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Mitt Romney's Pranks And Jewish LawHuffington Post (blog)Are practical jokes or pranks on an unsuspecting person permitted according to Jewish law? What about teasing someone or calling them by a nickname? While they might be funny and get a few momentary laughs, the clear answer is that they are not …and more » View full post [...]

The Epoch Times Bound For America: After Seven Years of Abuse, Legal Activist Chen Guangcheng …TIME (blog)By Hannah Beech | May 19, 2012 | + Throughout his 17 days of government-imposed isolation at a Beijing hospital, blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng has, with the exception of a brief confab with American diplomats, only had a [...]

FBI 'looking at' law making Web sites wiretap-ready, director saysCNET (blog)FBI director Robert Mueller confirmed that the bureau has renewed its push for a new Internet wiretapping law, which CNET reported two weeks ago. In an appearance this week on Capitol Hill, Mueller downplayed privacy concerns, saying the FBI's wiretap …New FBI Surveillance Backdoors? 6 [...]

Facebook IPO: Risk Factors and lawZDNet (blog)By Eileen Brown | May 18, 2012, 4:29am PDT Summary: Facebook has to comply with laws, not only in the United States, but around the world. It also needs to vigorously defend its intellectual property as it states in its IPO filing.and more » View full post on law – [...]

New York Times Law experts challenge Virginia lawmaker Bob Marshall on 'sodomy is not a civil …msnbc.com (blog)By James Eng, msnbc.com Law experts are taking issue with a Virginia legislator's comment that “sodomy is not a civil right” in explaining why he opposed a gay prosecutor's bid to become a judge. Virginia GOP delegate Bob [...]

Iran threatens legal action against Google for not labeling Persian GulfCNN (blog)(CNN) — Iran has threatened legal action against Google for not labeling the Persian Gulf on its maps. "Toying with modern technologies in political issues is among the new measures by the enemies against Iran, (and) in this regard, Google has been …Iran threatens [...]

Legal road ends for Warren Jeffs in TexasSalt Lake Tribune (blog)Barring an act of God, Warren Jeffs is set to spend the rest of his life in prison after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused to hear his case today. He didn't honestly seem all that interested in his own case. He let it [...]

msnbc.com (blog) Columbia law article says Texas executed the wrong Carlosmsnbc.com (blog)Carlos DeLuna was executed in 1989 for a crime a Columbia University Law School team believes was committed by another man named Carlos. By Isolde Raftery, msnbc.com This spring, the editorial board at the Columbia Human Rights Law Review dedicated its …Columbia law report [...]

The G(irls) 20 Summit: Women in LawHuffington Post (blog)I am a law student from Freiburg. And this year I will be the German delegate to the G(irls) 20 Summit in Mexico City. I am so looking forward to this chance and somehow law was the reason that brought me there. Studying law is one of [...]

The law needs to catch up with loveWashington Post (blog)I urged the legislators to pass the Civil Marriage Protection Act to provide my family and the families of many committed same-sex couples equal standing in the eyes of the law. When Maryland's Governor O'Malley signed that bill we celebrated loud and …and more » View full [...]