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The Birmingham News - al.comRights Advocates Ask Automakers to Help Fight Alabama Immigration LawFox NewsProtests have become a fixture in Alabama over the state's new, hard-line immigration law, considered the toughest in the country.AP2011 Print Email Share Comments Recommend Tweet Related Stories Ala. Cops Worry About Immigration Law New Immig.Obama […]

New York TimesLegislators want to act after court strikes suicide lawAtlanta Journal ConstitutionBy Christopher Quinn Key legislators want to rewrite Georgia law after the state Supreme Court struck down the General Assembly's last attempt to criminalize assisted suicides. "The Supreme Court has ruled, and now it is up to us," Majority Whip Ed […]

French TribuneSCOC ponders law on disclosure of HIV/AIDS to sex partnersVancouver SunFor many legal and health-care advocates, an updated ruling from the country's top court on non-disclosure laws has been long overdue. "The criminal law so far has been used to single out those with HIV," said Richard Elliott, the executive director of ...HIV […]

FOX 4 NewsTexas begins enforcing law requiring pre-abortion sonogramCNN InternationalBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Texas health officials began enforcing Tuesday a controversial law that requires doctors to provide a sonogram to pregnant women before they get an abortion. "Our inspection activity related to the law's requirements ...US judge allow […]

APNewsBreak: SC Sues Feds for Blocked Voter ID LawABC NewsEnforcement of the new law "will not disenfranchise any potential South Carolina voter," Attorney General Alan Wilson argues in the suit against US Attorney General Eric Holder. "The changes have neither the purpose nor will they have the effect of ...and more » […]

The New Civil Rights MovementTimeline: US laws on same-sex marriageReutersHere is a timeline of laws on gay marriage in the United States: * November 18, 2003 - Massachusetts' top court ruled that same-sex couples had the right to marry. The first legal same-sex marriages in the United States took place in Massachusetts in ...Law, Unwrapped: Analysis Of […]

O'Charley's Inc. Lawsuit Investigation Announced by Securities Law Firm Gilman ...MarketWatch (press release)NAPLES, Fla., Feb 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Gilman Law LLP, a national securities law firm, announces O'Charley's lawsuit investigation on behalf of O'Charley's, Inc. /quotes/zigman/76437/quotes/nls/chux CHUX +3.67% sha […]

GovSec Delivers Cost-Effective Training for Law Enforcement and First RespondersMarketWatch (press release)VIENNA, Va., Feb 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GovSec -- the Government Security Conference & Expo featuring the US Law Enforcement Conference & Expo -- will help prepare law enforcement and first responders to address the challenges they face as […]

Christian Science MonitorIndiana 'right to work' law: what it means for the pro-union Rust BeltChristian Science MonitorIndiana's new 'right to work' law is the first of its kind in the Midwest. But amid the region's disputed union issues, will the right-to-work law mean more jobs or lower wages for all workers? By Mark Guarino, […]

ABC NewsAudio recording law under scrutiny in IllinoisBoston.comMoore was promptly arrested and charged with violating a strict Illinois eavesdropping law that bars audio recordings unless all involved parties agree to it. Moore, then 20, spent more than two weeks in jail and faced up to 15 years in prison.Press-free NATO summit? Filming cops on the street i […]

TIMEApple Faces $1.6 Billion Legal Challenge Over iPad Name in ChinaTIMEBy Sam Gustin | @samgustin | February 7, 2012 | + Apple's products have been a huge hit in China, but the company is facing an increasingly annoying headache there over the use of the iPad name for its wildly popular tablet computer.Apple in a legal battle for the iPad name?GlobalPo […]

Daily BeastDavid Jefferson on His Four Gay Marriages and a Legal Victory Against Prop 8Daily BeastMy spouse, Jeff Bechtloff, and I were wed during that brief window of hopefulness when same-sex marriage was legal in California. That was before the voters of my home state decided in a spasm of fear and misinformation to outlaw gay marriage with ...Should gay […]

AG will seek to block Democratic legal moveLouisville Courier-JournalAP INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana attorney general's office says it will object to a legal maneuver by Democrats to put their 2010 secretary of state candidate in office following Republican Charlie White's conviction on voter-fraud charges.and more » […]

South Carolina Files Legal Challenge to DOJ's Denial of Voter ID LawsFox News (blog)Columbia, SC - February 7, 2012 Attorney General Alan Wilson today filed a lawsuit in United State District Court against the federal government and the head of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Attorney General Eric Holder.and more » […]

NY1Increased Tolls To Stay In Place As Legal Battle Between AAA And Port ...NY1Toll hikes that took effect on the Hudson River crossings last year will stay in place for now, meaning bad news for drivers hoping to keep a little more change in their pockets. NY1's Amanda Farinacci filed the following report.and more » […]

Lindsay Lohan's Legal Fees: How Much Money She's Spent Over The YearsHuffington PostEvery week it seems there is a new Lohan-related lawsuit or court appearance, and her legal fees are really starting to add up. In the latest suit against the actress to hit the news, Lohan's legal team was tasked with firing off yet another response ...and mor […]

Legal Controversy on Abbas' Posts Grows after Doha DeclarationCRIENGLISH.comby Emad Drimly, Saud Abu Ramadan A legal controversy over the posts of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rose on Tuesday, one day after he agreed in Qatar with Islamic Hamas movement's chief Khaled Meshaal that Abbas will form and lead a unified ...and more » […]

PoliticoObama birth control mandate faces legal challengesPoliticoAnd those state rules have withstood legal challenges from groups that contend they violate the religious liberties of faith-based employers that object to contraception. Opponents say a crucial difference between the federal and state mandates could ...Legal Challenges Likely Next Step As Fla […]

Integreon Launches On-Site Legal Resourcing ServiceMarketWatch (press release)LONDON, Feb 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Integreon, the largest global provider of integrated legal, research and business solutions, today announced the launch of a new on-site legal resource staffing service for law firms and corporate legal ...and more » […]

Legal services programs for poor facing cutsBaltimore Sun (blog)A major funder of legal services for the poor will shave its grants by at least 5 percent across Maryland — even after dipping into its reserves. The 34 agencies that receive money from the Maryland Legal Services Corp. have been told to submit ...and more » […]

Employees of privately held contractors or subcontractors of public companies are not eligible for whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, a split panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in a case of first impression. In a vehement dissent, Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson criticized the majority for barring "a signific […]

Taking a narrow approach in deciding the blockbuster challenge to California's ban on gay marriage, a split 9th Circuit panel on Tuesday found Proposition 8 unconstitutional. The majority punted on the broader question of whether marrying a partner of the same sex should be a fundamental right -- a move that scholars said was designed to help the opinio […]

Pepper Hamilton has made a rare move for am Am Law 100 or 200 firm by hiring a nonlawyer chief executive officer to take over management of the firm. […]

Instead of accepting a judge's decision to cut more than $1 billion from Oracle's record $1.3 billion copyright infringement verdict against SAP, Oracle and its lawyers at Bingham McCutchen and Boies Schiller have opted to risk winning an even smaller award in a new damages trial. […]

The expansion of U.S. law firms is giving some Hong Kong associates the chance to nearly double their salaries. Is a pay war about to set a new standard in the market? Or will darkening economic clouds intervene? […]

Browning Marean, senior counsel at DLA Piper, speaks to LTN magazine's editor-in-chief, Monica Bay, about the challenges of fashioning responses to discovery requests that are appropriate -- and proportional -- to a case. […]

D.C. District Judge John Facciola speaks with LTN magazine's editor-in-chief, Monica Bay, about how e-discovery training is at a crossroads, constrained by limited financial resources at the governmental level. He proposes several solutions to address these challenges, particularly when individuals are unable to meet face to face. […]

The Boies, Schiller & Flexner founder explains how he prepared for the key cross-examinations in the Proposition 8 case. […]

Jerone English, director of e-discovery for Intel, speaks to LTN magazine's editor-in-chief, Monica Bay, about how rank-and-file lawyers can get up to speed on the latest electronic data discovery policies and procedures. […]

In one of the few cases tied to the subprime meltdown to actually reach trial, a federal judge has ruled that State Street Corp. caused losses in nearly 200 of Prudential Financial's retirement plans by not prudently managing a group of bond funds that heavily invested in subprime mortgage-backed securities. […]