4th March 2012: LAW NEWS HEADLINES & LINKS

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• US: When States Abuse Women: http://t.co/niMGvTxn Mar 04, 2012
• Legal aid bill fails domestic abuse victims, faith leaders warn http://t.co/9q6yS8bS Mar 04, 2012
• Lawyer targeted in 'bomb plot' with Celtic manager Neil Lennon found dead http://t.co/Wfwa7evK Mar 04, 2012
• David Cameron to back law reform to recognise stalking as a crime http://t.co/b7imzIdV Mar 04, 2012
• Daughter of Iranian dissident says her father was sentenced to 18 years in prison http://t.co/O5FuEMlk Mar 04, 2012
• AUS: Convicted Asian-Australian army major fights for career http://t.co/yOsD0snf Mar 04, 2012
• US: Students provide legal aid in Salisbury: Law clinic gives them experience and helps community members http://t.co/ud2sSm8j Mar 04, 2012
• Costa Conordia Legal Probe Begins Into Deaths Of 32 People http://t.co/Yd67PY8P Mar 04, 2012
• US: Government pledged to continue its legal battle with BP over the Deepwater Horizon http://t.co/Xafr92tl Mar 04, 2012
• S KOREA: Rights panel not to probe 'military whistleblower' case http://t.co/SzrcVHc3 Mar 04, 2012
• Europe's human rights watchdog has accused Britain of undermining the rights of gypsies and travellers http://t.co/lNetzATf Mar 04, 2012
• CHINA: Criminal Procedural Law protects human rights http://t.co/8G0iRol7 Mar 04, 2012
• INDIA: Strict visa regulations hamper entry of skilled foreigners  http://t.co/LH0KBhfs Mar 04, 2012
• The best and worst places to be a woman http://t.co/8nNAKpB1 Mar 04, 2012
• US: Foreclosure settlement a failure of law, a triumph for bank attorneys http://t.co/wjsXN69h Mar 04, 2012
• US: Pennsylvania law banning texting by drivers to take effect http://t.co/AhjsUz3V Mar 04, 2012
• US: Conservative talkshow host Limbaugh apologizes to law student for insult http://t.co/bElXFFmI Mar 04, 2012
• Man shot dead by police in Culcheth, Cheshire http://t.co/rz6BwIoF Mar 04, 2012
• Scottish independence: May start for 'yes' campaign http://t.co/wocOCLRa Mar 04, 2012
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek ▸ Mar 04, 2012
• LIBYA: Apology after British war graves attacked in Benghazi http://t.co/wUrV1Jse Mar 04, 2012
• Catholic cardinal criticises gay marriages plan http://t.co/7n5X810M Mar 04, 2012
• Trade unionists win 'racist' monkey cartoon case http://t.co/t4zTkNG3 Mar 04, 2012
• US: Limbaugh slur of law student draws Obama into fray http://t.co/jRw44uKu Mar 04, 2012
• Headteacher of Northampton school tells tribunal he wasn’t ‘aggressive’ and ‘bossy’ http://t.co/eCHA1Esw Mar 04, 2012
• Blacklisted building workers hope for day in court after ruling http://t.co/DvKrKBm8 Mar 04, 2012
• INDONESIA: Commission Calls for Revision to Tribunal Lawhttp://jglo.be/dsYh Mar 04, 2012
• IRELAND: Martin fires warning shot at Ahern over tribunal report - http://t.co/KTh72xWL Mar 04, 2012
• BANGLADESH: War crimes tribunal: further bias is no answer http://t.co/oPshbmkb Mar 04, 2012
• Tribunal hears policewoman was offered ‘pink’ gun http://t.co/prnvdDpb Mar 04, 2012
• TECH LAW: Mobile Users Bill of Rights Proposed http://t.co/cBcYfmqO Mar 04, 2012
• US: Health-care mandate undermines religious rights http://t.co/TRvfd3J6 Mar 04, 2012
• INDIA: Lawyers to stay away from courts tomorrow http://t.co/FTwDHrdC Mar 04, 2012
• EGYPT: court rejects second Mickey cartoon lawsuit http://t.co/AWFZIrEN Mar 04, 2012
• INDIA: Timeline of how 'law' was jeopardized by lawyers http://t.co/6RlGlDjG Mar 04, 2012
• INDIA: Anti-socials indulged in trouble: lawyers'conduct at City Civil Court on Friday http://t.co/xBXEEaxx Mar 04, 2012
• BUSINESS LAW: BP avoids potentially costly trial, sets up potential settlement of remaining oil spill claims http://t.co/rM7dYHXH Mar 04, 2012
• EGYPT: Egypt appoints new judges to hear trial of 43 democracy workers including 16 Americans http://t.co/oMbO77mT Mar 04, 2012
• US: Rutgers trial: 'Everything seemed normal' on day Tyler Clementi killed himself testifies police officer http://t.co/ZvTx2AT1 Mar 04, 2012
• US: Mirkarimi trial is a real-life soap opera in San Francisco http://t.co/iFFYwfAZ Mar 04, 2012
• TECH LAW: ACTA in UK: 10 years in jail for 'illegal downloads' http://t.co/GSAtF07c Mar 04, 2012
• Sun's illegal payments allegations should not tar the rest of the press http://t.co/DcK4dbb3 Mar 04, 2012
• US: When Innocence Isn’t Enough: http://t.co/pARjFa98 Mar 04, 2012
• US: Surveillance, Security and Civil Liberties: http://t.co/JRnb1klI Mar 04, 2012
• It watches, it remembers, it answers our prayers – is Google now God? - http://t.co/9YaceftU Mar 04, 2012
• Howard Jacobson: Tolerance shouldn't stop us challenging hatred http://t.co/iNAU0n2a Mar 04, 2012
• Londonderry woman refused compensation for bomb damage http://t.co/ogKqp5cf Mar 04, 2012
• Trial for 24 men accused of 12 July rioting http://t.co/m6fozUzM Mar 04, 2012
• Border officials say long jail sentences given to two men who tried to smuggle drugs through Dover http://t.co/PCOlksT9 Mar 04, 2012
• IRELAND: Dublin patron saint's heart stolen from Christ Church Cathedral http://t.co/LiCwms7Z Mar 04, 2012
• ITALY: Costa Concordia: Pre-trial hearing held in Italy http://t.co/ESwzQGy3 Mar 04, 2012
• Private police roles criticised by Labour http://t.co/Sn86CixB Mar 04, 2012
• Jill Dando 'murdered by Serbian hitman' - http://t.co/1t6LZSHY Mar 04, 2012
• Catholic leader Cardinal Keith O'Brien clashes with David Cameron on same-sex marriage plans http://t.co/mMhFzE4t Mar 04, 2012
• Legal aid reforms face defeat in the Lords http://t.co/RU7ac4O4 Mar 04, 2012

3rd March 2012: LAW NEWS HEADLINES & LINKS

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• There’s a place for secret justice in modern Britain http://t.co/YJ7YEQXu Mar 03, 2012
• This chilling threat to liberty and justice - radical extension of the secret justice http://t.co/PkJSPRIZ Mar 03, 2012
• Tackling faith and global poverty at the Justice Conference http://t.co/9SF4l9YO Mar 03, 2012
• Wirral legal executive Liam McEleavey jailed for £280,000 fraud - http://t.co/ShXhOi3M Mar 03, 2012
• US: Deepwater Horizon: Mopping up the legal spill http://t.co/euEzFCAo Mar 03, 2012
• Bank's 'absurd' new mortgage rules hit Cumbrian customers http://t.co/0g1SBdWs Mar 03, 2012
• LIBYA: Human rights abuses continue in Libya http://t.co/2GhDjcjp Mar 03, 2012
• Girl who posed as boyfriend to molest teenagers faces jail term http://t.co/lN8JwMu2 Mar 03, 2012
• London riots: pair avoid prison after time on remand http://t.co/BBYmxS5I Mar 03, 2012
• Riot-hit shopkeeper in giveaway to poor http://t.co/V8CO4wMC Mar 03, 2012
• AUS: How a top lawyer and doctor were stung by on-the-run bikini babe Simone Starr http://t.co/WbAelHva Mar 03, 2012
• Former BBC presenter jailed of sex assaults on teenage girls http://t.co/7xnFGiDu Mar 03, 2012
• Libel reforms must go further, scientists claim http://t.co/kGLKz1yV Mar 03, 2012
• BUSINESS LAW: Accord Reached Settling Lawsuit Over BP Oil Spill: http://t.co/EqFBghLK Mar 03, 2012
• US & AFGHANISTAN: Chain of Avoidable Errors Cited in Koran Burning: http://t.co/Tzfbt9tw Mar 03, 2012
• Employment tribunal procedure changes: legislation on witness statements, costs, deposit orders & witnesses' expenses http://t.co/ms3NaOIj Mar 03, 2012
• North Yorkshire policewoman "bullied, belittled and humiliated", tribunal told http://t.co/NW1jEQjS Mar 03, 2012
• BANGLADESH: New tribunal this month to try 8 more war crimes suspects http://t.co/JJ5mjoWl Mar 03, 2012
• Credit Suisse trader loses employment tribunal http://t.co/JkVXuw6M Mar 03, 2012
• IRELAND: Smithwick Tribunal: Pat Byrne says suspect not tipped off http://t.co/sikp887d Mar 03, 2012
• LEBANON: Prosecutors propose new charge for Hariri suspects http://t.co/hosNA8As Mar 03, 2012
• US: Religious right furious over Senate rejection of Blunt Amendment http://t.co/KRCeIpev Mar 03, 2012
• UAE: Stop expelling Syrian protesters http://t.co/UcH7sBD6 #cnn Mar 03, 2012
• TECH LAW: German court dismisses cases by Apple, Samsung http://t.co/RReINeUT Mar 03, 2012
• Virginia court rejects sceptic's bid for climate science emails http://t.co/YX4YiJxb Mar 03, 2012
• ITALY: Captain of capsized liner could be in danger at hearing-lawyer http://t.co/oj1w9plm Mar 03, 2012
• Rangers FC administrators seize £3.6m from Craig Whyte's lawyers http://t.co/okl4AFoN Mar 03, 2012
• INDIA: Judge, 86 others hurt as lawyers run riot in Bangalore http://t.co/7TvjpBJz Mar 03, 2012
• AFGHANISTAN: Clerics demand public trial for Koran burners http://t.co/UryVPwId Mar 03, 2012
• Neil Lennon bomb plot trial: accused ‘bought items while out with mother’ http://t.co/vDX2QV9O Mar 03, 2012
• US: Former Desperate Housewives star Nicollette Sheridan takes to the stand in wrongful dismissal trial http://t.co/TdxT7z0d Mar 03, 2012
• CANADA: Coke dealer has habit of accusing police, defence alleges: http://t.co/VDhhdvkL Mar 03, 2012
• US: Perrish Cox trial: Acquitted of sexual assault charge despite DNA and eyewitness testimony http://t.co/j4ZkPMy1 Mar 03, 2012
• PAKISTAN: Three illegal clinics, medical facilities sealed: http://t.co/JVUtXfZE Mar 03, 2012
• US: Illegal Maid Says She Was A Slave In A Gold Gilded Mansion http://t.co/eajKl5EG Mar 03, 2012
• INDIA: Illegal mining: CAG slams deputy commissioners http://t.co/MeppBDmB Mar 03, 2012
• TheLawMap Wig is out! http://t.co/VTrW0Mek ▸  Mar 03, 2012
• Battle of the briefs as ex-minister and wife get court date - http://t.co/KyrcU543 Mar 03, 2012
• Police say Labour government was told about hacking - http://t.co/NpyiW88n Mar 03, 2012
• Guilty verdict in heiress Zoe Anderson case http://t.co/r8P2NxLB Mar 03, 2012
• Coalisland sex attacker Thomas Ward gets indeterminate term http://t.co/o012EIAc Mar 03, 2012
• Falkirk MP Eric Joyce will not stand for re-election in 2015 http://t.co/3QY04YJr Mar 03, 2012
• Mother and partner jailed for neglecting boy, 3, in Trevethin http://t.co/Z8cHCJEW Mar 03, 2012
• Corgi Hosiery fined over factory asbestos removal http://t.co/6UKd4ILu Mar 03, 2012
• Injunction lifted: Caroline Spelman's son took banned steroids - http://t.co/lzFMRrcR Mar 03, 2012
• Private companies may soon be responsible for investigating crime under new propoals - http://t.co/vC8Uw8nW Mar 03, 2012
• Police let foreign crime suspects go due to lack of interpreters http://t.co/wJKWNICI Mar 03, 2012
• Justice and security green paper: silence in court http://t.co/ARaoMTEw Mar 03, 2012
• Employees to get extra time off in the event of illness while on holiday http://t.co/qaPQCZcl Mar 03, 2012