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• Obama gives NFL mixed review on domestic violence policies for players

  12-12-2014 23:42
  
  President says league appeared to be ‘winging it’ in response to Ray Rice case, but approves of tougher new guidelines to deal with off-field misconductPresident Barack Obama said on Friday the NFL appeared to be “winging it” in dealing with former Baltimore Ravens star Ray Rice’s domestic violence case but praised the league for later putting in place a new policy to handle such incidents. The NFL on Wednesday unveiled a tougher policy for disciplining players for off-field misconduct
  
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• Edward Snowden lawyer calls on Europeans to prosecute US torture architects

  12-12-2014 22:39
  
  ‘They need to know that they’ll run into severe trouble’ if they enter EuropeWolfgang Kaleck represented Khaled El Masri, who was tortured by the CIAA leading German human rights lawyer has called on prosecutors across Europe to “get active” and prepare to seize any CIA agents and US officials involved in torture who enter their territories.Wolfgang Kaleck said the US Senate committee report on CIA torture was giving new impetus to European resolve to hold those in positions of power r
  
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• Despite the CIA report, TV and film will still revel in torture

  12-12-2014 22:09
  
  Once the hallmark of the villain, 40 years ago heroes also started engaging in torture – and since then it’s been a frequent ingredient in popular entertainment“Torture is not an effective way to get information,” said former FBI interviewer Joe Navarro reacting to the Senate intelligence committee’s summary report on the FBI’s torture practices. “A person will do anything to stop the pain and torture impairs the suspect’s ability to remember details that may be essential to your
  
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• German lawyer calls on Europeans to prosecute US architects of torture

  12-12-2014 21:38
  
  ‘They need to know that they’ll run into severe trouble’ if they enter EuropeWolfgang Kaleck represented Khaled El Masri, who was tortured by the CIAA leading German human rights lawyer has called on prosecutors across Europe to “get active” and prepare to seize any CIA agents and US officials involved in torture who enter their territories.Wolfgang Kaleck said the US Senate committee report on CIA torture was giving new impetus to European resolve to hold those in positions of power r
  
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• Cincinnati at center of British custody battle after lawyers say mom ... - WCPO

  12-12-2014 21:09
  
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  Cincinnati at center of British custody battle after lawyers say mom ...
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  CINCINNATI – A British woman is illegally hiding her 8-year-old daughter in Cincinnati and London wants her back, lawyers said. A division of London's High Court ruled Thursday Natalie Lewis, 36, “unlawfully” fled the UK in March with her young ...
  Father seeks return of daughter taken to US by her motherMarilyn Stowe Blog
  Eight-year-old British girl 'unlawfully' taken to US by motherTelegraph.c
  
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• CIA torture: Homeland and 24 make great TV, but they’re no way to govern | Jonathan Freedland

  12-12-2014 21:00
  
  The torture report lays bare what happens when our deepest, darkest urges prevail. The state has to rise above itReality rushes in where fiction fears to tread. The events of the real world constantly outstrip even the most creative maginations. As Philip Roth famously complained, “The actuality is continually outdoing our talents” – contriving situations that few novelists would dare offer, lest they seem outlandish and far-fetched. The latest proof is the US Senate intelligence committee
  
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• CIA officials stand their ground and strike back over torture report

  12-12-2014 21:00
  
  Some former directors and advisers call Senate investigation biased while others say interrogations yielded important informationNow that the Senate intelligence committee has released its report on CIA torture – concluding that it was brutal and ineffective – the key officials connected to its implementation have responded with a mix of criticism of the committee, defense of their decisions, and silence. Continue reading...
  
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• Britain convulsed by its dirty secret in wake of CIA torture report

  12-12-2014 20:25
  
  Senate report on rendition contrasts with recalcitrant UK, whose judge-led inquiry was shut down by CameronIn September 2005, on the day the Guardian published its first edition in the new Berliner format, the newspaper informed its readers that a fleet of CIA aircraft had been using the UK’s airports during the agency’s so-called extraordinary rendition operations.Aircraft from the 26-strong fleet had flown into and out of the UK at least 210 times since 9/11, the newspaper reported, “an
  
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• In praise of … Senator Dianne Feinstein | Hugh Muir

  12-12-2014 19:41
  
  Despite fierce opposition, the chair of the Senate intelligence committee fought to reveal what was done in the name of US democracy post-9/11America finds itself in an extraordinary position. Castigated the world over for the appalling acts of torture by CIA operatives in the wake of 9/11. Praised for a system of government that revealed to the world that those abuses occurred. And yet this exceptional act of transparency was not a given: there was and continues to be fierce opposition from bot
  
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• Questions for Jack Straw over CIA torture report – and his response

  12-12-2014 19:26
  
  The former foreign secretary has repeatedly refused to answer questions about any role he played in extraordinary renditionJack Straw, the former foreign secretary, has repeatedly refused to answer questions about any role he played in extraordinary rendition. Following publication of the US Senate intelligence committee’s CIA torture report – which was redacted at the request of UK intelligence agencies – the Guardian submitted questions to his office and received the following responses:
  
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• Pregnant woman's drug use equivalent to 'child abuse,' court says

  12-12-2014 19:01
  
  Tammy Loertscher jailed following disclosure she’d used drugs in the past
  Federal civil rights suit planned in Wisconsin caseA federal civil rights lawsuit is being filed on behalf of a Wisconsin woman who was jailed and placed in solitary confinement because she allegedly used methamphetamines while pregnant, an act authorities there said abused her 14-week-old fetus.Tamara “Tammy” Loertscher, 30, was jailed about a week after she sought prenatal care at a Mayo Clinic branch in Eau Claire
  
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• Freezing cells and sleep deprivation: the brutal conditions migrants still face after capture

  12-12-2014 18:44
  
  In a week of outcry over the Senate’s report on CIA torture, human rights groups say harsh treatment of migrants still meted out the on US borderJosefina Peralta made the gruelling journey from her home in Honduras to Texas in May, venturing a perilous crossing of the Rio Grande River and passing across the US border at night in search of safety, opportunity and a new life. Within hours of making the crossing, she was picked up along with her infant daughter and four other women by officers of
  
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• Telephone gateway understanding 'disappointing' - MoJ

  12-12-2014 18:35
  
  Ministry of Justice says legal aid system is working well but there remains a lack of awareness.
  
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• SRA saves millions on intervention costs

  12-12-2014 17:31
  
  Expenditure on closing firms down is much lower than expected - and profession will benefit from savings.
  
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• Protests against porn law changes outside Parliament - BBC News

  12-12-2014 17:22
  
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  Protests against porn law changes outside Parliament
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  Protesters gathered in London to oppose the decision to ban various sex acts from UK-filmed online porn videos. Paid-for online porn videos must now adhere to the same rules as content produced for sex shop-type videos. Protest organiser Charlotte Rose ...
  'Face-sitting' protest held over UK porn censorship lawCNN
  Porn censorship to be protested with mass 'face-sitting' outside ParliamentThe Independent
  
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• Pistorius did not 'throw wobbly' over appeal: lawyer - Yahoo News UK

  12-12-2014 16:45
  
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  Pistorius did not 'throw wobbly' over appeal: lawyer
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  Oscar Pistorius's lawyer denied Friday that the jailed athlete had "thrown a wobbly" after learning he could face a much harsher punishment for killing his girlfriend. Prosecutors on Wednesday won the right to appeal for Pistorius to be convicted of ...
  
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• Top firms enjoy fee income increase in Q2

  12-12-2014 16:43
  
  Firms ranked between 51 and 100 see the biggest increase in fee income, largely driven by consolidation.
  
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• New Swiss law allows more scrutiny of Fifa and IOC finances

  12-12-2014 15:58
  
  • Law passed in reaction to Fifa bribery scandals
  • Blatter and Bach now ‘politically exposed persons’
  • IOC unveils Olympic vision in blaze of back-slappingPutting sports officials on a legal level with political dictators, Swiss lawmakers passed legislation allowing more scrutiny of bank accounts held by governing bodies and their leaders.The law passed on Friday, in a 128-62 vote in the lower chamber of parliament, was prompted by Fifa bribery scandals in recent years. Continue
  
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• British Legal Awards 2014: the law firms, departments, teams and individuals ... - Legal Week

  12-12-2014 15:44
  
  British Legal Awards 2014: the law firms, departments, teams and individuals ...
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  City lawyers were out in force to celebrate the achievements of colleagues and peers at The British Legal Awards, where a party atmosphere prevailed until the early hours of the morning. Macfarlanes, Mishcon de Reya and LV's in-house team were among ...
  
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• Beverly Johnson is the latest woman to accuse Bill Cosby. Are you ready to believe women's stories? | Sara Benincasa

  12-12-2014 15:17
  
  We’re essentially programmed to doubt rape victims’ stories if those stories involve ‘respected’ individuals. But two, three, four, five, 17 women?• Supermodel Beverly Johnson says Bill Cosby drugged her in 1980sPerhaps the most difficult thing for anyone who ever revered Bill Cosby – and there are many of us – to grasp is the idea that the man who occupied a shining place in the firmament of our childhood heroes could have done anything remotely vile, much less (as he’s been rep
  
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• Porn protest: UK laws banning erotic acts should be annulled, Lib Dem MP says - The Independent

  12-12-2014 14:44
  
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  Porn protest: UK laws banning erotic acts should be annulled, Lib Dem MP says
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  Around 500 people are to simulate sex at Old Palace Yard in Westminster, as MPs debate the recent changes to UK pornography regulations and the effective banning of certain sex acts that the government deems morally damaging. The new law mean ...
  There's a mass 'face-sitting' happening today as a protest against new porn ...Entertainment.ie
  London protestors rally again
  
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• Which UK officials met torture report committee members, and when?

  12-12-2014 14:36
  
  Among those who met members of Senate committee that released report were Theresa May and Labour’s Lord WestThe Foreign Office has released a list that reveals senior ministers and diplomats met members of the Senate intelligence committee at least 24 times from 2009. This week the committee released a damning report on the CIA’s use of torture.Among those who met the committee were the home secretary, Theresa May, the former Labour minister Lord West and the UK’s ambassadors to Washington
  
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• France proposes assisted dying bill to grant doctors new powers

  12-12-2014 14:12
  
  New rules would allow doctors to place terminal patients in a deep sleep until they dieFrench politicians have unveiled proposals for a bill that would allow doctors to put terminally ill patients into a deep sleep until they die, reviving the deeply divisive end-of-life debate.The bill would also make “living wills” – drafted by people who do not want to be kept alive artificially when they are too ill to decide – legally binding on doctors rather than merely consultative as they are no
  
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• British agents may have known of ‘odd case’ of CIA torture, says Lord West

  12-12-2014 14:07
  
  Labour’s Lord West says UK agents may have been present while waterboarding was happening – but there is no need for new inquiryBritish agents may have been aware of the “odd case” of torture by CIA officers and may even have been present while waterboarding was happening but a full public inquiry would be a waste of time, Lord West, a former Home Office minister and ex-chief of defence intelligence, has said.The senior Labour politician said there was no need for a new inquiry despite g
  
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• Challenge to domestic violence legal aid changes

  12-12-2014 13:46 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Four out of 10 victims unable to apply for legal aid, new report by Law Society-backed campaign shows. 
  
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• Want to know the reality of US torture? Ask Shaker Aamer | Clive Stafford Smith

  12-12-2014 13:39
  
  Beaten, force-fed and kept in solitary confinement, this British Guantánamo prisoner is in no doubt about the truth of the CIA reportFew of us really understand the reality of the US torture outlined in this week’s Senate report. Among those who do is the Londoner, Guantánamo prisoner and Reprieve client Shaker Aamer. I saw him this week. Unlike the assorted people who offer themselves as experts to comment on CIA torture, Shaker is a true (if involuntary) expert in the field. Yet he i
  
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• Barrister fights back against ombudsman's 'harm' warning

  12-12-2014 13:31
  
  Tariq Rehman accuses legal ombudsman of ‘misleading’ and ’out of context’ statement. 
  
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• 'Face-sitting' protest held over UK porn censorship law - CNN

  12-12-2014 13:25
  
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  'Face-sitting' protest held over UK porn censorship law
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  London (CNN) -- Visitors to the Houses of Parliament on Friday may have seen more than they bargained for. Protesters against new rules limiting online pornography gathered to simulate some of the now-banned sex acts, including "face-sitting.".
  Protests against porn law changes outside ParliamentBBC News
  Porn protest: Sex workers and campaigners rally against new laws at ParliamentMirror.co.uk
  UK stages a mass fac
  
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• On torture, now is the time to say: not in our name | Anne Perkins

  12-12-2014 12:14
  
  We in Britain must demand to know what lies beneath the black, redacted boxes in the Senate report on the CIA – or accept complicity with our own secret stateIt is clear now that British security had extensive knowledge of the CIA’s programme of torture. It seems likely that the prolonged negotiations in the last few weeks between the Home Office and Washington over the publication of the Senate report were a desperate bid to cover up the degree of complicity. It is a reasonable guess that t
  
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• UK ministers met Senate committee during torture inquiry, papers reveal

  12-12-2014 11:54
  
  Representatives including Theresa May held 24 meetings with US officials writing CIA report in which UK references were redactedThe government is under pressure to explain whether UK ministers and officials repeatedly lobbied the US to delete references to British spies from a damning report about CIA torture of detainees in the wake of 9/11.New documents show that, from 2009, UK government representatives had 24 meetings with members of the US committee that found CIA methods were brutal and in
  
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• CIA torture report sparks renewed calls to prosecute senior US officials

  12-12-2014 11:54
  
  Ben Emmerson, UN special rapporteur on human rights, said US attorney general has international obligation to reopen inquiriesA UN expert on human rights has repeated his call for the US to live up to its international legal obligations and prosecute senior officials who authorised the use of torture.Ben Emmerson, the UN special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism, said Eric Holder, the US attorney general, is under an international obligation to reopen inquiries into senior official
  
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• Northern Ireland restaurants and takeaways bring in allergy laws - BBC News

  12-12-2014 11:52
  
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  Northern Ireland restaurants and takeaways bring in allergy laws
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  About 5,000 people need treatment in hospital for severe allergic reactions each year in the UK, and some cases are fatal - causing an average of 10 deaths annually. Experts say the majority of these deaths and visits to hospital are avoidable, and ...
  New food law will change allergy-sufferer Lorna's lifeBelfast Telegraph
  Food allergy laws enforced in restaurants and takeaways in South YorkshireThe Star
  
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• Face-sitting pornography protest Q&A: How, where, and seriously - why? - Telegraph.co.uk

  12-12-2014 11:15
  
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  Face-sitting pornography protest Q&A: How, where, and seriously - why?
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  Any paid-for porn bought online is now regulated by the same guidelines set out by the British Board of Film Censors (BBFC) as DVDs sold by sex shops. The new rules are based on a 55-year-old law, the Obscene Publications Act 1959. Video shot abroad is ...
  Face-sitting porn protest: Government's skewed moral compass denies female ...Yahoo News UK
  
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• LSB puts spotlight on unregulated sector

  12-12-2014 09:46
  
  Oversight regulator to target better understanding of unregulated market over the next three years.
  
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• Growing unregulated legal market under spotlight

  12-12-2014 09:46
  
  Oversight regulator to target better understanding of unregulated market over the next three years.
  
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• Housing lawyers could 'cease to exist'

  12-12-2014 09:45
  
  Homelessness charity looks for trainee partnerships with law firms. 
  
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• Female lawyer suspended after claims of '“inappropriately close relationship ... - Express.co.uk

  12-12-2014 09:36
  
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  Female lawyer suspended after claims of '“inappropriately close relationship ...
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  According to Ms Doolan's firm, DDE Law, of Liverpool, she worked on the Damilola Taylor murder case and on the UK's only war-crime trial. A solicitor for 18 years, she is said to be a specialist in “prison law” and ran a “heavyweight criminal practice ...
  
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• US hid UK links in CIA torture report at request of British spy agencies

  12-12-2014 08:45
  
  Downing Street says UK intelligence asked for redactions to be made in Senate report on the grounds of national securityReferences to Britain’s intelligence agencies were deleted at their request from the damning US report on the CIA’s use of torture after 9/11, it has emerged.A spokesman for David Cameron acknowledged the UK had been granted deletions in advance of the publication, contrasting with earlier assertions by No 10. Downing Street said any redactions were only requested on “nat
  
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• Food allergy laws enforced in restaurants and takeaways - BBC News

  12-12-2014 06:26
  
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  Food allergy laws enforced in restaurants and takeaways
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  Restaurants and takeaways in the UK will be required by law to tell customers if their food contains ingredients known to trigger allergies. Staff must provide information on 14 everyday allergens including nuts, milk, celery, gluten, soya and wheat ...
  
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• Woman lawyer suspended in 'texts to gangster' probe - Express.co.uk

  12-12-2014 01:26
  
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  Woman lawyer suspended in 'texts to gangster' probe
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  According to Ms Doolan's firm, DDE Law, of Liverpool, she worked on the Damilola Taylor murder case and on the UK's only war-crime trial. A solicitor for 18 years, she is said to be a specialist in “prison law” and ran a “heavyweight criminal practice ...
  
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• Indian tribes free to grow pot on their lands – as long as they follow federal laws

  12-12-2014 00:03
  
  Justice Department answers queries on states’ legalisations and tribal land
  Warns this is not a ‘green light’, as pot is still illegal under federal law
  American Indian tribes can grow and sell marijuana on their lands as long as they follow the same federal conditions laid out for states that have legalized the drug, the US Justice Department has said.Oregon US attorney Amanda Marshall said on Thursday the announcement addresses questions raised by tribes about how legalization of pot in
  
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