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3
2010

Lawmakers got Lakers playoff tickets from stadium developer

Lobbyists gave more than $1,400 in basketball tickets to legislators who helped pass a waiver on environmental laws for the NFL project. Disney and gaming interests were among the other big donors.

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3
2010

Sylvester Stallone pursued by Brazilian company for unexpendable debts

Film star could face a £1.36m lawsuit brought by O2, his partners on The Expendables production, his latest action outing.

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3
2010

South Africa ex-police chief Selebi jailed for 15 years

South African court has sentenced former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi to 15 years in jail for corruption.

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3
2010

Liquor Lobbying was Strong in Second Quarter

A bill that would make it harder to challenge state alcohol laws in court and an ongoing fight over rum subsidies helped fuel high second-quarter lobbying spending by a host of alcohol companies and trade associations, lobbying disclosure reports filed last month show.

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3
2010

Affirmative action ban not unconstitutional, California Supreme Court rules

The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that Proposition 209, the ballot measure that banned affirmative action by government, did not violate the federal Constitution.

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3
2010

Trial for man accused of blackmailing lawyer

A jury has been sworn in for the trial of an Auckland man who is accused of blackmailing his lawyer.

AUG
3
2010

Lawyers probed over legal aid

Legal Services Agency (LSA) says it is investigating six lawyers over their billing as the agency looks to clean up alleged rorting of the service.

AUG
3
2010

Judge: Nixon Peabody charged excessive fees

A federal judge has ruled that Nixon Peabody charged excessive fees in a legal battle between aviation companies operating at Washington Dulles International Airport.

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3
2010

Virginia suit against Health Care Law moves forward

A federal judge has refused to block a challenge to the Obama administration’s health care law brought by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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3
2010

Woman asks to wear burqa in witness box

A Perth judge is set to decide this week whether a Muslim woman can wear a full burqa while giving evidence before a jury in a fraud case.

AUG
3
2010

Acquire necessary skills that you won´t learn in law school

As a lawyer today, being proactive and taking charge of your own professional development is imperative regardless of where you currently are in your career.

AUG
3
2010

87 pensioners win $870,000 in Strasbourg

The European Court of Human Rights has awarded 668,000 euros ($873,000) to 87 military veterans from the town of Novocherkassk in the Rostov region who were denied pensions and other compensations, the Vremya Novostei daily reported Monday.

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3
2010

Fifa fines Spain & Netherlands for World Cup behavior

World Cup winners Spain and their opponents Netherlands have been fined by Fifa for their players´ poor discipline in July´s final.

AUG
3
2010

Momentum builds for cameras inside the Supreme Court

It was a dramatic scene, not Hollywood drama mind you, but high theater for the Supreme Court in a springtime showdown over the future of this country´s gun laws. The only thing missing was the cameras.

AUG
3
2010

Highest German court strengthens fathers´ custody rights

The constitutional court in Karlsruhe has overturned a German law which automatically grants child custody to mothers when the parents are not married. The ruling makes dual custody more likely in many cases.

AUG
3
2010

More men are filing sexual discrimination suits

The macho man image is dead in some workplaces.

AUG
3
2010

NZers want end to commercial tobacco sales – survey

The majority of New Zealanders support an end to commercial tobacco sales by 2020, a UMR Research survey has found.

AUG
3
2010

Iran dismisses Lula´s ´emotional´ stoning asylum offer

Iran says the Brazilian president did not have enough information when he offered refuge to an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning.

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2
2010

Labor chief opposes welcome bonus for foreign workers

The Chairman of Germany´s Federal Labor Agency speaks out against Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle´s plan to attract skilled foreigners, saying Germany should first focus on mining the potential of its own workers.

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2
2010

MPs ´denied enough time to study electoral reform bill´

MPs have been denied an "adequate opportunity" to scrutinise legislation paving the way for a referendum on reform of the voting system, it was claimed today.

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