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| Sex Czars, Lies and Law Firms' Fate: The Careerist's Predictions for Life in Law in 2018 Once Harvard Law School announced that it will take GREs, you knew that the LSAT as the gold standard for law school admission was finito. But law schools won't stop with the GREs. Spooked by that big dip in law school applications following the recession, law school officials will cast a wide net.
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| 'Bizarre' Behavior of Law Grad-Turned-Killer Sparked Concern at Law School "The UW Law School has received information about suspicious behavior involving a former student," reads the email, which was obtained by a Wyoming radio station. "There have been no direct threats to faculty, staff, or students, but as a precaution, students are being notified of this situation.".
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Israel changes law to make it harder to cede Jerusalem control JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's parliament passed an amendment on Tuesday that would make it harder for it to cede control over parts of Jerusalem in any peace deal with the Palestinians, who condemned the move as undermining any chance to revive talks on statehood. Israel passed a new law virtually eliminating any chance of peace, right before Trump blamed the ... - Business Insider
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| Korean Law Firm to Appeal New Bitcoin Trading Rules A South Korean law firm has reportedly filed a constitutional appeal over upcoming regulations restricting digital currency trading. Seoul-based Anguk Law Offices filed the appeal on Saturday through the Constitutional Court's online appeal system, stating that the government's new regulations on digital ...
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| New US tax law could impact paychecks by February Your paycheck is not actually a clear indicator of whether your overall taxes have gone up or down because of the new tax law. There may be other factors in your tax situation - such as owning a property or having multiple children - that could affect how much you owe Uncle Sam at the end of the year.
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| Fake Highway Signs Jab at New California Immigration Law The signs take aim at California's sanctuary state law that kicked in Jan. 1 and provides greater protections for immigrants living in the state illegally. It limits cooperation between local law enforcement and U.S. immigration authorities. The law bars police from asking people about their immigration status ...
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| Egypt's Religious Leader: Crypto Trading Forbidden Under Islamic Law Egypt's Islamic religious leader is now weighing in interpreting the legitimacy of cryptocurrency trading, local news reported. Shawki Allam, the current Grand Mufti of Egypt, the highest official of the Islamic religious law, said on Jan 1 that cryptocurrency trading is forbidden under the Islamic religious law ...
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| Legal Heavy Hitters Line Up Behind 'Time's Up' Launch The National Women's Law Center, which will administer the defense fund, will also help subsidize the costs for lawyers and communications professionals representing individuals who have experienced sexual harassment, abuse or assault during their careers. So far the fund has raised more than $13 ...
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| New tax law is a huge win for renters For over a century, the federal tax code catered to homeowners and treated renters like second-class citizens. Homeowners have been able to deduct interest on their mortgages, home-equity loans and property taxes. Meanwhile, everyone — including renters — footed the bill for these deductions by ...
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| German hate speech law tested as Twitter blocks satire account BERLIN (Reuters) - A German satirical magazine's Twitter account was blocked after it parodied anti-Muslim comments, the publication said on Wednesday, in what the national journalists association said showed the downside of a new law against online hate speech. Titanic magazine was mocking ...
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| Trump's Tax Law Could Lead To Loss Of Biopharma Jobs The basic premise of President Trump's recently passed law was, as he tweeted, that tax cuts will lead to "higher growth, higher wages, and more JOBS!" As part of overhauling the tax laws, the GOP slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, resulting in a tremendous financial break for American ...
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| New US tax law could impact paychecks by February NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Reuters) - The first paychecks of 2018 will be dispatched soon, but it may be weeks or months before taxpayers and payroll processors know how the new U.S. tax laws will affect your take-home pay. The Internal Revenue Service said it expected to issue guidance in January on how ...
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| Uganda enacts law ending presidential age limits Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, one of Africa's longest-serving leaders, has signed a bill into law that removes a presidential age limit of 75 from the country's constitution. The move allows the 73-year-old president to run for a sixth term in 2021. Don Wanyama, senior presidential spokesperson, ...
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| Arizona law enforcement not monitoring California's recreational pot from crossing state lines Arizona law enforcement not monitoring California's recreational pot from crossing state lines ... Law enforcement in Arizona is still warning marijuana consumers to be smart. ... "You will be subject to everything that pertains to DUI laws if caught driving under the influence of marijuana," Graves said.
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| Ballard Spahr Merges with 170-Lawyer Firm Philadelphia-based law firm Ballard Spahr has completed a merger that will bring 170 attorneys in Minnesota, Colorado, and South Dakota into its fold. The firm announced Tuesday it had combined with Lindquist & Vennum, a Minneapolis law firm known for middle-market deal making. Ballard Spahr ...
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| Seven key changes the new tax law will force hospitals to consider Like workers everywhere, employees of healthcare companies are likely to inundate HR offices with questions when they receive their first paychecks in January about why they aren't seeing bigger net earnings resulting from the new law's tax cuts for individuals. But the HR offices will have to wait for ...
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| China's new law calls on private industry to hand over valuable cyber threat data The new year marked the beginning of yet another Chinese cybersecurity law that could have a big impact on U.S.-based technology companies. Known as the "Public Internet Cybersecurity Threat Monitoring and Mitigation Measures," the rules call on private companies conducting business in China to ...
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| Volunteers, including law enforcement, planning fallen DougCo deputy's memorial Redfearn said The Colorado Fallen Hero Foundation brought in 30 volunteers - including law enforcement and civilian employees from various agencies - who are now helping Douglas County Sheriff properly honor Parrish. "(They are) as we speak are dealing with multiple different things to get this ...
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| Bulgarian leader vetoes "insufficient" anti-corruption law Radev said the new anti-corruption law was not robust enough and criticized the fact that parliament will elect the board of the new anti-corruption body, saying that risks political interference in criminal matters. "These measures, albeit necessary, are insufficient for the effective suppression of corruption ...
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| Austin apartment complex plan hits speed bump with new tax law This is the second time the project has faced major funding challenges. Last year, the county lost out on the same low-income housing tax credit to nonprofit Foundation Communities' project in the Mueller development. Only one of the projects could receive the credits in the same year, per state law, ...
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| Lowenbaum Law attorneys join Jackson Lewis law firm National workplace law office Jackson Lewis is adding 15 attorneys formerly with Lowenbaum Law firm, a St. Louis practice whose high-profile clients include the St. Blues, BJC HealthCare and Ameren. The move will more than double the headcount of Jackson Lewis' existing St. Louis office, adding 15 ...
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| New Israeli Law Would Make It Harder to Divide Jerusalem FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2017 file photo, a view of the Western Wall and the Dome of the Rock, some of the holiest sites for for Jews and Muslims, is seen in Jerusalem's Old City. Israel's parliament passed a law Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018, requiring a supermajority to relinquish control over any part of Jerusalem, ...
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What you need to know about the tax law and education The new tax law's education-related changes include allowing parents to use up to $10,000 from their tax-free 529 college savings account to help pay for private or religious schools for any grade. Alyson Klein of Education Week and Anya Kamenetz of NPR explore this and other changes.
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| Transgender Oregonians Take Advantage Of Birth Certificate Law On 1st Day And at 19, she became one of the first people to take advantage of an Oregon law that makes it simpler for the state to legally recognize gender changes. "To be able to basically eliminate the record of me ever having been someone that I really didn't think I was is really cool," Rue said. The law, known ...
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| Internet Trolls Oregonians After Self-Serve Gas Law Takes Effect Internet Trolls Oregonians After Self-Serve Gas Law Takes Effect. "Apparently there's an entire state of people in America who are incapable of filling their own car with petrol." By David Lohr. HuffPost illustration/Getty Images ...
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| Family makes heartfelt appeal for lead paint law Family makes heartfelt appeal for lead paint law. By DAVE SOLOMON Solomon, State House Bureau January 02. 2018 9:30PM · Buy this Image ... Current state law says very little about lead paint. Before tenants or buyers move into a home or apartment built before 1978, they are asked to sign a ...
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| A Granite State Take On The New Tax Law Here's an interactive piece outlining how the new law might affect you. This piece by Washington Post Wonkblog lays out what's in the GOP bill, which has since become law. Are you a small-business owner? Here's an explanation of how the new tax law could affect you. Another interesting aspect of the ...
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| 7 Jersey law changes that could affect you just came in with the new year A new year brings new laws in New Jersey, tax cuts and a minimum wage hike among them. The Garden State continues to roll out tax changes that Gov. Chris Christie and the Legislature agreed to in 2016 as part of negotiations to raise the gasoline tax and replenish the transportation trust fund.
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| Will new Calif. ammunition law steer more business to gun stores? California's legalization of recreational marijuana has captured many headlines this year. But could another controversial industry also be getting a boost? The state's licensed gun dealers — most of them small businesses — may benefit from a new law that took effect on Jan. 1. The law requires buyers ...
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| Former Obama Treasury secretary says the GOP tax law is a 'ticking time bomb' Former Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says the new tax law is the opposite of what the US economy needs at this point in the economic cycle. In a Bloomberg interview, Lew said the increased debt load from the bill would also lead Republicans to believe that social programs like Medicare needed to be ...
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The Next Powerball Winner Could Keep an Extra $7 Million Thanks to the New Tax Law The Tax Cut and Jobs Act will slash tax bills for most high earners in 2018. The policy was designed to help business owners who want to invest and hire workers, but lower rates also apply to lottery winners, whose prize money the IRS treats like income. While advertised as $440 million, the next ...
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| What 9 companies that win big under Trump tax law will do with some of their new cash As President Donald Trump signed the Republican tax bill into law, several companies announced they would share their new-found corporate tax cuts with their employees. Major companies like AT&T and Comcast and New Jersey-based Unity Bank and OceanFirst Financial Corp. were among those ...
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| Twitter suspends top AfD MP under new German hate speech law A new German law that forces social media platforms to remove hate speech or face heavy fines has claimed its first prominent scalp, after a senior figure in the far-right Alternative for Germany party was suspended from Twitter for alleged incitement. Beatrix von Storch, deputy leader of the AfD ...
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| CT joins other 'blue' states in looking to skirt new tax law The problem for many taxpayers in high-income states is that the new tax law limits to a total of $10,000 the deductibility of, in Connecticut's case, state income and municipal property taxes. That won't affect many taxpayers in lower-income, lower-tax states like Alabama or Missouri, but states that have ...
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Bulgarian leader vetoes "insufficient" anti-corruption law Bulgaria's president on Tuesday vetoed an anti-corruption law approved by Parliament, saying it's not strong enough to effectively combat corruption. President Rumen Radev imposed the veto a day after the Balkan country took over the rotating six-month presidency of the 28-nation European Union.
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| Longtime judge stepping down only because the law requires it If it had been up to Judge Michael T. Brandt, his name would have been on the November ballot for another term on the Franklin County Municipal Court bench. But state law includes an age restriction that has forced Brandt into retirement after a 20-year judicial career. Tuesday was his last day on the ...
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| New Indiana law allows DNA to be collected at booking CLARKSVILLE, Ind. (WDRB) -- A new law took effect Monday in Indiana that requires DNA to be taken during the booking process in felony cases. Many lawmakers, including Clark County Prosecutor Jeremy Mull, thinks the change will improve public safety. "We are going to catch a lot of individuals ...
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| Impact of tax law on local real estate questioned The federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which President Donald Trump signed into law on Dec. 22, limited or eliminated many itemized deductions previously allowed by the Internal Revenue Service, such as those for state and local property taxes as well as mortgage interest. Under the new law, ...
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| Realty Law Digest Scott E. Mollen, a partner at Herrick, Feinstein and an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law discusses "Matter of the Home of The Sages of Israel," a case that illustrates the types of disputes which are occurring throughout the country among factions of religious congregations with ...
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| Lawmakers to consider revamping New Mexico's three-strikes law SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Life may soon get a lot harder for the state's repeat offenders. Lawmakers are considering a broader three-strikes law for those who commit violent crimes. During the next legislative session two different bills will be presented both aiming for a major overhaul of New Mexico's ...
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It's not just pot: California's legislating guns, tampons and diaper changes in 2018 "I've heard stories from many young girls that struggle with their period on a monthly basis, affecting their schooling, morale, and health," Garcia said. Gov. Jerry Brown signed the bill into law, meaning public schools with students from grades 6 to 12 which have a 40% student poverty rate must have free ...
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| Shuck the Police: Are We Done with Traditional Law Enforcement? Louis evidently intended to replace the medieval city's crazyquilt of rudimentary law-enforcement measures with something a little more consistent and predictable. The notion of a standing law-enforcement body eventually made its way across the English Channel to that other early modern megacity ...
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| Michigan law requires providers check state's PDMP before prescribing opioids The legislation, signed into law on Dec. 27, will also put a limit on the number of opioids prescribed to patients for acute pain and establish a "bona-fide physician-patient relationship before prescribing controlled substances." Further, the law specifies specific penalties for providers who fail to meet these ...
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| Sanders praises Iceland for equal pay law Iceland became the first country to enact an equal pay law on Monday. The legislation requires companies employing at least 25 people to obtain government certification of their equal pay policies. Iceland has topped the World Economic Forum's list of the most gender-neutral economies for the past ...
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| With Media Law Amendments, Kazakhstan Deals a Blow to Press Freedom As Reporters Without Borders (RSF) notes in a release condemning the amendments, Astana's initial announcement that it would amend the country's media law was greeted positively. Hopes were raised further when Astana consulted journalists about the changes, "as this is not customary in ...
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| Poland's government is undermining the rule of law Just before the laws were signed by Polish President Andrzej Duda on Dec. 20, Morawiecki chose to address the American people and defend this decision in the pages of the Washington Examiner. According to Morawiecki, the resulting condemnation by the European Union and other Western liberal ...
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| Indiana law for felony arrest DNA collection taking effect INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana authorities are being required under a new state law to collect a DNA sample from those who are arrested for a felony crime. The law taking effect Monday requires that police collect a DNA cheek swap, along with fingerprints and photographs during the booking process.
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| Here's Something: Law enforcers should obey the law Linscott is charged with trafficking in fentanyl and heroin. Fentanyl is a powerful opioid and just a tiny bit of it can kill. Linscott was arrested Dec. 20 in Gorham, where he allegedly sold the drugs to an undercover agent. It's bad enough to hear constantly about the opiate epidemic, but to read that a retired ...
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| Anisotropic damage law of evolution A formulation for anisotropic damage is established in the framework of the principle of strain equivalence. The damage variable is still related to the surface density of microcracks and microvoids and, as its evolution is governed by the plastic strain, it is represented by a second order tensor and is ...
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| Seller protection: conduct of third party claims: negotiated position A standard clause for use in a share purchase agreement where the seller is giving one or more (non-tax) indemnities to the buyer, and the seller requires certain rights in relation to the conduct of third party claims that could give rise to a claim under the seller's indemnities. This clause seeks to balance ...
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| Schottenstein Law Offices The Schottenstein Law Offices fight for personal injury victims in Columbus who can't fight for themselves. Let us take a stand for your rights.
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| How to Manage Technology Change in a Law Firm As a business consultant to solo and small firm lawyers for the past decade, Jared Correia has helped lawyers deal with many law practice … issues. In his column, "Law Practice Confidential," he will be answering real questions from real lawyers. To send Jared an anonymous question, use the form at ...
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| new animal cruelty law leads to charges in indiana borough Indiana Borough police cited a borough man for animal cruelty yesterday, under the state's newly-strengthened "Libre's Law". Joseph McKendrick was writ...
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| The New Adjusted Income Tax Rates Under TRAIN Law Here is the new adjusted income tax rated under the TRAIN law, which will surely affect the lives of both rich and poor Filipino people.
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| Pareto law in a kinetic model of market with random saving propensity It is also known that typically less than 10% of the population in any country possesses about 40% of the wealth and follow the above power law. The rest of the low-income group population, in fact the majority, clearly follows a different law, identified very recently to be the Gibbs distribution [5–7].
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| Reminder: Airlines in the United States are Required by Law to Accept Your Guitar as a Carry-On If you're a fan of The Kinks and/or their former guitarist, Dave Davies, you may have noticed a bit of a kerfuffle he had on New Year's Eve with British.
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| A trace law for the Hardy–Morrey–Sobolev space This article shows that if H L p , κ and H L μ q , λ are ( p , κ ) -Hardy–Morrey space based on the standard Lebesgue measure and ( q , λ ) -Hardy–Morrey space induced by the non-negative Radon measure μ respectively then one has the following trace law for the Hardy–Morrey–Sobolev space I α ( H L ...
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| school law Case Western Reserve University law professor elected to prestigious American Law Institute. January 2, 2018. Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law, is among 45 newly elected members of the prestigious A... University News 0 ...
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| Whiny Eco-terrorists Cry Foul Over Law Enforcement Crackdown Guest essay by Eric Worrall h/t CFACT - Bonner Cohen (CFACT) writing for The Hill notes that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies are responding vigorously to threats from eco-terrorists - so vigorously the eco-terrorists are complaining. Eco-terrorist attacks on energy infrastructure on tap for ...
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| TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund The National Women's Law Center is excited to announce the launch of the TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund. This Fund was created by attorneys Tina Tchen and Roberta Kaplan, and actors and others in the entertainment industry, to help connect individuals facing sexual harassment or related ...
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| Legal Network for Gender Equity In response to extensive and unprecedented threats to women's rights, the National Women's Law Center is launching the first national legal network to combat sex discrimination faced by women and girls. The Legal Network will provide information enabling those facing sexual harassment and other ...
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| New US tax law could impact paychecks by February The first paychecks of 2018 will be dispatched soon, but it may be weeks or months before taxpayers and payroll processors know how the new U.S. tax laws will affect your take-home pay.
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| Orange Growers Hail Buchanan Bill Signed into Law Absolutely Critical to Florida's Citrus Industry" WASHINGTON – A coalition of Florida orange farmers and agriculture groups said today a new law authored by Congressman Vern Buchanan will help the state's beleaguered citrus industry bounce back from crop disease and Hurricane Irma.
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| How Large Law Firms Are Using Legal Research As A Competitive When you consider that we live in an instant gratification society where technological advances are only outpaced by expectations, it should come as no surprise that law firms face unrelenting pressure from clients to provide higher quality service at a lower cost in a fraction of the time. This session will ...
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| Libenson Law, Personal Injury, Employment Law, Oakland, CA Libenson Law, Personal Injury, Employment Law, Oakland, CA.
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| AfD Politician 'censored' Under New German Hate Speech Law for Anti-Muslim Tweet The incident caused the AfD to lash out further and criticize censorship as a controversial new German social media law known as NetzDG went into effect January 1 in a bid to clamp down on online hate speech. The Cologne police tweeted New Year's greetings and linked to information on celebrating ...
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| Germany Kicks Year Off with Strict Online Hate-speech Law Social media companies may have been dreading the fireworks marking the start of the new year. On Jan. 1, Germany began enforcing strict rules that could fine major internet sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube up to 50 million euros ($60 million, £44 million, AU$77 million) if they don't ...
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| On Passion: An Addendum on "Law Professors and Twitter" Carissa's post below discusses her new draft paper on law professors and Twitter. Although, with no little measure of hypocrisy, I dislike Twitter and seize every opportunity to say so (while occasionally posting on it and, worse, reading and commenting on it), her paper is highly relevant these days and ...
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| Randy Moss, Ty Law named finalists for Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2018 Ty Law and Randy Moss are the two most notable ex-Patriots who are finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, it was announced Tuesday night. Law, a corn.
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| Oregon Updates Bottle Recycling Law The state of Oregon is expanding its bottle recycling law this year to include more types of bottles and cans.
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| HuffPo: White supremacists shouldn't be allowed to practice law I won't impugn HuffPo too much today, as it's busy, as always, impugning itself. Just have a look at this recent article and then guess what the answer is. (Click on the screenshot to go there after you've guessed.) Author Jessica Schulberg, who has a master's degree in international politics from American ...
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| How the Tax Law Increases Your State Taxes An overlooked byproduct of the Republicans tax law is that it will increase state taxes for many people. This is because many states require taxpayers to use the state standard deduction if they use the federal standard deduction. For people who itemize on their federal taxes, states often require an ...
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| Decline in conditional scholarship awards at U.S. law schools since 2011 Jerry Organ (St. Thomas) collects the data. The decline in the applicant pool during this time has presumably put prospective students in a stronger negotiating position, which probably explains the decline in the offers of scholarships contingent on academic performance.
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| People Freak Out After Oregon Strikes Law Banning Self-Service Gas Stations People are raising Cain on social media about a law in Oregon making it legal for citizens to pump their own gas. A law passed through Oregon's legislature in May and signed into law in June will allow counties with 40,000 residents or fewer to pump their own gas. Oregonians are not pleased about the ...
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| LR know-how: LR 11 (Related party transactions: Premium listing) This note provides access to know-how relating to Chapter 11 of the Listing Rules (LR 11), giving links to the relevant provisions of the Listing Rules and a summary of, and links to, know-how that may assist with the interpretation and understanding of those provisions. Request a free trial. To access this ...
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| News Veterans: Is Law School Next? McGeorge offers Yellow Ribbon full tuition benefits to U.S. Veterans. McGeorge School of Law Sacramento Campus 3200 Fifth Ave., Sacramento, CA 95817 Main: 916.739.7191 | Admissions: 916.739.7105. University of the Pacific: Stockton Campus; Arthur A. Dugoni ...
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| You Can Now Pump The Gas Yourself In Oregon's Rural Places, And People's Reactions Take ... Oregon passed a law at the turn of the year which allows people in rural areas to pump their own gas. So what? Is that it? What do I care? All the above are perfectly understandable reactions to a seemingly mundane piece of legal news, which you wouldn't expect to make much of a splash outside of the ...
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| Law for felony arrest DNA collection begins INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana authorities are required under a new state law to collect a DNA sample from those who are arrested for a felony crime. The law.
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| Amherst College Visiting Professor in Law, Jurisprudence & Social Thought, Amherst College Amherst College's Department of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought invites applications for a three-year visiting appointment starting in the 2018–2019 academic year. The successful candidate will demonstrate competence and sensitivity in working in a department in which students are broadly ...
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| Should a mortgagee give limited title guarantee? When is it appropriate for a Seller (in this case a mortgagee in possession) to give no title guarantee? Surely they should be prepared to give a limited title guarantee on the sale of a vacant registered freehold property? Request a free trial. To access this resource and thousands more, register for a free, ...
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