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• Apple lawyer sums up iPod antitrust trial: 'This is all made up' - CNET

  15-12-2014 23:05
  
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  Apple lawyer sums up iPod antitrust trial: 'This is all made up'
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  A two-week-long legal battle over the meteoric rise of the iPod and iTunes music store heads to a close here Monday after lawyers presented closing arguments in a class action antitrust case. Plaintiffs, who spoke to the jury first, are resting the ...
  
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• The Guardian view on Britain and torture: tell the truth | Editorial

  15-12-2014 20:46
  
  Parliament must act fast to follow up the Senate report and shine a light on any UK complicityA week ago today, the US senate published its report into America’s use of torture on detainees after the 9/11 attacks. The report has major international implications, not just US ones. From the British perspective, one aspect festers above all others. The report deals with plots affecting Britain. It digs into operations in which the UK cooperated with the US and its allies. It therefore revives a s
  
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• Manchester police officers to be named in Taser death inquest

  15-12-2014 20:42
  
  Coroner rules officers involved in death of Jordan Lee Begley must give evidence in an open court and be named – but not yetMedia outlets have won the right to name five police officers who wanted to remain anonymous at the inquest into a man shot with a Taser.Factory worker Jordan Lee Begley, 23, died two hours after being hit with the electric stun gun by an officer from Greater Manchester police (GMP) at his home in Gorton, Manchester, on 10 July last year. Continue reading...
  
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• Defense rests in murder trial of Montana homeowner who fatally shot exchange student

  15-12-2014 20:41
  
  Fired four shots at 17-year-old German student who was inside his garage
  Markus Kaarma’s attorneys say state law allowed him to use deadly force
  The defense rested its case Monday in the murder trial of a Montana man who shot and killed a German exchange student who was inside the man’s garage.Markus Kaarma fired four shots into his garage early April 27, killing 17-year-old Diren Dede. He was alerted to Dede’s presence in the garage by a motion detector. Continue reading...
  
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• Theresa May denies seeking redactions in CIA torture report

  15-12-2014 20:24
  
  Home secretary tells Commons she was not involved in any talks on British intelligence actions contained in Senate reportThe home secretary, Theresa May, has firmly denied speculation that she had a role in securing the redaction of any details about the British security services from the US Senate report on alleged torture by the CIA.She told the Commons home affairs committee that while the UK government had made representations to secure redactions necessary to protect national security she h
  
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• Rise in sex offence claims triggering legal delays, says lord chief justice

  15-12-2014 19:49
  
  Aftermath of Jimmy Savile scandal has led to backlog of abuse cases and piled pressure on resources, says Lord ThomasA surge in the number of prosecutions for sexual offences is causing severe delays in the courts, the lord chief justice has warned.In his annual report to parliament, Lord Thomas also flags up concerns that initial government plans to restrict access to judicial review would have had a “materially adverse impact on the right of the citizen to challenge decisions of the governme
  
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• The CIA tortured Abu Zubaydah, my client. Now charge him or let him go | Helen Duffy

  15-12-2014 19:45
  
  Abu Zubaydah has now been held incommunicado for 12 years without trial. This is gross injusticeEven for those accustomed to the horrors of the CIA’s secret detention, torture and extraordinary rendition regime, the summary of the US Senate select committee on intelligence report makes chilling reading. It chronicles a systematic programme of prisoner torture and abuse, led by the CIA, but with the involvement of all levels of government and a multitude of other states. But it also reveals the
  
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• Supreme court: car stop was mistake, but drugs found are legal evidence

  15-12-2014 18:17
  
  Rules 8-1 against driver stopped for invalid reason found to have drugs in car
  Chief justice says officer’s error did not violate driver’s constitutional rights
  The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a police officer in North Carolina lawfully stopped a car with a faulty brake light – and then found a stash of cocaine in the vehicle – even though driving with one working light is not illegal in the state. In an 8-1 decision, the court ruled against Nicholas Heien, who had argued that
  
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• Guantánamo hearing into FBI infiltration abruptly cancelled

  15-12-2014 18:04
  
  Lawyers for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspects wanted judge to determine the extent of FBI contact with defense team membersCourt officials canceled a two-day pretrial hearing for suspects in the September 11 attacks on Monday at the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a US army spokesman said.The hearing, intended to examine allegations the FBI tried to infiltrate legal defense teams, according to a docket on a Pentagon website. It would have been the first such proceeding since a US
  
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• Cheney insists 'rectal feeding' was for medical reasons, not torture

  15-12-2014 17:16
  
  Former US vice-president robustly defends CIA interrogation methodsRepublicans and intelligence community attack Senate reportTrevor Timm: The media treats Dick Cheney like the royals on vacation. He should be in jailControversial rectal feeding technique used to control behaviourRectal rehydration and more: the CIA torture report’s grisliest findingsDick Cheney, the former US vice-president who was at the forefront of the post-9/11 push towards aggressive interrogation techniques since denoun
  
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• Russia failing to prevent homophobic violence, says Human Rights Watch

  15-12-2014 17:05
  
  Anti-gay harassment has risen since controversial law banning ‘homosexual propaganda’ was passed last year, report saysGay people in Russia are being subjected to increasing amounts of harassment and violence in their everyday lives, according to a report suggesting that intolerance has risen since a controversial law banning “homosexual propaganda” was passed last year.“The law effectively legalised discrimination against LGBT people and cast them as second-class citizens,” wrote Hu
  
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• £339m payout ‘could see fewer couples divorce in UK’

  15-12-2014 16:56 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  High Court turns down wife's claim for 50% settlement.
  
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• US supreme court blocks Arizona from enforcing abortion restrictions

  15-12-2014 16:44
  
  New rules cannot be implemented while lower courts consider challengeArizona seeking to regulate where and how women can take abortion drugsThe US supreme court has refused to allow Arizona to enforce stringent restrictions on medical abortions while a challenge to them plays out in lower courts.The justices on Monday left in place a lower court ruling that blocked rules that regulate where and how women can take drugs that induce abortion. The rules also would regulate the use of the abortion m
  
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• ‘Surviving Jackson’ author closes firm

  15-12-2014 16:25
  
  Jeff Zindani concentrates on consultancy business as administrators called in.
  
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• Legal aid guidance on exceptional cases 'unlawful' - judges - BBC News

  15-12-2014 16:12
  
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  Legal aid guidance on exceptional cases 'unlawful' - judges
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  When Mr Justice Collins ruled on the six refusals of civil legal aid at the High Court in June, he said it was "a fundamental principle that anyone in the UK is subject to its laws and is entitled to their protection". He indicated that in some of the ...
  Legal aid guidance ruled unlawful by Court of AppealTelegraph.co.uk
  Legal aid restrictions on deportation cases are unlawful, court confirmsThe Gua
  
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• Lord chief justice predicts longer case times

  15-12-2014 15:30
  
  Annual report says cases are taking longer and there is ‘urgent need’ to control the cost of civil litigation.
  
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• Nick Clegg: ex-ministers should give evidence to UK torture inquiry

  15-12-2014 15:13
  
  Deputy PM says senior figures in last Labour government should be questioned by intelligence and security committeeNick Clegg has said senior figures in the last Labour government should give evidence to parliament’s intelligence and security committee (ISC) on what they knew about torture conducted by UK or US intelligence agencies in Iraq or Afghanistan.The deputy prime minister said it was clear that the intelligence agencies should have disregarded any evidence from the Americans if it was
  
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• Google asks court to reverse order to take down anti-Muslim film clip

  15-12-2014 13:38
  
  Company, which owns YouTube, says it doesn’t want the ninth circuit court of appeals to infringe on first amendment rightsA federal appeals court will reconsider a decision to order YouTube to take down an anti-Muslim film clip that sparked violence in the Middle East and death threats to the actors from those who considered it blasphemous to the Prophet Muhammad.An 11-judge panel of the ninth US circuit court of appeals in Pasadena will hear arguments Monday by Google, which owns YouTube, dis
  
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• Guantánamo hearing to focus on FBI infiltration, Pentagon says

  15-12-2014 13:31
  
  Lawyers for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspects want judge to determine the extent of FBI contact with defense team members FBI efforts to infiltrate defense teams will top the agenda when a US military court hearing for suspects in the September 11 attacks starts on Monday, the first such proceeding since a Senate report on CIA torture was released last week.The two-day pre-trial hearing at the US prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, will focus on the extent of Federal Bureau of In
  
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• You don't need to be a feminist to help stop rape. You can even be a frat boy! | Jessica Valenti

  15-12-2014 13:30
  
  Rape is an epidemic now: we may not be able to change the culture overnight, but trained bystanders just might be able to prevent an attackIf your child was in the back room of a fraternity house, about to be sexually assaulted, is there anyone you wouldn’t want to help her?That’s one of a number of questions Dorothy Edwards, the executive director of Green Dot, etc, asked me last week.I simply feel desperate to try new ways that might move us more quickly to a more dramatic drop in violence
  
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• Ex-JJB Sports chief jailed for fraud

  15-12-2014 13:19
  
  Christopher Ronnie sentenced to four years for pocketing £1m and using the cash to splash out on property in Florida
  The former chief executive of JJB Sports has been jailed for four years for pocketing £1m in a “very greedy” fraud.Christopher Ronnie, 52, was £11m in debt to an Icelandic bank when he took money from two suppliers to the sportswear giant. Continue reading...
  
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• Legal aid restrictions on deportation cases are unlawful, court confirms

  15-12-2014 12:13
  
  Appeal court decision is blow for justice secretary, Chris Grayling, who has made deep cuts in the legal aid billExceptional legal aid funding should be made available for those fighting deportation in difficult immigration cases, the court of appeal has ruled.The decision is a further blow for the justice secretary, Chris Grayling, who has made deep cuts in the legal aid bill. It is at least his sixth courtroom defeat following a series of judicial review judgments. Continue reading...
  
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• CoA rules exceptional funding guidance unlawful

  15-12-2014 11:51 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Master of rolls says guidance incompatible with ECHR. 
  
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• Unpaid internships rig the system. Curb them, now | Owen Jones

  15-12-2014 08:00
  
  Labour could end the spectacle of young people half-killing themselves to get a foot in the doorIn Britain, in 2014, we are compelled to debate whether people should work for free. Unpaid internships have become a pillar of the modern British class system, discriminating on the basis of wealth rather than talent. The system acts as a filter for entire professions, helping to transform them into closed shops for the uber-privileged. Not only are they exploitative, they effectively allow the child
  
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• Terror law reform signals fundamental shift - BBC News

  15-12-2014 01:56
  
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  Terror law reform signals fundamental shift
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  Monday sees the return of the government's Counter Terrorism and Security Bill to the Commons where MPs will get their say on the legislation's most controversial measure: should ministers be able to ban British citizens from coming home? Under the ...
  
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