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New York Daily News Wikipedia Plans 24-Hour Blackout to Protest U.S. Piracy LawSan Francisco ChronicleThe law being discussed in the US is designed to combat issues including illegally copied films and TV content. "If passed, this legislation will harm the free and open Internet and bring about new tools for censorship of international websites inside [...]

Houston Chronicle (blog) Texas Voter ID law still languishing at the U.S. Justice DepartmentHouston Chronicle (blog)Two weeks after Texas' voter ID law was scheduled to go into effect, the measure is back in the US Department of Justice's hands. The Texas secretary of state's office on Thursday submitted its latest batch of data in hopes [...]

LAS VEGAS – A Nevada federal judge on Jan. 9 dismissed a professional negligence claim against an assistant U.S. attorney who represented the National Labor Relations Board in proceedings against U-Haul International Inc. in which another assistant U.S. attorney allegedly received information about U-Haul from a paralegal representing the company with whom he was having [...]

HSBC Names Former U.S. Anti-Terror Official Chief Legal OfficerBloombergHSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) hired former US Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey, the department's top official for fighting terrorist funding, as chief legal officer. Levey, 48, will work with Richard Bennett, group general counsel, who will retire at …HSBC Holdings Names Stuart Levey Chief Legal Officer >HBCWall Street [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 11 held that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) “extends coverage to an employee who can establish a substantial nexus between his injury and his employer’s extractive operations” on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), affirming a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision in a [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A teacher who taught a religious class, led worship and led prayer was a commissioned minister, and her employment falls within the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution’s ministerial exception, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled Jan. 11, reversing a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling (Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and [...]

AppAdvice Steve Jobs Doll Likely Legal in Most of U.S.The Mac ObserverWhen Chinese toy company In Icon announced last week the February release of a 12-inch highly-detailed Steve Jobs doll, Apple was quick to threaten legal action. However, according to paidContent's Jeff Roberts, likeness rights only apply to living …Steve Jobs Doll Legal In Most [...]

Los Angeles Times U.S. citizens' relatives could stay while seeking legal statusTucson Citizen06, 2012, under Arizona Republic News Illegal immigrants closely related to US citizens would no longer have to leave the country to try to obtain legal status under a proposed change in immigration policy announced Friday by President Barack Obama's …White House Announces [...]

An opinion published by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel in late December has opened the way for state lotteries to sell tickets via the Internet. And now people are wondering if poker, casinos and other online gaming enterprises can be far behind. View full post on Law.com – Newswire

States Seek Internet Lottery Jackpots After U.S. Legal RulingSan Francisco ChronicleFrom California to New York, lotteries that already account for $56 billion in annual sales are considering expanding to the Internet after the US Justice Department ruled that it's legal to sell tickets on the Web to local residents. …and more » View full post on [...]