OCT
26
2010

Guide for homosexual fathers launched

A guide for gay fathers has been launched, offering advice on adoption, fostering and surrogacy to gay couples who want to become parents.

OCT
26
2010

New law puts an end to the present atmosphere of permissiveness and non-compliance

The anti-tobacco law that has been in effect in Spain since January 1, 2006 is one of the most permissive and least respected in Europe.

OCT
26
2010

Deutsche Bank warned client over Citigroup investment, lawyer tells court

Deutsche Bank AG, which is suing a former client for $1.8 million that he failed to pay back after incurring losses on investments tied to Citigroup Inc. shares, had cautioned him about the bets, the German bank’s lawyer told a Singapore court today.

OCT
26
2010

Law firms feel pressure from new breed of competitors

Says one consultant: ´The overall marketplace for legal services is fracturing. It´s unbundling and specialists are emerging´

OCT
26
2010

Plaintiff sues A&E for misidentifying her as murder witness

A Waco, Texas, woman has filed a libel suit in a U.S. District Court in Austin, alleging she fears for her life because she was misidentified as a murder witness on the A&E Network´s reality series "The First 48."

OCT
26
2010

Staff cutbacks hit law firms´ professional development departments

Attorney ranks aren´t the only thing that shrank at many law firms between 2008 and 2010.

OCT
26
2010

Baby Peter ´was failed by all agencies´

Baby Peter´s "horrifying death" was down to the incompetence of almost every member of staff who came into contact with him, official reports say.

OCT
26
2010

US prosecutor admits Chandra Levy murder mistakes

Police investigating the 2001 murder of Chandra Levy were wrong to focus their inquiry on a congressman she was having an affair with, prosecutors have said.

OCT
26
2010

Youngest Guantanamo detainee pleads guilty

Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr pleaded guilty to charges against him Monday, the Pentagon said, in the first military commission trial there since Barack Obama became president.

OCT
26
2010

Mexico currency laws make it tougher to pay in dollars

American travelers bound for Cancun and other popular Mexican destinations have long been able to pay for meals, souvenirs and other goods or services in U.S. dollars instead of pesos.

OCT
26
2010

NJ proposes strict anti-bullying bill of rights

New Jersey lawmakers introduced an "anti-bullying bill of rights" Monday that one advocate said would be the toughest state law of its kind in the nation, a proposal that follows the widely publicized suicide of a Rutgers University student who was humiliated online.

OCT
25
2010

Court case seeks to strip sperm donors´ anonymity

Two years after launching a court action with the hope of learning the identity of her biological father, Olivia Pratten will be in court Monday for the beginning of a trial that could have major implications for people conceived through artificial insemination – and donors involved in the process.

OCT
25
2010

Google being probed by U.K. privacy regulator over collection of e-mails

Google Inc. is being investigated by Britain’s privacy regulator after the company said its Street View mapping unit inadvertently gathered personal e-mails and passwords from unsecured wireless networks.

OCT
25
2010

G-20 to avoid ´competitive devaluation,´ prod China

Group of 20 finance chiefs vowed to avoid weakening currencies to lift exports and left it to a leaders´ meeting next month to flesh out how to further pressure member China to allow faster gains in the yuan.

OCT
25
2010

Mr Asia lawyer wins damages

The lawyer who represented the head of the notorious Mr Asia drug syndicate has been awarded $140,000 in a defamation case.

OCT
25
2010

Piracy spat unfit for courts

In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in his Harvard University college dorm when he was 19. It has attracted more than 500 million users and has more visitors than Google.

OCT
25
2010

Bligh Government announces new laws that mean all serious offenders will serve jail time

All serious offenders are set to serve minimum jail time under tough new sentencing laws announced by the Bligh Government today.

OCT
25
2010

Drink driving: Stop the carnage

The Government believes New Zealand drivers aren´t ready to moderate their drinking. We know they are. So take responsibility for keeping our roads safe by signing up: Two Drinks Max.

OCT
25
2010

Italian seaside town planning miniskirt ban

A seaside city in Italy is planning to ban miniskirts and other revealing clothing to improve what the mayor calls standards of public decency.

OCT
25
2010

Iraq´s high court orders parliament to get to work

An Iraqi high court on Sunday ordered the current parliamentary speaker to begin the process that will fill key positions in the legislation body, and also ruled that the current open session of parliament is unconstitutional.

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