Legal analysts awaiting a verdict in the John Edwards federal corruption trial say the judge’s interpretation of the law could shape what the jurors might ultimately decide.
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In Edwards Case, Experts See Judge’s Words as Key
The Supreme Court seemed inclined to uphold the part of the law that requires law enforcement officials to determine the immigration status of anyone they stop if they believe the person to be an illegal immigrant.
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Considering Arizona Immigration Law, Justices Are Again in Political Storm
The Metropolitan Police has supported calls for changes to the law to allow more details to be revealed in cases where the police have shot people.
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VIDEO: Reform call over police death cases
The passages suggesting that agents could bend the law was contained in 876 pages of training materials about Muslims and Arab-Americans.
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Language Deemed Offensive Is Removed From F.B.I. Training Materials
Gay marriage is all but legalized in Maryland with the legislature giving its final OK Thursday to the law that is awaiting the expected signature of the governor.
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Gay Marriage Close to Legal in Maryland
Disclosure has often become an endpoint in the chain of responsibility, an act of compliance with the letter of the law rather than the spirit of transparency.
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News Analysis: Hard Truths About Disclosure
Changes to the law on self defence are likely to have little or no impact on the justice system, according to the government’s own assessment of its policy.
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Defence law ‘will have no impact’
Facing condemnation from the West following the jailing of Yulia V. Tymoshenko, the Ukrainian government could decriminalize the law under which the opposition leader was prosecuted.
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Tymoshenko to Be Freed Soon, Her Daughter Says
President Obama plans to release states from some of the law’s obligations if they embrace his educational agenda.
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No Child Left Behind Waivers for States
The Oscar-winning Hurt Locker grossed $17 million at the U.S. box office, but now the film’s makers are filing a lawsuit for millions more in settlements, charging 24,583 alleged BitTorrent users with piracy. In March 2010, the law firm Dunlap, Grubb…
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‘Hurt Locker’ Makers Sue BitTorrent Users
Don’t be evil-but break the law? Sure, why not? Google is close to a settlement with the Justice Department in an investigation into illegal ads. The company allegedly made hundreds of millions of dollars by accepting ads from online pharmacies that…
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Google to Settle Drug Ad Case
It was a show of epic proportions. With Cirque du Soleil-style dancers, eight costume changes and a stage fit for a disco queen, Kylie Minogue’s Saturday night concert at the Patriot Center was an escape to another world. Another world, that is, where svelte Greek warriors wear feathers, the law of gravity is defied and calories (apparently) don’t exist.
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Australia’s Kylie Minogue dazzles in her second stateside tour
Despite a court order blocking limits to collective bargaining rights, some lawmakers say that publication of the law means that it will take effect on Saturday.
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New Dispute in Wisconsin: Is Workers’ Law in Effect?
A week after Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill stripping public union workers of their collective-bargaining rights-prompting massive protests-a Wisconsin judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the law from taking effect. The order was…
Considering Arizona Immigration Law, Justices Are Again in Political Storm
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