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Minister launches new IP guidance for businesses on visit to Scotland
If found guilty under criminal law, offenders are liable to a fine of up to £50000 and/or a prison sentence of up to ten years. The online guide was announced by Minister for Intellectual Property Baroness Wilcox during a visit to the Scottish
Updated: 09/24/2011 03:10A
Committee on 'Caylee's Law' off to good, cautious start
There are laws on the books that prosecutors in Orlando could have used against Casey Anthony. One Florida law allows criminal punishment for "failure or omission" to care for a child's physical or mental health, according to Negron.
Updated: 09/24/2011 02:20A
Let the people vote on hudud
The drafters of the two syariah criminal code enactments, which were passed but yet to be adopted in Kelantan and Terengganu, had gone to great pains to clarify that the law was only applicable to Muslims.
Updated: 09/24/2011 02:17A
USDOJ: Fourth Las Vegas Resident Pleads Guilty in Connection with Scheme to
WASHINGTON – A Las Vegas woman pleaded guilty today for her role in a scheme to fraudulently gain control of condominium homeowners' associations (HOA) in the Las Vegas area so that the HOAs would direct business to a certain law firm and construction
Updated: 09/24/2011 02:09A
USDOJ: Founder of NinjaVideo Pleads Guilty to Criminal Copyright Conspiracy
The IP Task Force seeks to strengthen intellectual property rights protection through heightened criminal and civil enforcement, greater coordination among federal, state and local law enforcement partners, and increased focus on international
Updated: 09/24/2011 02:09A
Judicial reform: For the many or the few?
The law on court organisation and the status of judges was recently approved and introduced and the High Council of Justice of Ukraine has been given the authority to appoint judges to administrative positions. But in order to meet the requirements of
Updated: 09/24/2011 01:22A
Feast ordered by inmate ends special last meals for condemned in Texas
Whitmire, a Democrat, serves as chairman of the Texas Senate Criminal Justice Committee. Brewer, 44, received the fatal injection for the brutal June 1998 death of James Byrd Jr., 49. Law enforcement reports show Byrd was chained to the back of a
Updated: 09/24/2011 01:10A
'PAS wouldn't force hudud down people's throats'
For example, with regards to criminal law, “...at present only the punishment is un-Islamic.” The problem, he said, was that people were not aware of the issues and through time and with education they may be more accepting of it, citing the case of
Updated: 09/24/2011 01:06A
Law and order
The man, Clay Waller, waived on Thursday his right to a pretrial motion hearing on charges that he used the Internet last month to threaten his sister-in-law. Waller allegedly threatened to harm Cheryl Brenneke if anything happened to his three
Updated: 09/24/2011 01:00A
Conduct of Asheville ABC system's CEO concerns chairman
But the board had no idea to what extent CEO Curtis Canty enjoyed free meals, tickets to sporting events and other favors, board chairman Charles Worley said. A 125-page report by the state Alcohol Law Enforcement agency released Thursday says Canty
Updated: 09/24/2011 12:16A
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