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• Supreme court justices clash over UPS pregnancy in workplace equality case

  03-12-2014 20:48
  
  UPS employee Peggy Young says she should not be treated differently because she is pregnant – but conservative justices seem to side with companyMale and female justices on the US supreme court clashed on Wednesday over the issue of when pregnant employees can qualify for dispensation from physically strenuous duties, in a test case that the US government argues could have profound implications for workplace equality.The case was brought by parcel delivery worker Peggy Young against UPS, which
  
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• Supreme court justices clash over pregnancy in workplace equality case

  03-12-2014 20:33
  
  UPS employee Peggy Young says she should not be treated differently because she is pregnant – but conservative justices seem to side with companyMale and female justices on the US supreme court clashed on Wednesday over the issue of when pregnant employees can qualify for dispensation from physically strenuous duties, in a test case that the US government argues could have profound implications for workplace equality.The case was brought by parcel delivery worker Peggy Young against UPS, which
  
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• Dominic Grieve: quitting ECHR could damage UK’s constitution

  03-12-2014 20:02
  
  Ex-attorney general exposes rifts among Tories between those who want to reform human rights court and those keen to exit itOpting out of the European court of human rights will have devastating consequences for the UK, the former attorney general, Dominic Grieve QC, has warned.In a detailed critique of his own party’s policy, the Conservative MP cautioned that the threat to quit the Strasbourg court was undermining respect for international law and could loosen the constitutional ties that ho
  
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• Supreme court justices clash over pregnancy in workplace equality test case

  03-12-2014 19:01
  
  UPS employee Peggy Young says she should not be treated differently because she is pregnant – but conservative justices seem to side with companyMale and female justices on the US supreme court clashed Wednesday over the issue of when pregnant employees can qualify for dispensation from physically strenuous duties, in a test case that the US government argues could have profound implications for workplace equality.The case was brought by parcel delivery worker Peggy Young against UPS, which ar
  
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• Consult judges on devolution, says lord chief justice

  03-12-2014 18:27
  
  Welsh Assembly powers highlight need for urgent legislative mechanisms, says Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd.
  
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• New UK Porn Law Sparks Row in Social Networks - Sputnik International

  03-12-2014 17:47
  
  New UK Porn Law Sparks Row in Social Networks
  Sputnik International
  MOSCOW, December 3 (Sputnik) — A recent amendment to the 2003 Communications Act has banned various sex acts in UK pornography, reports The Independent. The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014 requires that video-on-demand (VoD) ...
  
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• Apple's Eddy Cue on ebooks price-fixing war: 'I'd do it again'

  03-12-2014 17:30
  
  iBooks chief fighting US court ruling that the company ‘conspired’ to fix prices in its competition with Amazon is defiant before trial. Tim Cook ‘feels the same’Apple goes before a US federal appeal court in two weeks to try to overturn a US Justice Department ruling on ebooks price-fixing. But speaking to Fortune this week, the company’s chief iBooks negotiator, Eddy Cue, defended raising prices - and said Apple would do it all over again.
  “Is it a fact that certain book prices w
  
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• Meet Tiny Doo, the rapper facing life in prison for making an album

  03-12-2014 17:10
  
  The San Diego rapper charged with conspiracy over an album reflecting gang culture is just the latest hip-hop artist to have his words used against him in courtAs rappers go, Brandon Duncan’s approach is not unusual: his lyrics reflect the violent reality of the streets. But in the pantheon of rappers who have had run-ins with the courts, Tiny Doo looms large. Despite his lack of a criminal record, Duncan stands accused of nine counts of participating in a “criminal street gang conspiracy”
  
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• the government's new porn laws are arbitrary and sexist - New Statesman

  03-12-2014 16:40
  New Statesman
  the government's new porn laws are arbitrary and sexist
  New Statesman
  The Audiovisual Media Services Regulations 2014 imposes restrictions on the content of pornography made and sold within the UK – and it does so with a perplexing ignorance about the realities of modern technology. British porn producers and consumers ...
  'Sexist' UK Porn Law Change Bans List Of Sex Acts Including Female ...Huffington Post UK
  Pornography law bans list of sexual acts from UK-mad
  
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• Lawyers escape sanctions in ‘Google tax’ budget

  03-12-2014 16:36
  
  Chancellor promises new measures against tax avoidance and ‘aggressive tax planning’. 
  
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• GPs report increase in unresolved legal needs

  03-12-2014 16:03 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Survey of 1,000 GPs shows rise in the number of patients they see who would benefit from legal assistance.
  
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• Ex-embassies staff appeal employment rulings

  03-12-2014 14:56
  
  Former employees of foreign embassies appealed employment tribunal rulings that they could not bring claims because their employers enjoyed diplomatic immunity. Watch the broadcast, in association with Sky News.
  
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• US supreme court takes up UPS pregnancy discrimination case

  03-12-2014 14:44
  
  Justices begin hearing case of UPS employee Peggy Young with potential to affect many American women who continue to work throughout pregnanciesAnalysis: US only developed country that doesn’t offer paid maternity leaveThe US supreme court is taking up a pregnancy discrimination case with the potential to affect many American women who continue to work throughout their pregnancies.The case before the justices on Wednesday involves a former driver for UPS who wanted a temporary assignment to av
  
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• UPS pregnancy discrimination case weighed by US supreme court

  03-12-2014 14:44
  
  Justices begin hearing case of UPS employee Peggy Young with potential to affect many American women who continue to work throughout pregnanciesAnalysis: US only developed country that doesn’t offer paid maternity leaveThe US supreme court is taking up a pregnancy discrimination case with the potential to affect many American women who continue to work throughout their pregnancies.The case before the justices on Wednesday involves a former driver for UPS who wanted a temporary assignment to av
  
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• University vice-chancellors told: tackle extremism or face contempt charges

  03-12-2014 14:31
  
  Security minister also says lecturers are expected to report students if they have concerns about their behaviourUniversity vice-chancellors could be found in contempt of court if they refuse to implement ministerial directions to tackle extremists on campus, the UK security minister has warned.James Brokenshire also said college lecturers were expected to report students if they had concerns about them being drawn into extremism or terrorism. Continue reading...
  
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• Lee Rigby killers lose court bid to challenge convictions and sentences

  03-12-2014 14:16
  
  Family of murdered British soldier show emotion as judges reject Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale’s attempt to appealThe widow of Fusilier Lee Rigby has said she is “relieved that this is over and justice has been done” after three judges rejected appeals by his killers, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale.Adebolajo’s argument that his murder conviction should be quashed because “he killed a soldier in the course of fighting a war” was dismissed as “hopelessly misconceiv
  
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• Bach handed shadow attorney general role

  03-12-2014 14:13
  
  Veteran campaigner reported to be in line to replace Emily Thornberry.
  
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• Paralegals and outsourcing key to Linklaters turnaround

  03-12-2014 13:22
  
  The firm recorded pre-tax profits of £395m in the 2013/14 year, with the highest-paid member picking up £2.4m. 
  
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• Narayana Murthy's son-in-law to contest UK elections on Conservative ticket - Business Standard

  03-12-2014 12:22
  
  Business Standard
  Narayana Murthy's son-in-law to contest UK elections on Conservative ticket
  Business Standard
  Infosys founder N R Narayana Murthy had shunned an opportunity to join politics long ago, but another member of his immediate family is making his debut in active politics, though not in India. Murthy's son-in-law, Rishi Sunak, was recently declared ...
  
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• Pornography law bans list of sexual acts from UK-made online films - The Guardian

  03-12-2014 00:11
  
  The Guardian
  Pornography law bans list of sexual acts from UK-made online films
  The Guardian
  The erotic film director Erika Lust told the Independent: “With this legislation, the UK is in danger of finding itself back in an age where porn is simply the boring, unrealistic, male fantasy of bimbos eagerly pleasing men as if it is their duty ...
  'Sexist' UK Porn Law Change Bans List Of Sex Acts Including Female ...Huffington Post UK
  Here Are Exactly What Types Of Porn The UK Just BannedB
  
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