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The Seattle Times Effort to make gay marriage legal in Wash. beginsSeattle Post IntelligencerGay marriage is legal in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont, as well as the District of Columbia. Gary Randall, president of the conservative Faith and Freedom Network, vowed to fight the effort in a blog post Monday. …Mercer [...]

Legal battle begins over cause of Zachery Tims' deathOrlando SentinelThe New York attorney for Zachery Tims' mother said Tuesday the family is challenging the legal right of the New York City Medical Examiner's Office to release the cause of death of the Apopka preacher. …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

Channel 4 News A Legal Revolution BeginsWall Street Journal (blog)Well, let's head across the pond then and check out a new law in England and Wales that allows non-lawyers to sell legal services. Under the Legal Services Act, which takes effect today, banks, supermarkets and the like can offer legal services to …Supermarket 'law shops' [...]

Boston Globe Supreme Court to Tackle Hot-Button Disputes as New Term BeginsFox NewsThe Supreme Court convenes Monday for a term poised to cover weighty topics ranging from personal privacy to the status of Jerusalem to the legitimacy of the president's signature health care law. A review of the federal health care overhaul is not on [...]

Los Angeles Times President Signs AIA into Law; USPTO Begins Implementation of ActPatent DocsOn Friday, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (HR 1249) into law. In a press release issued after the signing, the White House said the legislation would "help American entrepreneurs and businesses bring their …W&L Professor Predicts Advantages to New [...]

USCIS began implementing the first phase in a series of proposed enhancements to the EB-5 program (Immigrant Investor Program), by announcing that Form I-924 (Application for Regional Center Under the Immigrant Investor Pilot Program) applicants will now be able to communicate directly with USCIS adjudicators through e-mail, to resolve issues and questions that arise during [...]

Campaign begins to impound cars of drunken driversThe Seattle TimesThe campaign will be the first since a law took effect that calls for impounding — for at least 12 hours — the cars of those arrested for drunken driving. By Susan Gilmore Hailey's law is a great addition to the books here in WA state. [...]

Legal battle begins over disputed gold coinsReutersA legal battle over the fate of 10 double eagle gold coins from the Franklin Roosevelt Administration in the 1930s started with the government saying the coins, now worth an estimated $75 million, were wrongly taken from a US mint. …and more » View full post on legal – Google [...]

Texas Tribune Blogs (blog) Courtroom battle begins on abortion sonogram lawKYTXOpposing legal teams presented arguments at the first courtroom hearing on Texas' new abortion sonogram law on Wednesday, and US District Judge Sam Sparks said he hoped to rule by September on whether the measure could take effect. …Pro-abortion group asks judge to block Texas [...]

Fox News Georgia begins appeal after judge blocks parts of immigration lawCNN InternationalBy the CNN Wire Staff Atlanta (CNN) — Attorneys representing Georgia said the state is asking an appeals court to overturn a judge's decision blocking several parts of the state's new immigration law. State officials had previously pledged to appeal …D. A. King: [...]