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Restaurants fear tough drunk-driving law will be buzzkill for light drinkersNBCNews.com (blog)That could happen under a proposed plan to toughen the drunk driving laws across the country, and it has restaurateurs alarmed. The National Transportation Safety Board wants states to make it illegal to drive with a blood-alcohol content level above 0.05. […]

'Test arguments,' Dodgers owner and alum tells NU law gradsChicago TribuneMark Walter said he learned to test arguments as a Northwestern University law school graduate in 1985. So in a commencement address Friday to its 2013 class, Walter told newly minted graduates how he put those skills to use when he was approached ...and more » […]

Egypt's opposition attacks Brotherhood-backed NGO draft lawYahoo! NewsThe National Salvation Front (NSF), an alliance of liberal and leftist opposition parties, said the draft law submitted to the Shura Council, which for now has legislative powers, was more restrictive than laws under deposed leader Hosni Mubarak. The ...and more » […]

CTV NewsHollande Signs French Gay Marriage LawNew York TimesThe mayor of the southern city of Montpellier, sometimes called “the French San Francisco,” intends to officiate at the first gay wedding, which is likely to be no sooner than May 29, because by French law an application for a marriage must be filed at ...France's Hollande signs gay marriage la […]

Christian Science MonitorAfghan Lawmakers Block Law on Women's...ABC NewsThe Law on Elimination of Violence Against Women has been in effect since 2009, but only by presidential decree. It is being brought before parliament now because lawmaker Fawzia Kofi, a women's rights activist, wants to cement it with a parliamentary ...Afghanistan fails to p […]

Philly.comGOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law - Philly.comPhilly.comWASHINGTON - Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.Explaining the Connect […]

Georgia town sued over law requiring gun ownershipFox NewsNELSON, Ga. – A gun control support group is suing a north Georgia town that has a law requiring gun ownership. The Washington-based Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the town of Nelson. The group claims ...and more » […]

Christian Science MonitorAbortion Law in Arkansas Is Blocked by US JudgeNew York TimesA federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked enforcement of one of the country's most stringent abortion laws, an Arkansas ban on the procedure at the 12th week of pregnancy, saying the law was likely to be declared unconstitutional.Federal judge blocks Arkansas law b […]

FBI says bulletin warning law enforcement to look out for armed agent was a ...Fox NewsAn FBI bulletin telling Washington-are law enforcement -- including the Secret Service -- to be on the lookout for a disgruntled and armed agent was just a "personnel matter," an official said hours after FoxNews.com located the agent at his home.and more » […]

San Francisco ChronicleProblems Surface Over Ariz.'s 2007 Immigration LawABC NewsThe immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. The law marked ...Alabama Immigr […]

Letter: Lawsuit lending a form of legal loan sharkingAlbany Times UnionYour May 2 editorial got it right when you called certain check-cashing operations "legal loan sharks." But there is another form of loan sharking that is legal in New York: lawsuit lending. Proponents call such loans "non-recourse third party ... […]

Bitcoin is legal, but mainstream adoption will mandate playing by the rulesPandoDaily (blog)But contrary to the concerns of many conspiracy theorists, a paper published in March by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) makes it clear that decentralized digital currencies, such as bitcoin, are legal. (The agency also opined on ...and more » […]

Wall Street JournalTo Wed Your Rapist, or Not: Indian Women on TrialWall Street JournalThere is "a bias that begins in the society and spills over to the courtroom," in certain sex-assault and domestic-violence cases, said Indira Jaising, an Indian additional solicitor general, a top federal legal-advisory position. She has called for a ...and more […]

Goal.com AmericaMonaco pursues legal action against LFPGoal.com AmericaMonaco pursues legal action against LFP. Featured. Spain · Cupset Del Rey. Related Stories. Transfer Zone · Danijel Subasic: Falcao is 90 percent coming to Monaco · Previous. By Livio Caferoglu. 0. May 17, 2013 4:18:00 PM. The principality outfit will ...and more » […]

Marmol on abuse accusation case: 'Not going to trust anybody'Chicago TribuneCubs reliever Carlos Marmol told the Tribune on Friday that his ongoing legal issues stemming from an offseason accusation of domestic abuse from a woman in the Dominican Republic has not been a distraction. “Not really. Like I said before, I didn't do ...and more » […]

Can John Edwards find new life in legal world? - USA TodayUSA TODAYWASHINGTON – John Edwards said last year after his criminal trial on campaign finance charges that he believed he could still do some good with his life. Now, it appears as though the ex-Democratic presidential candidate is ready to return to his ...and more » […]

Washington TimesWashington Green? State Creates Logo For Legal PotNPR (blog)T-shirts will surely be made: Along with draft rules for how to become a licensed grower or seller of marijuana, the Washington State Liquor Control Board this week released the official "icon logo" that will need to be put on packages of pot and ...Washington state release […]

Washington TimesPentagon fuels fears that legal powers will yield 'forever war' with al QaedaWashington TimesThe man who leads the Pentagon's secret war against al Qaeda and its allies believes it is likely to last another decade or two, and that the current legal basis for it provided by Congress in 2001 continues to be sound, despite the cha […]

The street legal NASCAR V8-powered Ford MustangFox NewsWe all know the story: man buys car, man modifies car, car turns into full-fledged race car. It's either happened to us or we've really wanted it to happen to us. But life happens, whether it's from a lack of the financial means or our significant ...and more » […]

Facebook's IPO One Year Later: Mobile Growth, Legal Headaches, and a Stalled ...TIMEFacebook's IPO One Year Later: Mobile Growth, Legal Headaches, and a Stalled Stock Price. By Sam GustinMay 17, 20130. Share. Send to Kindle. Mark Zuckerberg during a Facebook press event to introduce 'Home' a Facebook app suite. Robert Galbraith / ...and m […]

Nearly 30 law schools in the United States have or soon will offer a master's degree for nonlawyers -- up from just a handful two years ago. The programs differ slightly in name, structure and cost, but they generally are marketed to working professionals. Although the movement remains in its early stages, to administrators across the country it represe […]

A paraplegic lawyer who has filed thousands of disability access suits is now facing a sex harassment suit by former employees, who also accuse him of something that has defense attorneys buzzing. The women say Scott Johnson sent them into businesses with cameras and measuring tapes, after which he would cite the findings in warning letters and filings, a po […]

Although 2012 was the year of billion-dollar wins in patent cases, the largest award of this year so far has come in an antitrust case. A federal judge in Kansas has trebled the damages in a class action in which the plaintiffs alleged that Dow Chemical fixed prices for the chemical urethane. A jury returned a $400 million verdict in February, so the chemica […]

The judge presiding over one of the most politically charged cases in recent New York City history says her 20 years on the bench have taught her to "appreciate more than ever the words 'judicial independence.'" Shira Scheindlin, in an interview during the bench trial over the constitutionality of police anti-crime stop, question and fris […]

In-house counsel tackled an increased number of class action lawsuits last year, but managed to tamp down legal spend by an average of $100,000 per matter, according to the 2013 Carlton Fields Class Action Survey. Three key strategies were found to make a big difference for in-house departments' efforts to control costs. […]

Eric Turkewitz, of The Turkewitz Law Firm and author of the New York Personal Injury Law Blog, offers dos and don'ts for first-time legal bloggers. […]

Attorney Daniel Cummins and staff reporter Ben Present discuss the emerging issue of social media law. In this installment, the two discuss the differences between Facebook and Twitter, and whether Twitter posts can be discoverable. […]

Steve Fletcher, CIO at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, speaks to issues "bring your own device" policies bring to law firms, such as securing client data. […]

Attorney Daniel Cummins and staff reporter Ben Present discuss the emerging issue of social media law. In this installment, the two discuss whether Facebook pages are discoverable. […]

Ropes & Gray has settled a discrimination suit by a former partner who claimed management routinely passed her clients off to younger male partners and unfairly pushed her out of the firm. In a one-page stipulation, Ropes and Patricia Martone agreed that all claims and counterclaims "are hereby withdrawn" and "dismissed in their entirety, […]