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Linklaters LLP | PRC - Misuse of Personal Information Become a Criminal Offence
The Seventh Amendment to PRC Criminal Law was adopted in February 2009. The Amendment revises or supplements PRC Criminal Law in a variety of areas, including insider trading and tax evasion, but one major highlight is the criminalisation of the
Updated: 08/08/2011 04:03A
Human life must be valued
The group is challenging this refusal, and in a separate civil claim, is also asking the court to declare as unconstitutional the federal criminal law that forbids assisted suicide in Canada. The BC government is rightly arguing for the case to be
Updated: 08/08/2011 03:51A
Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Monday, 9.30pm, Ten
Kathryn Erbe's Detective Eames steps to the front in this episode, which is good as she is so often overshadowed by Detective Goren's loopiness. Like Vincent D'Onofrio, who plays Goren, Erbe has been in the show since 2001 and when it winds up at the
Updated: 08/08/2011 03:09A
Study rips prison funding
"The state is paying for San Bernardino's decision to treat crime with prison, but Alameda - indeed any California citizen who does not live in San Bernardino - has no say in electing the people who design San Bernardino's criminal- justice policies,"
Updated: 08/08/2011 01:01A
Judges Acquit More Often Than Juries
Attorneys defending clients in a "heinous case" might opt for a bench trial because judges are legal experts and trained to ignore the emotion of a case, said Jim Cohen, a professor of criminal law at Fordham University. "A jury can be too emotionally
Updated: 08/07/2011 09:24P
Salvos launches commercial law firm to raise funds
"Humanitarian services offered include criminal law, family and children's law, welfare, debt, housing and refugee and immigration law. Currently five firms are operational in Sydney at Surry Hills, Miranda, Auburn, Campsie and Parramatta, with another
Updated: 08/07/2011 08:21P
Law and Legal Affairs: Merely confirmation that we're the same … but different?
A consultation process concerning the role of the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) in Scots criminal law comes to a close on Friday. It was initiated by the review group chaired by Lord McCluskey following the group's initial report published
Updated: 08/07/2011 07:09P
Law students getting real-world legal experience
Hanna, who is interested in pursuing criminal law, said that when he began looking for an internship this summer, he spoke to several other students who had been through the Yuma internship. “They all had positive things to say about the program.
Updated: 08/07/2011 06:55P
Kennedy Van der Laan | A legislative proposal on the reinforcement of fighting
With a draft legislative proposal of 28 July, caretaker Minister Hirsch Ballin wants to tighten criminal law measures in order to protect privacy on the Internet, the fast developments in information and communication technology being the reason for
Updated: 08/07/2011 06:49P
Stibbe | Brochure: Antitrust Litigation Group
At Stibbe, we are convinced that antitrust litigation cannot be handled properly without expertise in both competition law and civil litigation (and, where appropriate, labor law, criminal law and corporate law). To ensure the highest level of service
Updated: 08/07/2011 06:46P
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