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• White House urges supreme court to end state bans on same-sex marriage

  06-03-2015 23:58
  
  Justice Department brief attacks laws that ‘send the inescapable message that same-sex couples and their children are second-class families’The Obama administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to rule that states cannot ban gay marriage. The Justice Department filed a friend-of-the-court brief in four cases in which the court is due to hear oral arguments on 28 April. Related: Supreme court sets April date to hear same-sex marriage cases Continue reading...
  
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• Colorado lawyer wins $150K libel award against UK Internet troll who ... - ABA Journal

  06-03-2015 21:54
  
  Colorado lawyer wins $150K libel award against UK Internet troll who ...
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  Angry and upset by an online attack that seemed to be coming from a disgruntled client, Colorado lawyer Timothy Bussey retained counsel to find out who was behind the criticism of his law firm on a Google page. The answer, a U.K. High Court judge ruled ...
  
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• Roma people win court battle over Italian legal text linking gypsies to crime

  06-03-2015 20:00
  
  Court in Rome orders legal textbook to be withdrawn over discriminatory explanation of Italian legal code defining ‘suspect goods’ as ones sold by gypsiesAn Italian publishing company that printed a text suggesting “gypsies” were criminals has been found guilty of discrimination by a court in Rome, marking a victory for activists who say that biases against the Roma people are widespread in Italy.There are more than 100,000 Roma in Italy and roughly 8,000 of them live in squalid conditio
  
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• French court rules it can hear cases brought against Facebook

  06-03-2015 19:14
  
  Clause forcing users to agree litigation must take place in US is abusive, says court, after site blocks man who posted painting showing naked womanA Paris court has ruled that it has jurisdiction to judge a case against Facebook, which blocked the account of a French teacher who posted an image of a vagina.
  The court ruled that Facebook’s clause forcing all users to agree that any litigation must be based in California, where the site is based, was abusive. Continue reading...
  
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• US firm awarded £50k after abuse posted on Google profile

  06-03-2015 18:26 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Court rejects explanation that statements were made by ‘unidentified third party’.
  
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• Obama on Ferguson: law enforcement is 'big chunk' of new civil rights struggle

  06-03-2015 18:04
  
  President addresses racism report as he urges young people to engage in expanded movement for civil rights, immigration reform and gay rightsBarack Obama has called for a renewal of the civil rights movement on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the march on Selma, urging law enforcement and voting rights reforms but also linking the ongoing struggle to immigration reform and gay rights.
  In a radio interview recorded before he travelled to Saturday’s memorial events in Alabama, the president
  
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• Judge slashes ‘wholly unreliable’ costs budget by £5.3m

  06-03-2015 18:02 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Firm heavily criticised after one of the biggest budget cuts made since Jackson reforms.
  
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• Have cape, will travel: Meet Britain’s most heroic dogs

  06-03-2015 16:00
  
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• Get tough on property crime, says London mayoral hopeful

  06-03-2015 12:41 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  David Lammy MP calls for property crime victimisation to be taken much more seriously.
  
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• Desk numbers cut in City relocation

  06-03-2015 11:45 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Risk and insurance firm hopes to extend ‘efficient’ office-space layout across the business.
  
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• New book puts spotlight on role of covert police in human rights controversy

  06-03-2015 11:32
  
  A new book that examines evidence of clandestine police collusion in the blacklisting of workers is launched next week in Parliament Next week will see the publication of a new book on a scandal that has not received as much attention as many believe it should have done.The book - Blacklisted : the Secret War between Big Business and Union Activists - is a comprehensive expose of how thousands of workers were blacklisted and prevented from getting work. Related: On the blacklist: how did the UK
  
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• Solicitor loses £21k negligence strike-out appeal

  06-03-2015 08:48 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Court punishes ’deliberate’ non-compliance and rejects pleas of opportunism.
  
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• 30% of police cautions and fines used inappropriately, say MPs

  06-03-2015 01:01
  
  The Commons home affairs select committee says cautions and warnings being used to deal with violence, sexual offences and domestic abuse to save timeUp to 30% of the cautions, warnings and fixed penalty fines issued by the police are being used inappropriately to deal with serious offences and repeat offenders, say MPs.The Commons home affairs select committee says it is alarming that some police officers using cautions and warnings to deal with offences involving violence, sexual offending and
  
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