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Commentary War Powers Resolution doesn't apply to Libya, key official saysCNN InternationalWashington (CNN) — A top State Department legal adviser told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday that the 1973 War Powers Resolution does not apply to the US military intervention in Libya — an assertion …State Dept. legal adviser says Obama acting [...]

After 21 years of litigation, only a few people living downwind of the world’s first full-scale plutonium reactor have received compensation for the huge amounts of radiation the Washington state plant began releasing in 1944 into the air, water and soil. Prospects are dicey for the other 1,500 plaintiffs. View full post on Law.com – [...]

Deseret News Southern Baptists OK legal status resolutionAuburn CitizenThe Southern Baptist Convention approved a new resolution at its meeting in Arizona this week advocating a path to legal status for illegal immigrants, in a move that policy leader Richard Land described as “a really classic illustration of gospel love …S. Baptists tackle immigration issueSTLtoday.comall 49 [...]

The California Supreme Court has asked for a defense-friendly supplemental briefing in a closely watched case over whether a plaintiff can recover the full cost of medical care even if an insurer paid only a smaller, negotiated amount. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

IowaPolitics.com (press release) No resolution, so state's legal bills still piling up unpaidRadio IowaThe 60 Republicans in the Iowa House are opposing the 50 Democrats and Republicans in the Iowa Senate and Republican Governor Branstad, refusing to provide more money to cover the state's legal bills. …Lawmakers move toward indigent defense fundChicago Tribuneall 30 news [...]

No resolution over paying state's legal billsRadio IowaRepublicans in the Iowa House have voted to give Governor Branstad the authority to shift money around in the state budget to pay the state's overdue legal bills, but Branstad doesn't want that authority to …and more » View full post on legal – Google News

The New Jersey Senate has passed a nonbinding resolution calling for the resignation of Justice Roberto Rivera-Soto, who has said he would abstain from certain Supreme Court decisions on constitutional grounds. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

The Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association has adopted the Truth in Law School Education resolution: a six-point resolution urging law schools to beef up the availability and accuracy of information on the cost of legal education and the job and salaries of graduates.Visit lawjobs.com News & Views View full post on Law.com [...]

PHILADELPHIA – Wyeth and class counsel have asked the Pennsylvania federal judge supervising the American Home Products national diet drug settlement to dismiss 129 pending appeals brought by claimants rejected by the trust that are currently in arbitration (In Re: Diet Drugs [Phentermine/Fenfluramine/Dexfenfluramine] Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1203, Sheila Brown, et al. v. [...]

CTV.ca US Senate resolution on START has no legal force – LavrovThe Voice of RussiaThe resolution of the US Senate on the START treaty has no legal force, says the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. He was speaking in Moscow earlier …candidate loses bid to overturn Senate raceKGMIall 8,463 news articles » View full post on [...]