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• De Blasio accuses police unions of divisive tactics in wake of NYPD shooting

  22-12-2014 23:42
  
  Says 25,000 protested peacefully recently, and were protected by NYPDMayor vows to ‘keep reaching out to those who serve this city’De Blasio urges New Yorkers to put politics aside in wake of NYPD shootingDe Blasio at centre of police storm after two NYPD officers are shot dead
  New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has hit back at both the media and police unions for trying to “divide” people in the aftermath of the murder of two police officers in Brooklyn on Saturday.During a press conference
  
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• Obama picks Georgia prosecutor to fill deputy attorney general spot

  22-12-2014 22:07
  
  Sally Yates is nominated for key role at Justice Department after handling several high-profile cases, including the Atlanta Olympics bomber investigation US President Barack Obama announced on Monday that he intends to nominate Sally Yates, a federal prosecutor for the Northern District of Georgia, to fill the second-highest ranking position at the Justice Department. Yates, 54, has a record of fighting public corruption and has handled several high-profile cases, including the prosecution of t
  
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• Shaker Aamer’s continued detention shames our society | Letters

  22-12-2014 20:55
  
  Following the US Senate’s shocking report into the torture of prisoners by US staff, including medical personnel, we have urgently set up an all-party group for the immediate return of Shaker Aamer to his British wife and four children in London. Mr Aamer, an aid worker, was sold to the Americans 13 years ago in Afghanistan, where he was living with his family.He was cleared for release in 2007 and again in 2009 by the most senior levels of US intelligence and military. Our prime minister has
  
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• Human rights groups call for special prosecutor to investigate CIA torture

  22-12-2014 20:26
  
  The ACLU and Human Rights Watch say the offenses amount to ‘a vast criminal conspiracy’ and are ‘shocking and corrosive’ to US democracy and credibilitySenate report on CIA torture claims agency lied about ‘ineffective’ programRectal rehydration and waterboarding: CIA torture report’s grisliest findingsTwo of America’s leading human rights organisations have written to US attorney general Eric Holder calling on him to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate crimes committed u
  
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• Family of US reporter jailed in Iran tells of 'inconceivable' five-month ordeal

  22-12-2014 19:48
  
  Washington Post reporter arrested in July with wife and another coupleHeld 153 days, the longest any western journalist has been detained in IranIran charges Washington Post reporter
  Washington Post reporter facing interrogation as Iranian
  For five months, Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian has slept on the concrete floor of his cell, waking each morning to relive the nightmare that is solitary confinement in one of Iran’s most notorious prisons.Rezaian, an Iranian-American who holds du
  
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• Family of US reporter jailed in Iran speaks of 'inconceivable' five-month ordeal

  22-12-2014 19:48
  
  Washington Post reporter arrested in July with wife and another coupleHeld 153 days, the longest any Western journalist has been detained in IranIran charges Washington Post reporter
  Washington Post reporter facing interrogation as Iranian
  For five months, Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian has slept on the concrete floor of his cell, waking each morning to relive the nightmare that is solitary confinement in one of Iran’s most notorious prisons.Rezaian, an Iranian-American who holds du
  
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• May urged to appoint UK’s most senior female judge to lead child abuse inquiry

  22-12-2014 19:34
  
  Child abuse survivors group wants Lady Hale, deputy president of supreme court, to take charge of statutory inquiry
  The home secretary, Theresa May, has been urged to appoint Britain’s most senior female judge, Lady Hale, to chair a full statutory inquiry into child abuse with links to the Westminster establishment.May has conceded that the child abuse panel that has already been set up does not have satisfactory powers and, with a decision expected soon about what form an inquiry will take,
  
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• Federal court rejects pre-abortion ultrasound law in North Carolina

  22-12-2014 19:20
  
  Ruling finds ‘women’s right to know’ law and ‘real-time view requirement’ was a violation of the First Amendment A North Carolina law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound four hours before an abortion has been declared unconstitutional by a federal court.The 4th circuit court of appeals on Monday found that the so-called “women’s right to know” law was “compelled speech” and in violation of the First Amendment. Continue reading...
  
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• G4S, the company with no convictions – but does it have blood on its hands? | Simon Hattenstone and Eric Allison

  22-12-2014 17:00
  
  The number of deaths linked to G4S employees, some with racial overtones, means this company must have a problem. When will it be held to account?The racist texts found on the phones of two of the three G4S security guards who escorted Angolan deportee Jimmy Mubenga to his death in 2009 required a double take. One text, written by defendant Stuart Tribelnig, read: “Fuck off and go home you free-loading, benefit-grabbing, kid-producing, violent, non-English speaking cocksuckers and take those h
  
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• Alleged cop slayer's first victim hysterically begged neighbor for help

  22-12-2014 16:45
  
  Wounded and bleeding, Shaneka Thompson banged on her neighbor’s door
  Woman called 911 for suspect’s ex after seeing blood all over hallway carpet
  NYPD shooting: warning came from Baltimore police seconds too late
  NYPD officers’ killings ‘an attack on all we hold dear’ – videoThe ex-girlfriend of the man who ambushed two NYPD officers screamed for help after she was shot, banged on a neighbor’s door and said: “I can’t die like this, please, please help me!” according to the ne
  
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• 'Justice delayed': UK law official insists Libyan Megrahi guilty of Lockerbie ... - RT

  22-12-2014 15:49
  
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  'Justice delayed': UK law official insists Libyan Megrahi guilty of Lockerbie ...
  RT
  A top UK legal official claims to have had “very useful” talks with the director of the FBI in a renewed effort for bring the perpetrators of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing to justice. Some relatives of the 270 killed accuse prosecutors of a cover-up ...
  Law chief's pledge to trap Lockerbie bombersScotsman
  Lockerbie bombing: senior law officer vows to track down Megrahi accomplicesTelegraph.co.uk
  
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• Lawyer fined £670 for drink driving crash that left man unable to walk - Metro

  22-12-2014 15:42
  
  Metro
  Lawyer fined £670 for drink driving crash that left man unable to walk
  Metro
  Edward Groves, 26, has been told he may not be back on his feet for another year after Lisa Carter, 48, got behind the wheel after drinking with friends. She was on her way to pick her children up when she hit Edward's car in Oldham after cutting ...
  Oldham lawyer who left father unable to walk escapes with £700 fineDaily Mail
  
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• Law firm warns of UK impact from German IHT ruling - Campden FB

  22-12-2014 15:32
  Law firm warns of UK impact from German IHT ruling
  Campden FB
  A court ruling in Germany making tax breaks and exceptions on inheritance for family businesses illegal may cause concern in the UK, a British law firm has warned. The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany ruled the 2009 Inheritance and Gift Tax Act ...
  
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• Criminal John Gilligan receives warning from UK police after tirade - Irish Independent

  22-12-2014 15:21
  
  Irish Independent
  Criminal John Gilligan receives warning from UK police after tirade
  Irish Independent
  He immediately delivered a tirade of abuse at the solicitor. The lawyer was so unnerved by what Gilligan said to him, he reported the incident to police in London. Gilligan (62) was nabbed by officers from the Metropolitan Police and ended up receiving ...
  
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• Is there hope for the child bride accused of murder in Nigeria?

  22-12-2014 14:09
  
  As a 14-year-old girl faces a possible death sentence after allegedly poisoning her husband, campaigners argue that forced child marriages in Nigeria must end
  Today, Wasila Tasi’u has her day in court, though she may struggle to see over the witness box. Aged just 14, Tasi’u is accused of lacing food prepared for a celebration two weeks after her wedding with rat poison, killing her 35-year-old husband, Umar Sani, and three others. Continue reading...
  
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• Bid to use data protection laws to silence Guinea mining critic defeated

  22-12-2014 14:07
  
  Global Witness not obliged to surrender personal information gathered during investigation into Simandou mineAn attempt to use data protection regulations to force a campaign group to hand over personal information relating to a billion-dollar mining deal has been defeated.The information comissioner’s office (ICO) has ruled that Global Witness does not need to surrender material gathered in the course of its investigation into the Simandou Ore mines in Guinea, west Africa. Continue reading...
  
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• Attempt to use data protection laws 'to stifle Guinea mining critic' defeated

  22-12-2014 14:07
  
  Global Witness not obliged to surrender personal information gathered during investigation into Simandou mineAn attempt to use data protection regulations to force a campaign group to hand over personal information relating to a billion-dollar mining deal has been defeated.The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ruled that Global Witness does not need to surrender material gathered in the course of its investigation into the Simandou ore mines in Guinea, west Africa. Continue reading..
  
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• Attempt to use data protection laws to silence Guinea mining critic defeated

  22-12-2014 14:07
  
  Global Witness not obliged to surrender personal information gathered during investigation into Simandou mineAn attempt to use data protection regulations to force a campaign group to hand over personal information relating to a billion-dollar mining deal has been defeated.The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ruled that Global Witness does not need to surrender material gathered in the course of its investigation into the Simandou ore mines in Guinea, west Africa. Continue reading..
  
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• UK to extend Libor manipulation laws to cover gold, oil, silver - Reuters Canada

  22-12-2014 13:40
  Reuters Canada
  UK to extend Libor manipulation laws to cover gold, oil, silver
  Reuters Canada
  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will widen the scope of laws which make the manipulation of market benchmarks a criminal offense to include seven more rates covering the currency, gold, oil and silver markets by April 1, the government said on Monday.
  Fixed income, commodity and currency benchmarks to be regulated from April ...Out-Law.com
  
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• UK government in bid to withhold material from In Amenas inquest

  22-12-2014 13:33
  
  FCO issues PII certificate to keep back information from inquest into deaths of seven British hostages in jihadi attack on Algerian gas plantThe Foreign Office is attempting to withhold security information from an inquest into the deaths of seven British hostages in a jihadi attack last year.Government lawyers have resorted to the rarely used legal device of a public interest immunity (PII) certificate, allowing them to apply to keep back from a court hearing material deemed too sensitive to be
  
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• SRA invites comparison sites to tap into its data

  22-12-2014 13:29
  
  Regulator says ‘suite of core data’ is available free to websites. 
  
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• UK to extend Libor manipulation laws to cover gold, oil, silver - The Fiscal Times

  22-12-2014 13:15
  
  The Fiscal Times
  UK to extend Libor manipulation laws to cover gold, oil, silver
  The Fiscal Times
  "Ensuring that the key rates that underpin financial markets here and around the world are robust, and that anyone who seeks to manipulate them is subject to the full force of the law, is an important part of our long-term economic plan," finance ...
  
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• CMC profits hold up despite Jackson changes

  22-12-2014 13:04
  
  First4Lawyers continues to be successful, but questions new fees regime.
  
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• The Interview Will Be Distributed, Sony Lawyer Insists - MTV UK

  22-12-2014 12:46
  
  MTV UK
  The Interview Will Be Distributed, Sony Lawyer Insists
  MTV UK
  Sony Pictures has insisted that it WILL release The Interview - despite terrorism threats linked to North Korea. The movie studio has been pondering different avenues to meet demand for the film, following the refusal of the major cinema chains in the ...
  The Interview will be shown, says Sony lawyerYahoo News UK
  Sony lawyer: "The Interview will be released"Digital Spy UK
  YouTube release of 'The Interview' be
  
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• Home > Articles > December In Employment Law - Some Legal Updates... - The NextWomen Business Magazine

  22-12-2014 10:21
  Home > Articles > December In Employment Law - Some Legal Updates...
  The NextWomen Business Magazine
  November saw some key developments in Employment law, with everything from sick leave to holiday pay enjoying the limelight. Here we talk you through some of the key developments that we have seen this month, and how they might affect your business ...
  
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• Hold off on contract extensions, criminal lawyers urged

  22-12-2014 08:31 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Legal Aid Agency contacting practitioners to extend current crime contracts by three months.
  
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• Grayling faces new year test over legal aid

  22-12-2014 08:31
  
  Hearing date set for practitioner groups' challenge over criminal legal aid tender process. 
  
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