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NBC4 WashingtonParents of murdered law school grad want to search farm for her remainsFox NewsThe parents of a murdered Mercer University law school graduate want investigators to search farmland in central Georgia in hopes of finding her remains. The parents of 27-year-old Lauren Giddings are asking a federal judge to allow them to search ...Family of slain […]

Supreme Court strikes down Arizona voter ID citizenship lawYahoo! News (blog)In Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council, seven justices agreed that the Arizona law oversteps the state's authority by essentially invalidating the federal voter registration form. The form, established by a 1993 law, lets people register to vote by sending ... […]

Florida blocks cities, counties from voting on sick pay lawsCNN(CNN) -- Florida's governor has signed a law that says cities and counties cannot make businesses offer paid sick leave. Supporters say the law will mean consistency for employers across the state. Opponents say it burdens the poor and working mothers ... […]

Supreme Court blocks Arizona's voter ID lawLos Angeles TimesWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed with the Obama administration Monday in yet another of its confrontations with Arizona, striking down a state law on voter registrations and ruling that states may not require new applicants to show proof of their ... […]

Jan Brewer signs Arizona Medicaid expansion lawPoliticoPHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a law expanding the state's Medicaid program following her victory over conservatives in her own party opposed to embracing a key part of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The Republican ... […]

Yahoo discloses user data requests from US law enforcementPCWorldYahoo has received between 12,000 to 13,000 requests for user data from law enforcement agencies in the U.S. between Dec. 1 and May 31 this year, the company said Monday. The most common of these requests concerned fraud, homicides, kidnappings, ...Yahoo says it had as many as 13000 law-enforce […]

Supreme Court: Arizona law requiring citizenship proof for voters is illegalFox NewsFederal law "precludes Arizona from requiring a federal form applicant to submit information beyond that required by the form itself," Justice Antonia Scalia wrote for the court's majority. The court was considering the legality of Arizona's ... […]

New YorkerInsight: FBI relies on secret US surveillance law, records showReutersWhile the recent spotlight has been on the use of the FISA law by the U.S. National Security Agency for surveillance programs following disclosures by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the FBI also makes extensive use of the law for domestic ...Snowden: NSA snoops on US phone […]

New York Times (blog)Supreme Court strikes down Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship to voteNBCNews.com (blog)Only a handful of states have similar laws, which the states say are meant to reduce voter fraud. Civil rights groups said the Arizona law was an effort to discourage voting by legal immigrants, and they worried that more states would have foll […]

Pro-Obama group airs TV ad defending health-care lawNBCNews.comThis ad comes as the most recent NBC/WSJ poll found that just 37 percent of Americans said the health-care law was a good idea, versus 49 percent who said it was a bad idea. That 49 percent on bad idea was the highest negative rating on that question ...and more » […]

Novel legal theories mingle in BuzzFeed photo suitPoynter.orgThat's an admirably avant-garde legal theory, an area of scholarship in which BuzzFeed is already a thought leader: BuzzFeed CEO Jonah Peretti has argued the site's lists constitute a transformative use of others' photos, and thus fall under fair use ...and more » […]

Rep. Brooks granted additional legal helpAtlanta Journal ConstitutionA federal judge has granted Rep. Tyrone Brooks additional legal help to fight his indictment on federal fraud charges. U.S. Magistrate Alan Baverman said in an order Friday that the government must provide Brooks with an additional lawyer to supplement ... […]

Chief Keef Ties Up Illinois Legal SystemRollingStone.comChief Keef had a busy day in court on Monday: The Chicago rapper appeared in a Skokie, Illinois, courthouse to plead guilty to speeding charges, and was also served with his second paternity suit in a year. Later, he was arrested by police on a month ...and more » […]

Hopewell Township may be closer to ending legal battle over open spaceThe Times of Trenton - NJ.comHOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — The township may be inching toward closure in a protracted legal battle over 170 acres of open space on Carter Road that serve as a scenic gateway to the municipality. In anticipation of a settlement between the township and the ... […]

Picasso's Paris Studio At Center Of Legal BattleFox News LatinoA French court is taking up a case involving the eviction of a cultural organization from the historic Paris loft where Spanish master Pablo Picasso painted "Guernica" in 1937. The court is scheduled to hear the case Wednesday against the cultural ... […]

Fox shapes legal team; Janet Nova upped to deputy counselLos Angeles TimesZweifach has been the point person in the company's tangle of legal problems, including lawsuit settlements and a corruption probe by the U.S. Department of Justice, stemming from the costly cell phone hacking scandal at the now-shuttered London ... […]

Ask a Lawyer: Did Superman Have a Legal Obligation to Save Lives in Man of ...WiredJames Daily, a lawyer and co-author of The Law and Superheroes and the Law and the Multiverse, takes a look at the potential legal issues faced by Superman in the film Man of Steel. Spoilers follow. In Man of Steel, the latest film about Superman, we ...and more » […]

Richmond considers legal tactics to force city councilman to clean up his propertyContra Costa TimesRICHMOND -- After months of wrangling, the city appears poised to initiate legal action against its most colorful councilman because he allegedly refuses to clean up a fenced lot where he stores dozens of old cars and other items. A closed session ...and more  […]

Clarence Thomas's Legal Time Machine Zooms to 1789BloombergDon't let the U.S. Supreme Court's very contemporary cases on gene patenting and same-sex marriage fool you: At least one justice is still living in the 18th century and doesn't care who knows it. Justice Clarence Thomas followed his astonishingly ...and more » […]

NSA programs may be legal, but are they ethical?CBS News(CBS News) Calls to "make us safer" in the wake of 9/11 were "all understandable" at the time, Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan argued Sunday during a panel discussion on "Face the Nation." But 12 years later, she added, progress in ...and more » […]

The Supreme Court on Monday gave something to both sides in a closely watched dispute at the intersection between patent and antitrust law. […]

A unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to the mandate that judges retire in the year they turn 70. […]

The ruling struck down an Arizona law that required residents to provide proof of citizenship when using federal forms to register to vote. […]

Concerns about allocating possible excess cash seem to have held up a proposed $1.6 billion deal related to sudden acceleration defects. […]

The decision could broadly impact patent litigation by prompting more judges to split infringement suits into liability and damages phases. […]

Roberta Gelb, president of Chelsea Office Systems, talks about how trends such as cloud computing and bring your own device (BYOD) have law firms realizing the importance of training in the adoption of new technologies. […]

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. […]

The decision could broadly impact patent litigation by prompting more judges to split infringement suits into liability and damages phases. […]