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Are We All Online Criminals?
The problem is that, under the Justice Department's expansive reading of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, underage Googling, or any other violation of a Terms of Service agreement, may well be a crime. Not that the Justice Department will say
Updated: 11/17/2011 05:55P
Construction work on six- lane Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-9)
These were: The Islamabad High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2011 and The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2011. Law Minister Maula Bukhsh Chandio moved the bill to amend the Islamabad High Court Act 2010 while Minister for Religious Affairs Syed Khurshid Shah
Updated: 11/17/2011 05:55P
Rights activists for swift passage of women's rights bill by Senate
Aurat Foundation's legislative watch programme for women's empowerment organised the reception ceremony to share information and the joy on the passage of the 'Prevention of Anti-Women Practices (Criminal Law Amendment) Bill, 2011, and Way Forward' on
Updated: 11/17/2011 05:52P
Penn State University trustees hire law firm in child sex abuse scandal
Penn State's trustees have hired a large Pittsburgh-based law firm to represent them in relation to the child sex abuse scandal for which three current and former university employees face criminal charges. View full sizeJohn Surma, vice chair of the
Updated: 11/17/2011 05:51P
Towards a European legal culture: European Law Institute in Vienna takes up work
Vienna – Today, Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission and the European Union's Justice Commissioner, inaugurated the first working meeting of the European Law Institute ( SPEECH/11/764 ). Just one year after the idea to establish
Updated: 11/17/2011 05:50P
PENN STATE: School trustees hire law firm in abuse scandal
(AP) — Penn State's trustees have hired a large Pittsburgh-based law firm to represent them in relation to the child sex-abuse scandal for which three current and former university employees face criminal charges. Reed Smith spokeswoman Jamie Moss said
Updated: 11/17/2011 05:47P
Hate speech law on the chopping block
Canada's Justice Minister Rob Nicholson speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa September 27, 2011. OTTAWA - Canada's human rights commissions could soon be de-fanged. New legislation would repeal Section 13,
Updated: 11/17/2011 05:41P
Fib on Facebook? US Law Calls It Criminal, Critics Warn
"According to the Justice Department, I violate federal criminal law every time I log in," Kerr said. Kerr suggested tweaking the language of the law to clarify that it does not apply to people who violate "terms of service" agreements.
Updated: 11/17/2011 05:35P
Map row to mark Wikiconference
It is a criminal offence under the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1961, which states that publishing maps of India not in conformity with the ones published by the country is a criminal offence with imprisonment up to six months.
Updated: 11/17/2011 05:22P
Police hail $10m taken off criminals
Since the criminal proceeds recovery law was introduced in December 2009, police have been able to seize assets believed to have been obtained through criminal activity. Under the Act police can demand answers from people about their "unexplained
Updated: 11/17/2011 05:11P
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