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Shearman & Sterling LLP | Shearman & Sterling Honored with Legal Aid Society's
A team including partner Brian Polovoy, associate Melissa Godwin, former partner Tai Park, and former associate Michael Haidas, now a lawyer with Legal Aid, worked with Legal Aid's Criminal Appeals Bureau and Criminal Defense Practice on an
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:33P
NA passes 'Prevention of Anti-Women Practices Bill'
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed The Prevention of Anti-Women Practices (Criminal Law Amendment) Bill, 2011 to prohibit old customs of wanni, swara, badal-e-sulh, etc which compel the women to enter into marriage and
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:27P
Criminals in the classroom: Children charged with sex crimes back in school
"We absolutely have a duty to educate students, even students who may have been convicted of a crime," said Bryan Long, Director of Student Discipline. The law says these students have a right to be educated, but it's up to the school districts how
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:09P
Client Update: Possible changes to Australia's foreign bribery laws
Under federal Australian law, domestic bribery and foreign bribery offences are contained in the Criminal Code. Under the Criminal Code, bribery occurs when someone provides or offers to provide a benefit to a person where that benefit is: where it is
Updated: 11/15/2011 11:06P
No more drunk defence 0
(WINNIPEG SUN FILES) Eliminating the excuse of drunkenness as a defence in homicides and overhauling the Youth Criminal Justice Act would be two good places to start if we want to crack down on Winnipeg's burgeoning murder problem. Why?
Updated: 11/15/2011 10:54P
CJN abolishes plea bargain
ABUJA — CHIEF Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, yesterday, abolished the plea bargain procedure hitherto employed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, in settling high profile cases
Updated: 11/15/2011 10:46P
Cops face unwanted heat 0
(WINNIPEG SUN FILES) As Bill C-10 inches towards strengthening mandatory minimum sentencing for various criminal code offences, the usual array of critics and commentators have stepped forward to preach their perspective on the matter.
Updated: 11/15/2011 10:46P
Ministers booked for assault at Rahul's rally
"The case against the four has been registered under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 147 (punishment for rioting) and (7) criminal law amendment act,'' Deputy Inspector General of Police Prakash D said on telephone from
Updated: 11/15/2011 10:36P
Cartel penalties go beyond borders
Corporate Australia is now on notice that as of July 24, if they risk engaging in cartel conduct not only will they face heavy penalties, they may end up in jail for up to 10 years. But executives who think the long arm of the law ends at Australia's
Updated: 11/15/2011 10:29P
Legalize voluntary euthanasia Canadian panel
The British Columbia Supreme Court is hearing the case of a Kelowna woman who suffers from Lou Gehrig's Disease. She is asking that her physician be permitted to terminate her life before becoming totally disabled from the degenerative disease.
Updated: 11/15/2011 10:18P
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