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Exemplary’ law firm nets national award – Peterborough Evening Telegraph
FORMER Conservative minister turned broadcaster Michael Portillo presented Peterborough-based Buckles Solicitors with the Law Firm of the Year award at the recent LawNet annual conference. The event was attended by 160 member representatives of LawNet …
WilmerHale: Now With Something To Boast About . . . – Wall Street Journal
. . . Or, rather, someone: Molly Boast, who earlier this year left the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, where she was the a deputy assistant attorney general with oversight of civil enforcement. Boast (William and Mary, Columbia Law …
Romania’s government approves draft law on US missile interceptors – Washington Post
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania’s government has approved a draft law that permits the building of an anti-ballistic interceptor site in the country as part of a U.S. missile shield. Romania and the U.S. signed an accord in September to install … Continue reading
ACLU, Civil Rights Groups Sue S.C. Over Immigration Law – Free Times
A West Columbia woman with five children who has lived in South Carolina for six years is struggling against the bureaucratic tide of becoming a legal citizen. Currently an undocumented immigrant, she has applied for a U-Visa, something that offers … Continue reading
Marina Biotech Demonstrates In Vivo Dose-Dependent Efficacy and High Tolerability With a CRN-Substituted miRNA Antagonist – Yahoo Finance
Additional information about Marina Biotech is available at http://www.marinabio.com. Forward-Looking Statements Statements made in this news release may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Federal Securities laws that are subject to …
Life term to 95-yr-old woman for burning daughter-in-law alive – MSN India
A division bench of justices Pradeep Nandrajog and Sunil Gaur held Sumitra guilty of committing the double murder in collusion with her elder son and daughter-in-law for bringing insufficient dowry, setting aside the trial court”s 1998 order, acquitting the trio.
Embryonic Stem-Cell Patents Infringe EU Law, Top Court Says – Bloomberg
Patent protection for stem-cell research methods that involve cells from human embryos is not possible under European Union law, the region’s highest court said. Inventions based on the use of human embryonic stem cells for scientific research …
Patent office a good fit for Central Texas – Austin American-Statesman
… the ownership of intellectual property — stakes high enough to have triggered a congressional overhaul of patent law. Though there is plenty of argument over whether the law can be called “reform,” one of its provisions calls for the … Continue reading
Bill aims to restore consumers’ right to sue – Chicago Tribune
“These forced arbitration clauses in contracts deny consumers their right to hold companies accountable when … at disputes involving maritime and rail shipments, trumps state laws in California and elsewhere that limit arbitration clauses …
Captive Labor on the Farm – Wall Street Journal
The inmates themselves are enthusiastic about their jobs … laws restrict the capacity of states—and some counties—looking to deploy inmates with commercial enterprises. Wherever it is allowed, authorities have to certify no other labor …
