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Harvard University's law school will stop offering a year of free tuition to students who go into public service law after graduation, Law School Dean Martha Minow announced this week.
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a bill aimed at protecting telephone consumers from a practice known as "cramming."
Workers who want to report they've been underpaid or mistreated on the job are getting stronger protection against retaliation by their employers under a new state law that goes into effect this week.
South Korea's Constitutional Court struck down a decades-old law Thursday that had punished men for making false promises of marriage to engage in sexual relations with women.
American Christopher Savoie is back on U.S. soil after spending a harrowing 18 days in a Japanese jail for trying to wrest his children away from his ex-wife. But the joy of being reunited with his current wife, Amy, is muted by the heartbreak of having to leave his son and daughter behind.
Ty Law spent the first half of the season waiting for the right team to come calling. Now that it has, he doesn't want to waste any more time getting back on the field.
Jude Law and his fellow cast mates in Broadway's production of "Hamlet" have no reason to be melancholy: They are an official hit.
Voters have defeated a measure to allow advertising signs and billboards along a small area on one of San Francisco's major roadways.
The California Supreme Court is set to hear arguments challenging a key section of a law aimed at protecting children from sexual predators.
Sheldon Cooper is narcissistic, socially awkward, childish, hurtful, naive, irascible, selfish, rude, and irrepressible.
A western Wisconsin farmer is the first person convicted of violating a law requiring owners to register their livestock with state officials.
Booksellers, video game dealers, newspaper publishers and other critics of an online child protection law encountered skepticism from state Supreme Court justices Tuesday for their free-speech arguments.
The Ohio Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a case that pits defenders of online child protection against advocates of free speech.
Uruguay's Supreme Court on Monday declared unconstitutional a law that has provided amnesty to military officials accused of murders, disappearances and other human rights violations during the country's dictatorship.
A Nigerian lawmaker says parliament is considering a bill that will make it a criminal offense for hospitals and medical workers to delay or deny treatment of gunshot wounds.
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed an anti-paparazzi bill making it easier to sue media outlets that use photos that invade celebrities' privacy.
Argentina's Senate overwhelmingly approved a law that will transform the nation's media landscape on Saturday, and President Cristina Fernandez quickly signed it into law.
A federal law inspired by a New Hampshire woman's courage and enacted through her mother's determination took effect Friday, sparing seriously ill or injured college students from having to choose between taking time off and keeping their health insurance.
The Supreme Court will consider whether portions of a law that makes it a crime to provide "material support or resources" to designated terrorist groups are unconstitutional.
A state judge on Tuesday blocked implementation of several key parts of a new Arizona law restricting abortions, while allowing a few provisions to take effect.
Changes are afoot at "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," with charter cast member Vincent D'Onofrio exiting the USA Network series and recent recruit Jeff Goldblum taking over full-time.
Judges considering newly filed lawsuits face tight deadlines to decide whether parts of a new Arizona law that imposes restrictions on abortions will take effect next week as scheduled.
Two Maine co-workers who discovered they were long-lost brothers, and then found they had a half sister, were reunited with yet another sibling live on TODAY after she saw them on the air on Tuesday. “I think we’re all dumbfounded. But we can start getting to know each other now,” Randy Joubert said.
The state Court of Appeals on Thursday struck down an Indiana law requiring government-issued photo identification for voters, overturning on state constitutional grounds a strict law previously upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Lawmakers in a devoutly Muslim Indonesian province voted unanimously that adulterers can be sentenced to death by stoning, just months after voters overwhelmingly chose to throw conservative Islamic parties out of power.
Harvard stops free-tuition public law programHarvard University's law school will stop offering a year of free tuition to students who go into public service law after graduation, school official announces.
US is world's 19th least corrupt nation An outfit called Transparency International has published a list of 180 countries ranked in order of their perceived corruption. Its 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), a measure of domestic and public sector corruption is released today.
French Government About To Implement Full Scale Martial Law In Pandemic CrackdownThe French government is about to move the country to the highest pandemic alert level allowing the implementation of full-scale martial law, according to a report in Le Figaro.
Same-sex marriage supporters urge action Seeking to sway their party's leaders with a sweeping show of support, more than 200 core Democrats sent a letter yesterday urging the passage of a gay-marriage law before the legislative session runs out.
Outrage on Swiss minaret vote, but how do Muslim states handle churches? Muslim reaction across the world to Sunday's Swiss referendum banning the construction of further minarets for mosques in the tiny Alpine nation has been almost entirely negative.
Oh, the Socially Accepted Games our gated-communities allow us to "play." Let us begin with: Which dark and dingy Floridian jail cell would Mr. Woods be held at this hour, had the weekend's roles been the other way around.
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Doing a Contempt Case in Marion County? Form for You.Access a form for Marion County, Indiana paternity court
The Civilized Divorce - Why Not?Brings up a new idea - the civilized divorce.
More on Paternity FraudA long commentary on a New York Times' Who Knew I Was Not the Father?
Joe Arpaio "First Amendment Forum" at ASU Cronkite School To Be Protested by Student Activists - Phoenix News - Feathered BastardAs mind-numbingly impossible as it is to imagine, Sheriff Joe, avowed enemy of a free press and brown people everywhere, will be the guest speaker at the ASU Cronkite School of Journalism's "First Amendment Forum" this Monday, November 30....
Nanny wins landmark suit after Star investigation - thestar.comA foreign caregiver brought to Canada with a job offer from a "ghost employer" has been awarded $10,000 in damages in what is believed to be the first court victory against a nanny recruiter.
Insane, got no brain...There is, however, no need to worry as both the President and Attorney General have publicly announced the guilt of the five defendants. Wait. Isn't that grounds for the defense to claim charges should be dropped?
City To Pay Man Freed After 30 Years In PrisonBOSTON -- A Massachusetts man who served 30 years in a state prison before a judge threw out his conviction has tentatively settled his federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Boston.
How Many Lies Is Enough?Every time the Obama is challenged on something he said, he says "As I said before…" or "What I said was…," or "As I've said repeatedly…," or "As I've consistently said…," and then he says something completely different and contradictory to his previous statements.
Woman Charged With OVI Was 5 Times Legal LimitCINCINNATI -- Police said a Cincinnati woman arrested Tuesday for driving under the influence of alcohol had more than the five times the legal driving limit of alcohol in her system.
Red-Zone Parking A Mistake, Governor SaysSACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said photographs of his vehicle illegally parked in a red zone are proof that even he makes mistakes.
Police Brutality Applauded by Witnesses.A San Francisco transit police officer shoved a rider into a window, shattering the glass and cutting both men - an incident captured on video by a train passenger and posted on YouTube.
Push to Simplify Credit Card 'Gobbledygook'Have you ever read your credit card contract? If not, you're not alone.
Lawyer sues, says library wrong to kick him outA Sandusky lawyer who was asked to leave the library after complaining about its patrons is suing the library, the city and two police officers.
In Trying to Prevent Gay Marriage, Texas May Have Accidently Abolished it for Everyone A Texas lawyer and candidate for attorney general, Barbara Ann Radnofsky, has found a little screw-up in the legal wording of some 2005 anti-equality legislation that passed overwhelmingly in the state.
Texas High Court Agrees to Rehear Exxon Case Over Sabotaged WellsDALLAS (AP) -- The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said it will again hear arguments in the nearly 15-year legal battle over accusations that Exxon Mobil Corp. loaded abandoned wells with junk, sludge and even explosives to keep other companies from drilling there.
For some reason I couldnt seed the link to this story. But it is worth reading if you own guns and live in Illinois.
Congress: Turning A $90,000 Bribe Into A $50,000 A Year Pension After 18 years in Congress, Congressman William Jefferson of Louisiana, a Democrat, will serve 13 years for bribery and if he grins as he stamps out plates, he is still eligible for a guaranteed $50,000 pension in his first year of retirement, which will increase each year.
Texas May Have Banned All Marriage While Attempting to Stop Gay MarriageBarbara Ann Radnofsky, a Houston lawyer and Democratic candidate for attorney general, says that a 22-word clause in a 2005 constitutional amendment designed to ban gay marriages erroneously endangers the legal status of all marriages in the state.
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