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• FCC's net neutrality rules challenged in lobbyist lawsuit

  14-04-2015 21:32
  
  Two groups headed by former FCC commissioners claim watchdog ‘usurped the role of Congress’ in passing new rules to protect an open internetTwo major lobbying groups are hitting back hardat new net neutrality rules meant to protect an open internet, both headed by former commissioners for the regulator that passed the rules. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association (CTIA), a wireless industry lobbying group run by former Federal Communications Commission commissioner Meredith Att
  
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• Iran to appoint first female ambassador since the Islamic revolution

  14-04-2015 20:21
  
  Marzieh Afkham to become country’s first foreign ministry spokeswoman as Rouhani says it is government’s duty to create equal opportunities for women
  Iran is set to appoint its first female ambassador since the 1979 Islamic revolution, marking a breakthrough for women in government under the moderate president, Hassan Rouhani.Marzieh Afkham, who is the country’s first foreign ministry spokeswoman, is to head a mission in east Asia, the state news agency reported. It was not clear to which
  
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• Iran to appoint first female ambassador since Islamic revolution

  14-04-2015 20:21
  
  Marzieh Afkham to become only second female ambassador for Iran as Rouhani says it is government’s duty to create equal opportunities for women
  Iran is to appoint its first female ambassador since the 1979 Islamic revolution, marking a breakthrough for women in government under the moderate president, Hassan Rouhani.Marzieh Afkham, who is the country’s first foreign ministry spokeswoman, will head a mission in east Asia, the state news agency reported. It is not clear to which country she wi
  
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• Florida Republicans say gay-rights advocates 'hijacked' state adoption bill

  14-04-2015 20:03
  
  Bill intended to provide state employees with adoption incentives includes repeal of 1977 ban on gay adoption, which some Republicans say is a ‘poison pill’The Florida senate sent Governor Rick Scott a bill Tuesday repealing the state’s 1977 ban on adoptions by gay parents that was struck down by an appeals court in 2010.The ban, which was imposed at the height of a campaign by singer Anita Bryant that revoked a gay-rights ordinance in Miami, has been unenforceable since the court ruled ag
  
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• Pistorius trial judge Thokozile Masipa forced to defend herself in job interview

  14-04-2015 17:07
  
  Judge who cleared Oscar Pistorius of murdering Reeva Steenkamp insists she is still respected in fight to become judge president of Limpopo provinceAs Oscar Pistorius wilted in the witness box, she exuded calm authority in a courtroom where all deferred to her as “Ma’am”. One year on, however, it was the judge Thokozile Masipa who found herself under gruelling cross-examination during a job interview.Masipa, 67, is among seven candidates vying for the new position of the judge president of
  
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• Virtual firm pioneer seeks out traditional office space

  14-04-2015 17:04 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Excello Law’s founder says clients and staff want combined virtual and traditional strategy.
  
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• Conservative manifesto pledges: what the experts say

  14-04-2015 15:33
  
  Guardian writers analyse the key policy pledges unveiled by David Cameron Related: Election 2015 live: Cameron promises to double free childcare and revive right to buyRelated: Conservatives election manifesto 2015 - the key pointsRelated: How much of the Conservatives' 2010 election manifesto was implemented?Continue reading...
  
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• Tory manifesto pledges end to human rights 'mission creep'

  14-04-2015 14:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  New powers to prevent radical suspects from using internet also included in 2015 wishlist.
  
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• Greens would reverse legal aid cuts

  14-04-2015 13:41 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Digital bill of rights also features in party’s manifesto for 7 May poll.
  
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• Green party manifesto promises legal aid cuts reversal

  14-04-2015 13:41 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Party unveiled its policies today ahead of the general election on 7 May.
  
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• Ethiopians talk of violence and land grabs as their homes are earmarked for foreign investors

  14-04-2015 13:14
  
  New report gives damning indictment of the government’s mandatory resettlement policy carried out in a political climate of torture, oppression and silencing
  The human cost of Ethiopia’s “villagisation” programme is laid bare by damning first person testimony published on Tuesday.The east African country has long faced criticism for forcibly relocating tens of thousands of people from their ancestral homes to make way for large scale commercial agriculture, often benefiting foreign inves
  
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• Clydesdale Bank fined £20m for serious PPI complaint failings

  14-04-2015 11:50 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Financial Conduct Authority says more than 90,000 complaints may have been wrongly handled because of false information.
  
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• Century-old law cited in request to ban 136 porn sites from Republic of Tatarstan

  14-04-2015 11:39
  
  Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor has received a request to blacklist pornographic websites based on conventions signed by imperialist and Soviet governments. Meduza reportsA local court in Apastovsky district of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan has ruled to block access to 136 websites featuring “pornographic material”, citing international conventions from 1910 and 1923, signed by the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, respectively. The ruling was passed on to Roskomnadzor, Russia’s
  
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• Bill easing liability for using 'reasonable force' against detainees condemned

  14-04-2015 09:33
  
  Human rights groups criticise bill which would give the commonwealth and private contractors immunity from liability where use of force was exercised ‘in good faith’The federal government and private companies should not be immune from liability for excessive use of force on people held in immigration detention, a parliamentary submission by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) says. The migration amendment (maintaining the good order of immigration detention facilities) bill would
  
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• High court justice Kenneth Hayne to retire, to be replaced by his wife

  14-04-2015 08:50
  
  Justice Michelle Gordon, a judge on the federal court, is ‘outstandingly well qualified’, says the attorney general, George BrandisHigh court justice Kenneth Hayne will retire in June and the vacant position on the bench will be taken up by his wife, Michelle Gordon.The attorney general, George Brandis, denied there was any nepotism in the selection process, saying it would be “outrageous for a person who was otherwise well qualified for an appointment, as justice Gordon certainly is, to b
  
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• Dutch government facing legal action over failure to reduce carbon emissions

  14-04-2015 08:00
  
  Landmark case brought by 886 Dutch citizens aims for more robust policy to cut emissions within targets set by IPCC to help avoid critical 2C rise in global temperatures
  The first public hearings will take place in the Hague on Tuesday in the first case in the world to use existing human rights and tort law to hold a government responsible for failing to reduce carbon emissions fast enough.Continue reading...
  
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• Indiana hires PR firm after religious objections law flap - Yahoo News UK

  14-04-2015 01:34
  
  Indiana hires PR firm after religious objections law flap
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  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Indiana's economic and tourism development agencies hired a public relations firm Monday to repair the damage to the state's reputation from a religious objections law that raised the specter of discrimination against gays and others.en meer »
  
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• Cashier barred for misuse of £150k client and office funds

  14-04-2015 01:17 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  SRA says it is ‘undesirable’ for Matthew Haines to work in legal profession after two-year jail sentence.
  
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• Cashier barred by SRA for misuse of £150k client and office funds

  14-04-2015 01:17 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  SRA says it is ‘undesirable’ for Matthew Haines to work in legal profession after two-year jail sentence.
  
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