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| Parties in slip-and-fall case ordered to hire neutral expert to probe plaintiff’s Facebook page | A Lancaster County, Pa. judge has ordered the parties in a personal injury lawsuit to hire a “neutral forensic computer expert” to probe a plaintiff’s Facebook account. The defendants are Lancaster Regional Medical Center and Hospital Housekeeping Systems. Grace Perrone asserts she she slipped and fell in a puddle of… |
| Mother blocked from living with lesbian partner over morality clause in divorce papers | Texas couple Carolyn Compton and Page Price can no longer live together because of a morality clause in the 2011 divorce papers Compton signed. A Collin County, Texas judge gave Price 30 days to move out of the home she shares with Compton and her two daughters, ages 10 and… |
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| | Joe Biden Sees 'No Legal Reason' Why We Can't Tax Violent Video Games - Forbes | |
| Guantanamo Bay: Inside a Legal Nightmare - RollingStone.com |  RollingStone.com |
Guantanamo Bay: Inside a Legal NightmareRollingStone.comAs the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay enters its fourth month and pressure to close the prison mounts, it's easy to forget that Guantanamo is not only a detention facility but also the site of a unique legal experiment that has no direct precedent in ... |
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| | Senate Judiciary Committee approves immigration reform bill | [JURIST] The Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] on Tuesday approved S. 744 [text], an immigration reform bill. The bill, entitled the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, is intended to help create a 13-year path to citizenship for the approximately 11 million current undocumented immigrants, contingent upon strengthening security along the Mexican border. The bill also proposed an improved process for allowing high-skilled immigrants into the country's workforce. After a five-day deliberation, the bill passed by a vote... |
| Zimbabwe president signs new constitution into law | [JURIST] Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday signed the country's new constitution [text] into law, clearing the path to pivotal elections later this year. The new constitution limits future presidents to two five-year terms. The provision limiting presidential terms will not apply retroactively, so the 89-year-old Mugabe will be able to run in the next election [Reuters report] and potentially continue to serve as president for the next decade. Mugabe has been Zimbabwe's president since... |
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| | Vermont about to become 4th state with aid-in-dying law - CBS News | |
| Firms Brace for New European Data Privacy Law - New York Times | |
Firms Brace for New European Data Privacy LawNew York TimesOn Monday, their European counterparts showed up in force at a conference in Berlin to discuss the potential law, which is expected to come to a vote sometime next year. Representatives from European Aeronautics Defense & Space, BMW, Daimler and ...and more » |
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