKLNYGx Jun 17, 2012
• US: Does Your Social Media Policy Violate Federal Law? http://t.co/4wZTvRCO Jun 17, 2012
• JAPAN pushes for law to secure Iranian oil supply http://t.co/8Tos6ktl Jun 17, 2012
• US: Possible outcomes in pivotal health care law case http://t.co/jgoJqEkF Jun 17, 2012
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrRtc5a ▸  Jun 17, 2012
• US: The Children Deserve Justice http://t.co/0YCKCPm7 Jun 17, 2012
• BURMA: Internet Unshackled, Burmese Aim Venom at Ethnic Minority http://t.co/ibJR5klf Jun 17, 2012
• Make Magna Carta Day our national day http://t.co/fgZvPAwv Jun 17, 2012
• Martha Payne isn’t the only schoolkid who has fallen victim to school-dinners authoritarianism http://t.co/PHhtUPg0 Jun 17, 2012
• Obama’s immigration amnesty: is it motivated by humanity, economics or crude politics? http://t.co/s09fsFDE Jun 17, 2012
• UK plc turns against Europe http://t.co/gyRZsSeJ Jun 17, 2012
• OBE for The Thick of It writer: What the f*&! would Malcolm Tucker say? http://t.co/yh7WotVR Jun 17, 2012
• Mrs May is right to curb the judges http://t.co/ZBNCvC9W Jun 17, 2012
• If we want an effective penal system, we should copy Hawaii http://t.co/zBTgtewc Jun 17, 2012
• Deported criminal returned to Britain to claim his 'right to family life' http://t.co/2nWxy0gO Jun 17, 2012
• Killer brothers overturn deportation bid http://t.co/nEeb3UhW Jun 17, 2012
• US: National Secrets and National Security http://t.co/BEDOkkwz Jun 17, 2012
• Fair Use, Art, Swiss Cheese and Me : Judges to rule on serious implications for visual art http://t.co/bafzP7Pp Jun 17, 2012
• GREECE: Sympathy for the Radical Left http://t.co/22wiG2j9 Jun 17, 2012
• IRAN: Pinched and Griping - economic sanctions biting, citizen's questioning legality of regime http://t.co/XzfFcIKK Jun 17, 2012
• Westerner's hunger for the east: Buddhists’ Delight? http://t.co/Kxc3jctC Jun 17, 2012
• Assange kills off Pupino, but ambiguity remains - Alex Tinsley: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/4KtZTNPx Jun 17, 2012
• Article 8 and a half: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/KOzubr2N Jun 17, 2012
• Article 8 tweaked, human rights exam passed - the Human Rights Roundup: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/jxMPBsYe Jun 17, 2012
• Driving disqualification and the limits of EU rights: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/w1NAi7vj Jun 17, 2012
• Will the European Court force churches to perform gay marriages?: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/m4JHo89o Jun 17, 2012
• Down on the farm: subsidy fraud let off the hook?: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/Uc2bGi02 Jun 17, 2012
• Article 8 and a half - wider than thought, but will it work?: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/C0vgshmG Jun 17, 2012
• Government has still not made case for "inherently unfair" secret trials, say Special Advocates: UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/FzKo21GS Jun 17, 2012
• Church of England's argument against gay marriage is without foundation - UK Human Rights Blog http://t.co/idI7xEM0 Jun 17, 2012
• More BBC Bias - Indignant about how the BBC trust deals with complaints http://t.co/NHoUzhd9 Jun 17, 2012
• Scottish Police Racist? Ask the F***ing English B******s they work with http://t.co/ZQaemIUr Jun 17, 2012
• Fake Britain at the heart of Olympics - Janet Street-Porter http://t.co/ZLlBS4uZ Jun 17, 2012
• Asylum-seekers are told:'Go home and lie' http://t.co/0visZiaO Jun 17, 2012
• Troops' injury claims show 20-fold rise http://t.co/482QdGq0 Jun 17, 2012
• Leveson threatened to quit after public attack by Gove http://t.co/pWvvFFmz Jun 17, 2012
• 'Black market' Olympic ticket claims investigated http://t.co/Q3NlasWp Jun 17, 2012
• Still standing: George Galloway reveals why his staunchly Leftist outlook is still invariably right http://t.co/Vs7gGcKX Jun 17, 2012
• BURMA: Aung San Suu Kyi - A lesson in the value of kindness http://t.co/LHfkj741 Jun 17, 2012
• US: Obama's immigration order shows the Oval Office advantage http://t.co/9xf6zrI5 Jun 17, 2012
• US: Insider trading trial pitted one Indian bigwig against other http://t.co/WhlL3Lxp Jun 17, 2012
• US: Sandusky trial shows missed opportunities to stop alleged abuse; trustee now suspects cover-up http://t.co/SaYOyi5W Jun 17, 2012
• Legal Cheek: City Lawyer Makes Wired Magazine’s List Of UK’s Top 100 ‘Digital Power-Brokers’ http://t.co/aydklhL1 Jun 17, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Death threat lawyer will not be deterred: http://t.co/99m7rX6g Jun 17, 2012
• INDIA: The glory of being a copyright lawyer, by the name of Ameet Datta http://t.co/V1U3yd5S Jun 17, 2012
• Lawyer Finds Suing The Oatmeal More Difficult Than Expected http://t.co/YbFxoliq Jun 17, 2012
• US: Chris Brown’s lawyer says Drake started fight at nightclub http://t.co/ZrgMQhNI Jun 17, 2012
• Government lawyer who let Jeremy Hunt rule on Murdoch bid for BSkyB is knighted http://t.co/bw0b1zFs Jun 17, 2012
• Couple who threw their dog into the sea 'to keep it cool' have their cruelty convictions overturned http://t.co/YokQvzwQ Jun 17, 2012
• IRELAND: I'm a British citizen, McFeely tells court http://t.co/Jt3nxDG1 Jun 17, 2012
• INDIA: High Courts violates RTI Act by making contradictory rules http://t.co/4V5If3ln Jun 17, 2012
• Lloyds asks US court to dismiss HBOS law suit http://t.co/qsoKDotT Jun 17, 2012
• US: Supreme Court ruling on health care law won't be the end of the issue | http://t.co/ekqigYxr Jun 17, 2012
• BALKANS: Women of Srebrenica seek justice http://t.co/Ssrco6dS Jun 17, 2012
• Unfair dismissal claims against Bovis from Cheltenham man http://t.co/hmCkMcNj Jun 17, 2012
• SOUTH AFRICA: State 'threat to competition environment' http://t.co/YJOppcbR Jun 17, 2012
• INDIA: Armed forces tribunal exonerates Lt Col Mukul Dev http://t.co/AyKsY3dW Jun 17, 2012
• IRELAND: Tribunal awards wife of Breifne O’Brien €45k http://t.co/fL482C6C Jun 17, 2012
• 'This is North Wales, not North Korea': Children banned from Bangor town centre after 9pm http://t.co/Be2utma6 Jun 17, 2012
• CROATIA: Gay-pride marchers seek more same-sex couple rights http://t.co/eMSDDFk3 Jun 17, 2012
• Who's going to be our police chief? Sussex voters just don't care http://t.co/y0Ry2Nys Jun 17, 2012
• Rio Ferdinand criticised over advert linked to Asian tobacco firm http://t.co/CmbkTibr Jun 17, 2012
• The child poverty map of Britain http://t.co/lf79KXZo Jun 17, 2012
• IOC to investigate 'black market' Olympic tickets http://t.co/hZoLPXUp Jun 17, 2012
• Police warn of Strabane cash machine fraud http://t.co/N94E55CE  Jun 17, 2012
• Man charged after discovery of £150,000 drugs haul http://t.co/7DOOZQ1q  Jun 17, 2012
• Edinburgh Legionnaires' outbreak: Five people launch legal action http://t.co/nDOHHi16  Jun 17, 2012
• Arrest over death of Edinburgh man Lee Duncan in 2011 http://t.co/FErVbf2Q  Jun 17, 2012
• Scottish drink-drive convictions drop http://t.co/mjJ7CFHM  Jun 17, 2012
• NeverSeconds school dinner blog donations soar after council lifts its ban http://t.co/B4V6mfA5 Jun 17, 2012
• IOC begins Olympics tickets investigation http://t.co/z5hNTOQY Jun 17, 2012
• US: Judge "Not Likely" To Grant CBS' Attempt to Block ABC's Airing Of Glass House http://t.co/fr3L9jwU Jun 17, 2012
• US: Judge orders 'Pacman' Jones to pay $11 million to shooting victim - http://t.co/eeXQuyjt Jun 17, 2012
• US: Hawaii Judiciary delays e-filing of criminal cases http://t.co/IESWdsrA Jun 17, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Lawyers protest ‘conspiracy against judiciary’ http://t.co/Z9Rl7eys Jun 17, 2012
• Indo-Pak ties: A case of inflated egos, deflated brains http://t.co/haEhR2Nx Jun 17, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Partition riots, sacrifices and Jihad http://t.co/qvBnr7vL Jun 17, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Media and the judiciary in a crisis of credibility? http://t.co/ju2DMpnz Jun 17, 2012
• US: Challenges give health care law four possible outcomes http://t.co/8J3vaoQG Jun 17, 2012
• Louis Vuitton loses lawsuit on "Hangover" handbag http://t.co/eBNmOMQ8 Jun 17, 2012
• Justice system in the dock after teen killer just out of detention attacks again http://t.co/E2l4QVPu Jun 17, 2012
• US: Justice Ginsburg suggests 'sharp disagreement' over hot-button cases http://t.co/PpaWJ0kS Jun 17, 2012
• TUNISIA: After Ben-Ali's conviction: the state of Tunisian justice http://t.co/IlKJFq33 Jun 17, 2012