Atlanta Journal Constitution

Audio recording law under scrutiny in Illinois
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Drew was charged under the Illinois eavesdropping law on Dec. 2, 2009, after police arrested him for selling screen prints for $1 on Chicago's State Street without a license. Drew had blogged about his intention to be arrested to challenge the right to …

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Wall Street Journal

States Target Foreign Law
Wall Street Journal
By ASHBY JONES and JOE PALAZZOLO State lawmakers across the US have started 2012 with a controversial message to their judges: keep foreign laws out of our courtrooms. Muneer Awad stood by the Capitol in Oklahoma City last week.

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Atlanta Journal Constitution

Illinois' audio recording law under scrutiny
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By SHANNON MCFARLAND AP SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois residents don't have the right to record audio of their conversations with police, a law that some state legislators say needs to be changed, especially with the likelihood of protests at this …

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Law Firms Pony Up for Insurance
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Jennifer Smith It used to be pretty rare for a big law firm to get slapped with a lawsuit. But claims aimed at lawyers themselves are increasingly common, and law firms are bulking up on insurance to protect themselves from expensive liability …

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Lufthansa Cabin Crew Seeks Legal Remedy Against Contract Worker Plan
Wall Street Journal
XE) cabin crew is taking legal action against the company's plans to apply contract workers at Berlin's new airport, having submitted an injunction against the plans to the Labor Court in Frankfurt. The Chairman of the Staff Committee, …

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CTV.ca

Court strikes down Georgia's assisted-suicide law
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Bill Rankin The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday struck down the state's assisted-suicide law, finding it violates the free speech clauses of the Georgia and US Constitutions.. The court's ruling means that four members of the Final Exit Network do …
Ga. court overturns assisted suicide restrictions The Associated Press
Georgia's Top Court Overturns Assisted Suicide LimitsNPR

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Armstrong outrides legal woes
Middletown Journal
For a better part of the decade, the Justice Department — sometimes playing legal gymnastics with the Constitution — sought to prosecute retired athletes, particularly former steroid-using baseball players, over allegations of perjury.

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MassLive.com

Dale Lawinger: New law threatens right to freedom of religion
Wisconsin State Journal
Last Sunday Bishop Robert Morlino had his priest read a letter to all who were at Mass about what the US Department of Health recently announced: Catholic employers will be forced to offer their employees health coverage that includes sterilization, …
Roman Catholic Bishop Timothy McDonnell denounces contraceptive mandate in new …MassLive.com
Will Holy War Over Health Care Law Cost Obama the Catholic Vote?Fox News (blog)
Romney shifted on 'conscience' issueBoston.com
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Atlanta Journal Constitution

Clinton presses Ukraine on former PM's legal case
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By MATTHEW LEE AP MUNICH — US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pressing Ukrainian authorities to quickly resolve the criminal case brought against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (YOOL'-yah tee-moh-SHEN'-koh).

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Sex Smears and the Rule of Law at Yale
Wall Street Journal
The letter ostensibly was meant to clarify the schools' obligations under Title IX, the 1972 law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex at educational institutions receiving federal funding. Schools that fail to comply with OCR directives …

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