23rd February - LAW NEWS

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• IRAN denies illegal activity in NIGERIA http://t.co/VDpXEz3R4A 
• INDIA: Bar codes to stop illegal liquor sale http://t.co/XUzUTyN2ON
• Illegal Llanddewi slaughterhouse case: registration urged http://t.co/X5Fu3YiATV 
• US: Making It Illegal To Fail Science Students Who Argue Humans Co-Existed With Dinosaurs http://t.co/Ngy1vUvA0Q 
• THAILAND: Illegal ivory trade crackdown gets under way http://t.co/A6tj9AXClP 
• Who Owns Illegal Public Street Art Found on Private Buildings? http://t.co/1oVkncZeMy 
• Future of Clerkenwell fire station likely to be settled in courts as Mayor warns he'll fight http://t.co/0E6NdBJvXS 
• RSPCA could hire 'experienced criminal barrister' to review prosecutions, Attorney General suggests http://t.co/tWOv8usA93 
• Car smash cop was 'model officer' and driver for Royal Family - tribunal hears http://t.co/mU8a2MNaRD 
• HMRC wins Samadian mileage tribunal http://t.co/Ilpa5gIQj2
• Poverty and inequality in societies of human rights - the paradox of democracies http://t.co/LRKjdVYfJs 
• INDIA is accused of undercutting Tribal Rights http://t.co/LAWDauHjBO 
• US: Cavallaro to head Stanford Law School’s new Human Rights Center http://t.co/LbFEdVC23f 
• US columnist says equal rights will lead to legalisation of incest, paedophilia and rape http://t.co/SiYIchIwlU
• US: Thwart assault on voting rights or risk return to 'old poison', NAACP warns http://t.co/jLyFcTxhc4 
• The Highland Line: taking away Raasay's sporting rights beggars political belief http://t.co/5z0ezzWMVb
• US: The Scope of a Search Warrant http://t.co/YgBNfOjrr1 
• ISRAEL: Prisoner X hanged himself with a bed sheet - investigation concludes http://t.co/FOGDtIw656 
• Internal Documents Portray BBC as Top-Heavy, Bickering and Dysfunctional http://t.co/QjpQg0Gqh5 
• US: Taiwanese company HTC Settles Privacy Case Over Flaws in Phones http://t.co/N4ALXcGJDw 
• No Exit: CHINA Uses Passports as Political Cudgel http://t.co/jzApdJyePo 
• US Government Joins Suit Against Armstrong http://t.co/H7YvtdKzBR
• NIGERIA: Judiciary Funding: Court Issues Fresh Summons on AGF, N’Assembly http://t.co/gVkoyWAduL 
• PAKISTAN: Shia genocide - What prevents military and the judiciary from performing their duties against militancy? http://t.co/rNfBOYEewx
• SOUTH AFRICA: Pistorius Case Will Put Spotlight On SA Judiciary http://t.co/ZgkK6pbHIb 
• US: Misconduct charges against judge who fixed own tickets http://t.co/Bn0bSdy7NO
• US: Judge extends freeze on account linked to Heinz trades http://t.co/9KwHXoVRpQ 
• US: Lessig's Harvard Law lecture: "Aaron's Law" http://t.co/lT0IXPsG5U 
• AUSTRALIA: Religious groups could lose exemption from anti-discrimination law http://t.co/JKMHpocWjc
• Privacy warriors slam MEPs over 'corporate-friendly' data law rewrite http://t.co/rQesLiz2lR 
• Celebrity chefs call for hospital food standards law http://t.co/7tjuiXHaro 
• UGANDA: Parliament passes oil law clearing way for refinery http://t.co/TuRzKQv65u 
• More deliberations on the jury system http://t.co/hcZ0H62kfb
• Scammers Extort BitTorrent Users Posing as Law Enforcement http://t.co/3iTVwVY8L5 
• Law Firm Lets the Sunshine in, More | Law Blog - WSJ http://t.co/oTKT8dilSM 
• Rule of Law Essential for Business http://t.co/uMZ6CHSZ6w 
• RUSSIA: Assembly backs law limiting foreign investments http://t.co/crTgh3Vpg9 
• In Push for Transparency, US Law Firm K & L Gates Releases Financial Results http://t.co/zf4iqYJ5Mw 
• Juridical Human Rights – An Excerpt from Gret Haller’s Human Rights Without Democracy? http://t.co/tHitCy9o4u 
• IRAN: Kurdish Political Prisoners Under Intense Pressure to “Cooperate” at Orumiyeh Prison http://t.co/SQJ3ktsYx1
• Human Rights Commission names 2013 honorees http://t.co/RRnd7yutWm 
• US Secretary of State Kerry's Egypt Visit Offers Opportunity to Promote Human Rights & Stability http://t.co/qibAgVXcG2 
• Measures Ensuring Respect for and Protection of the Human Rights of Migrants http://t.co/DDsl774Cus
• Carnoustie solicitor struck off for ‘reprehensible’ conduct http://t.co/eOBEU8kXdK 
• INDIA: Justice Mehra Commission raps Delhi Police http://t.co/7k1KnStlMa 
• Bethany survivors want justice after Magdalene apology http://t.co/aTWaRPZVft 
• Yes Scotland frustrates STUC with broadbrush promises on social justice with little detail http://t.co/QY2yaN3pW6
• Scots law warning as double murder trial halted due to “unfairness” of legal aid cuts | The Firm http://t.co/ipZj71RWYC 
• Scottish Legal Complaints Commission chair appointed http://t.co/VH3CDqHH5Z
• Ronald Dworkin - The greatest legal philosopher of our time http://t.co/TQMWZAMule 
• Skype founder loses legal battle over British home http://t.co/Th12lMsjyR 
• Microsoft legal beagle calls for patent reform cooperation http://t.co/S5AmTpCR4S 
• Legal action commences over MRCGP exam (for foreign qualified doctors wanting to work in UK) failure rates http://t.co/z7TeDB98Ue 
• Overseas property buyers from Norther Ireland win legal battle in Italy over holiday homes http://t.co/MyeqD0y1VR 
• EDF legal action is blow to the right of democratic protest http://t.co/OPznyFPQ9h 
• Police face legal challenge over Buckfast anti-crime labels http://t.co/AkgdZIc5mF 
• White Rose: The Germans who tried to topple Hitler http://t.co/wzNeauJEMB 
• Cardinal Keith O'Brien: 'Allow priests to marry' http://t.co/CTudDnVPCh 
• Police detections of child porn images increases by 48% http://t.co/qUIRZ6bkYT 
• Libor fines to fund armed forces charities, says Osborne http://t.co/akMwLku0bf 
• Vatican attacks Pope resignation 'gossip' http://t.co/aU0kJAeNYZ 
• Hackers attack Microsoft computers http://t.co/uyTNIecZrn 
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/oV3eHCkVDp
• Can UK law firms survive the storm? http://t.co/7d9HAMi1M1 
• Launch of consultation on legislation on indemnity insurance http://t.co/wwzEbVbkRs
• Only law schools that tackle costs, graduate client-centered lawyers will survive—a dean’s view http://t.co/at8mUSnvnH 
• Ignorance of the Law is No Excuse http://t.co/eKO468Eulc 
• Benghazi Survivors Remain Gagged by US Federal Law http://t.co/JuEMiyjGAb
• KENYA: Neighbors Kill Neighbors as Kenyan Vote Stirs Old Feuds http://t.co/9hiLOJnj5x 
• Dundee trading standards issues illegal tobacco warning http://t.co/0MM1ZwKE2t
• RUSSIA loses £52bn a year in tax evasion and illegal transfers, says bank chief http://t.co/nD196PKR9t 
• Interpol arrests 200 and seizes $8m worth of timber in illegal logging raid http://t.co/otqEzS3qo5 
• NIGERIA courts lack basic working tools, says NBA President http://t.co/HbFsrgrWy5 
• Apple smart watch efforts confirmed by US patent http://t.co/zx6K0lrpry 
• LSE Middle East conference abruptly cancelled http://t.co/jrfrsMsrr5 
• Top UK firms eye mergers with non-legal practices | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/34xkkh7bx1 
• Stanford creates human rights centre | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/f1FoU2GdRm 
• Mercedes-Benz slapped for market rigging | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/hWLTyKHwrF
• Czech entrepreneurs ignoring filing duties | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/s0JebaPCC1
• US lawyers push for broad gay marriage ruling | The Global Legal Post http://t.co/3ADJsP1N4s 
• Major widening of costs management exemption for commercial cases | LITIGATION FUTURES: http://t.co/xWCqxIdpXV 
• Law Society steps up pressure on government to explain reasons for RTA portal fee cut | LITIGATION FUTURES: http://t.co/Me2i6G49cx 
• Sub-£2m cases "will be subject to costs management" amid criticism of big-case exemption | LITIGATION FUTURES: http://t.co/qzWvM2WNCv 
• US: JPMorgan raises questions about lawyer at New York AG's office http://t.co/oIoS3sdyes 
• US: Why the D.C. lawyer suing CHINA for the PHILIPPINES still thinks he can win http://t.co/SAhR29ouhZ
• Abuse Lawyer Liz Dux on obtaining justice for the victims of Chethams School of Music http://t.co/l8qFsLL8jf 
• Samsung struggles to block iPhone function for the blind http://t.co/TmA3kBNeZd 
• Hacking: No charges for ex-NoW deputy editor http://t.co/361GQaVoSL
• Man guilty of Tenerife beheading http://t.co/2TPRKItAJE
• Romanians at risk of attacks, warns envoy http://t.co/iNRmUiPxzT
• PCC elections timing 'not in the interests of voters' http://t.co/nIoMLiWoB5
• Police secretly kept body parts of 90 children and babies http://t.co/tYGTCqf1mM
• US: Georgia rushes through executions before lethal injection drugs expire http://t.co/407DuXKFFQ 
• Bill forcing papers to seek pre-publication approval is 'flawed' http://t.co/niyPaEtxRB 
• Oxford child abuse trial: woman says she was branded at age of 12 http://t.co/lbSXo57aQT 
• UKBA backs down over use of force on children and pregnant women http://t.co/vUytr10sq0 
• Early Lessons from the NEW ZEALAND Copyright Tribunal http://t.co/MdL6kBO6hr 
• Hidden scandal of two in five rogue bosses ignoring employment tribunal judgements http://t.co/nH8Hmf4TNg 
• CAMBODIA: Khmer Rouge tribunal runs out of funds http://t.co/X1Qqr73ow6 
• Tribunal for health centre parking case - Blackpool http://t.co/yUepKjoRyp 
• Athlete Oscar Pistorius 'sobbed' as bail granted in SOUTH AFRICA http://t.co/lbNhxhDmvB 
• Shooting rights tangle on Raasay http://t.co/NJyNptdZiP
• Human Rights Watch Faults MEXICO Over Disappearances http://t.co/KaEzBVLU7P
• HAITI: Duvalier defies court order to face human rights accusations http://t.co/n00FJmukuE