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SNR Denton | New European Data Protection Law – A First Look
This is aimed at improving harmonization of European data protection law and an attempt to move away from the 'patchwork quilt' under the existing Directive. A separate "Police and Criminal Justice Data Protection Directive” will deal with the use of
Updated: 12/09/2011 06:43A

New drinking law earns Redford friends and foes
her new drunk driving legislation, a law that will increase the roadside powers of police to impound the cars and suspend the licences of those found with a blood-alcohol level of .05, but less than the Criminal Code level of .08.
Updated: 12/09/2011 06:16A

LAW & LITIGATION: Rise in white collar crime keeps legal profession busy
with Lane Powell PC 's white collar criminal defense, regulatory compliance and special investigations group who is a former federal prosecutor in Seattle. And that is why law practices focusing on white collar crime are active around the country.
Updated: 12/09/2011 06:10A

Civil Society Condemns Detention of Media Workers in Zimbabwe [analysis]
The three advocacy workers have been charged with offences under both the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act and the Public Order and Security Act. According to CZC and Nyoni himself these acts are nothing more than an unwelcome throwback to
Updated: 12/09/2011 06:07A

Justice streamlined – but 175 new offences in government's first year
The figures have been released in the same week as Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge used his annual press conference to call for a decrease in the legislative burden. On Tuesday he said: 'The law relating to the criminal justice system has become
Updated: 12/09/2011 05:14A

ASIA: The state of human rights in Asia on International Human Rights Day 2011
Restrictive laws were adopted and widely used to suppress dissent or political opposition. In Thailand, the government continued to use Article 112 of the Criminal Code dealing with the crime of lese majesty as well as the 2007 Computer Crimes Act to
Updated: 12/09/2011 05:03A

Jordan ACC draft law returned to Senate committee
At the time, the King said: "Protecting the reputation [of individuals] through more general laws like the Penal Code is more effective than addressing this issue under laws like the ACC Law."
Updated: 12/09/2011 04:51A

Ex-bank chief is arrested again
Fitzpatrick is being held under section four of the Criminal Justice Act at Bray Garda station. Officers from the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation and company law experts from the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement are investigating
Updated: 12/09/2011 04:50A

Officer Found Not Guilty of Assault in Sonoma County
Mr. Shea understood that his responsibility was not always to seek conviction, but to work diligently to serve the interests of justice. Mr. Shea's experience as a tough but fair minded prosecutor amplifies his understanding of the criminal justice
Updated: 12/09/2011 04:42A

Drivers file petitions over impaired laws
Surrey lawyer Jennifer Currie said calls have flooded in since BC Justice Jon Sigurdson ruled that sections of the province's laws violate the rights of drivers who blow over .08 on a roadside-screening device. Currie has argued 25 BC Supreme Court
Updated: 12/09/2011 04:34A

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