Entries Tagged as 'Cool Articles'
Obama-Campaign Lawyer Kendall Burman
Law Blog - WSJ.com : Law Blog Q&A: Obama-Campaign Lawyer Kendall Burman
Law Blog Q&A: Obama-Campaign Lawyer Kendall Burman
Posted by Ashby Jones
kburmanWhen we heard recently that the lead on-the-ground lawyer for the Obama campaign hasn’t yet celebrated her 30th birthday, we weren’t all that surprised. After all, Obama’s head speechwriter, we also recently learned, is a […]
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UN Charter is the hub of international law
Why LOGICALLY the UN Charter is the hub of international law
Why LOGICALLY the UN Charter is the hub of international law
Diary Entry by Brett Paatsch
The following excerpt from the UN Charter shows that the UN Charter (having been ratified by the member nations including the United States of America in 1945) is the hub, the […]
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Warning to abusive bloggers as judge tells site to reveal names
Warning to abusive bloggers as judge tells site to reveal names | Technology | The Guardian
Warning to abusive bloggers as judge tells site to reveal names
· Football fans may face expensive libel claims
· Defamation lawyers see growth area in cyberspace
* Clare Dyer, legal editor
* The Guardian
* Monday October 22 2007
Disgruntled fans of Sheffield Wednesday who […]
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Contractors Face Combat-Related Stress After Iraq
Contractors Face Combat-Related Stress After Iraq
Contractors Face Combat-Related Stress After Iraq
JAMES RISEN
WASHINGTON, July 4 — Contractors who have worked in Iraq are returning home with the same kinds of combat-related mental health problems that afflict United States military personnel, according to contractors, industry officials and mental health experts.
But, they say, the private workers are largely […]
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PDPBR for July 2-3 | USC Center on Public Diplomacy | John Brown’s PD Review
PDPBR for July 2-3 | USC Center on Public Diplomacy | John Brown’s PD Review
JOHN BROWN’S PD REVIEW
John Brown aggregates all the most recent public diplomacy related news, including current issues in U.S. foreign policy, international broadcasting and media, propaganda, cultural diplomacy, educational exchanges, anti-Americanism, and the reception of American popular culture abroad.
PDPBR FOR JULY […]
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Slashdot | Behind the Scenes of Canada’s Movie Piracy Law
Slashdot | Behind the Scenes of Canada’s Movie Piracy Law
Behind the Scenes of Canada’s Movie Piracy Law
Posted by Zonk on Tuesday June 12, @08:43AM
from the backroom-handshakes-and-money-exchanges dept.
Movies The Courts Businesses Politics
An anonymous reader writes “Michael Geist’s latest Toronto Star column features a behind-the-scenes look at how Canada got its movie piracy bill based on internal […]
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Supreme Court strikes down amendments to Radio and Television Law
Español: Suprema Corte declara anticonstitucional reformas a la Ley de Radio y Televisión
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) -The following is a 7 June 2007 ARTICLE 19 press release:
ARTICLE 19 welcomes the Mexican Supreme Court’s decision striking down amendments to the Law of Radio and Television
The Mexican Supreme Court […]
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You might get screwgled
You might get screwgled
You might get screwgled
Google Maps gets up close and too personal, critics say
Katherine Mangu-Ward, Reason.com
Published: Thursday, June 14, 2007
If you lack directional sense, as I do (and especially if you recently moved to Boston, as I have), you probably place calls like this one a semi-regular basis: Me: Hi, are you at […]
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AP Interview: Ex-BALCO prosecutor launches drug policy practice
AP Interview: Ex-BALCO prosecutor launches drug policy practice
AP Interview: Ex-BALCO prosecutor launches drug policy practice
By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press Writer
Saturday, June 16, 2007
(06-16) 11:12 PDT San Francisco (AP) –
Northern California’s top prosecutor will soon face another deadline on whether to indict Barry Bonds for perjury, drop the probe or ask a judge to extend the […]
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Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Opinion
Gulf Times – Qatar’s top-selling English daily newspaper - Opinion
THE LEGAL HELPLINE
Published: Saturday, 16 June, 2007, 08:18 AM Doha Time
NOC for changing jobs is at employer’s discretion
By Nizar Kochery
QUESTION: My employer is a Saudi-based company, which has a project in Qatar. I had signed up for a one-year contract with the company until June 2007. […]
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