JUL
16
2010

Paterson to sign bill limiting retention of street-stop data

Gov. David A. Paterson will sign legislation prohibiting the New York Police Department from electronically storing the names and addresses of people stopped on the streets but found to have done nothing wrong, several people with knowledge of the governor’s intentions said Thursday.

JUL
16
2010

Indonesia wins appeal against Tommy Suharto

Indonesia´s Supreme Court has reversed a decision to return $1.23 trillion rupiah ($153.3 million) which had been seized from a company run by the youngest son of late military strongman Suharto, a judge said today.

JUL
16
2010

Maastricht ban on tourists in marijuana cafes upheld by EU court

Its name may be synonymous with European unity - but increasingly its coffee shops are not.

JUL
15
2010

CPS cuts will put justice for the vulnerable at risk, says Law Society

The Law Society has condemned government plans to cut costs at the Crown Prosecution Service as "wholly unacceptable".

JUL
15
2010

Fundraiser Nemazee gets 12 years for Citi, HSBC fraud

Hassan Nemazee, a fundraiser for President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for cheating Citigroup Inc.,HSBC Holdings Plc and Bank of America Corp. of $292 million.

JUL
15
2010

Nestlé will drop claims of health benefit in drink

According to a recent Nestlé ad campaign aimed at parents, a drink called Boost Kid Essentials was so good for children that it could keep them from getting colds and missing school.

JUL
15
2010

Brazil president seeks legal ban on smacking

Brazil´s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has sent a bill to Congress which would ban the use of corporal punishment on children.

JUL
15
2010

Tanzania lawyer at Rwanda genocide court shot dead

A senior Tanzanian defence lawyer at the UN-backed tribunal for Rwanda has been shot dead outside his home in Tanzania´s main city of Dar es Salaam.

JUL
15
2010

California Supreme Court chief to retire

California Chief Justice Ronald M. George, who presided over the often turbulent restructuring of state courts and wrote the ruling that temporarily gave gays the right to marry, said Wednesday he would step down in January after a 38-year career in the California court system.

JUL
15
2010

´Illegal immigrants´ list leaks private data

A list of 1,300 Utah residents described as illegal immigrants has sown fear among some Hispanics and prompted an investigation into its origins and dissemination.

JUL
15
2010

B.C. to offer casino-style gambling online

The B.C. government will today launch a major expansion of online gambling, including a move that will make the province the first in North America to legalize and regulate online casino games, The Vancouver Sun has learned.

JUL
15
2010

Admitting failure, Medvedev asks lawmakers to fight corruption

President Dmitry Medvedev acknowledged Wednesday that his much-trumpeted campaign against corruption has yielded no palpable results and urged lawmakers to start conducting parliamentary investigations to fight the problem.

JUL
15
2010

ACCC goes to court over plastic bags

The consumer watchdog has gone to court against two companies it says are marketing plastic shopping bags in South Australia that flout a state ban.

JUL
15
2010

´Harry Potter´ publisher sued for alleged copyright infringement

A plagiarism fight involving two British authors of books about young wizards has crossed the pond.

JUL
15
2010

Novartis settles gender bias suit for $152 million

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. has settled the remainder of gender bias claims brought by women field representatives who claimed they were discriminated against in pay, promotion and in pregnancy policies.

JUL
15
2010

Indonesia to ask internet providers to block pornography

Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim country, is planning use a controversial anti-pornography law to restrict porn websites in the next few months, a communications ministry spokesman said on Wednesday.

JUL
15
2010

Alleged actions at law firm party sparks legal spat

Lawyers at a notable Toronto labour law firm who advise employers on dealing with sensitive workplace issues have become embroiled in their own storm centring on allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct, which have surfaced in an explosive $2.3-million defamation case.

JUL
15
2010

Immigration law to get first major court hearing

A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments Thursday over whether Arizona´s new immigration law should take effect later this month, marking the first major hearing in one of seven challenges to the strict law.

JUL
15
2010

Garzón did not pocket seminar funds, says bank chief

BBVA Chairman Francisco González yesterday assured the Supreme Court that not one cent of 200,000 euro the bank contributed to High Court Judge Baltasar Garzón’s organization of a series of seminars in New York ended up in the magistrate’s pockets.

JUL
14
2010

Tycoon plans €1m fund to fight French niqab ban

A French property tycoon enraged at his government´s plans to ban women from wearing the full veil in public has promised a fund of €1m (£830,000) to help any Muslim who is fined for wearing the niqab in the street.

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