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Brewer: US policy muddies waters for Arizona law – MyFox Phoenix

Brewer says the change muddies the waters for implementing the Arizona immigration enforcement law because people covered by the new federal policy can get new documentation … and compete with Americans and legal immigrants for jobs Arizona Gov.

Mitch McConnell Blames Bush For Campaign Finance Reform Law – Huffington Post

revised some of the legal limits on expenditures and barred unregulated contributions — a.k.a. “soft money” — to national political parties. McConnell called it “a great disappointment” that Bush signed the bill into law. “I was a strong …

Drafting a Nonprofit Organization’s Social Media Policy – Law.com

… how social media has changed the communication landscape and the critical elements of a policy. It is not practicable, advisable or even legal in some cases to prohibit or unduly restrict the social media activities of employees. Guidelines …

New Obama policy will spare some from deportation – FOX News

The policy change, announced Friday by Homeland Security … border security measures before they will consider changes in immigration law. Romney opposes offering legal status to illegal immigrants who attend college but has said he would …

Chambers and Legal 500 Recognize Caplin & Drysdale in 2012 Top Rankings – Yahoo Finance

Chambers ranked Caplin & Drysdale’s attorneys among the top in the nation and in the District of Columbia in key practice areas, including Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Tax (Controversy; Fraud), Political Law, and Wealth Management. Legal 500 …

Chambers and Legal 500 Recognize Caplin & Drysdale in 2012 Top Rankings – PR Newswire

Chambers ranked Caplin & Drysdale’s attorneys among the top in the nation and in the District of Columbia in key practice areas, including Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Tax (Controversy; Fraud), Political Law, and Wealth Management. Legal 500 ranked the …

Andrew C. McCarthy: Re: Sharia — Mr. – Article.nationalreview.com

To the contrary, Schmitz’s contentions about the purported “legal uselessness and potential ill effects … or the globalization of both politics and law. Apparently Mr. Schmitz is not aware of the SPEECH Act of 2010, sometimes referred to as …

Egypt faces legal crisis before presidential poll – France 24

in a legal crisis that threatens to derail an already tumultuous transition from Hosni Mubarak’s rule. The Supreme Constitutional Court is to examine the legality of the political isolation law which bars senior officials of the Mubarak regime …

NYC ban on big sodas could face legal test – Charleston Gazette

In theory, any individual affected by the ban could bring a legal challenge. But it wouldn’t be enough to simply claim that the ban infringes on personal freedom, said Rick Hills, a New York University law professor specializing in local … Continue reading

2 lawmakers mum on who is paying voter ID legal work – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“If there’s any violation at all, I’ll just be detached from the whole program.” State law bars public officials from receiving anything of value, including legal work, because of their public position. A lawyer on the other side of the … Continue reading