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'Separate laws for acid attacks needed'Times of IndiaMUMBAI: The brutal acid attack on 22-year-old Aarti Thakur has reignited the debate over whether acid-throwing offences merit more stringent provisions in the law given the brutality and premeditated nature of the crime. The Law Commission had, …and more » View full post on law – Google News

Letters: Strengthen gun laws with common senseDetroit Free PressLeonard Pitts Jr. hit the nail on the head when he described the fictitious idea that sensible gun laws mean the confiscation of guns ("Time to talk — and really listen — about guns," Jan. 31). That fabrication, along with the insane idea that …and more » View [...]

ABC News Amy Zvovushe alleges her employer in Connecticut violated discrimination laws …ABC NewsHear: Recorded Conversation That Allegedly Shows Pregnancy Discrimination "The story shows how shockingly uninformed some supervisors are as to what constitutes pregnancy discrimination," Joan Williams, law professor and director of the Center for Work …and more » View full post on law – [...]

MyFox Phoenix Arizona Immigration Law's Supreme Court Oral Argument Set For AprilHuffington PostThe Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear oral arguments over Arizona's controversial immigration law on April 25, the Court's final day of hearings for the term. The case, Arizona vs. United States, tests states' abilities to pass their own …Supreme Court [...]

Globe and Mail Will Blue Laws Make For A Melancholy Super Bowl Sunday?NPR (blog)by Sara Carothers Indiana laws bar all carryout alcohol sales on Sundays, leaving Super Bowl revelers in the lurch in their quest for any 11th-hour 12-pack the day of the big game. At Kahn's Fine Wines and Spirits in Indianapolis earlier this [...]

USA TODAY Will Blue Laws Make For A Melancholy Super Bowl Sunday?WBURIndiana laws bar all carryout alcohol sales on Sundays, leaving Super Bowl revelers in the lurch in their quest for any 11th-hour 12-pack the day of the big game. At Kahn's Fine Wines and Spirits in Indianapolis earlier this week, Bill Cheek was …Indiana [...]

Los Angeles Times Right-to-Work Laws Waste Time for Politicians and Unions: ViewSan Francisco Chronicle2 (Bloomberg) — For the first time, supporters of right-to-work laws can claim victory in the industrialized Midwest. Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels yesterday signed legislation making it illegal to require nonunion workers to pay union dues.Indiana joins right-to-work ranks, gov. signs billBusinessWeekWhy [...]

Bloomberg Italy to Revamp Labor Laws Even Without Unions, Fornero SaysBusinessWeekChanging labor laws to make them it easier for companies to shed workers can't be “taboo,” Monti said last night in an interview on Canale 5's “Matrix” show. The code in the labor law known as Article 18 that bans firing without just cause and [...]

Supporting Strengthened North Carolina DWI Laws, NCDMV Names Smart Start, Inc …MarketWatch (press release)DALLAS, Jan 31, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Following on the heels of the implementation of "Laura's Law" for tougher DWI (driving while impaired) punishment, and in support of its "Booze It or Lose It" citizen awareness campaign, North Carolina's Division …and more » [...]

Florida Young Republicans Stand Behind New Voter LawsMTV.comBy Gil Kaufman But ask Florida State University student and first-time voter Mia Simon, 19, about those laws, and the political science major will tell you that it's much ado about nothing. "I have just turned in my forms to become a registered agent …and more » View full [...]