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• Supreme court: Virginia's ex-governor can stay out of prison during appeal

  31-08-2015 22:34
  
  Bob McDonnell’s lawyers expected to ask justices to hear former Republican leader’s full appeal after he was convicted in a corruption scandalThe US supreme court on Monday granted a request by former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell to remain out of prison while he appeals against his corruption convictions.In a brief unsigned order, the court said McDonnell, who was governor from 2010 until 2014, would not have to report to prison until he completes the appeals process. Related: Bob
  
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• Tributes to Rupert Hughes, a humble hero of Whitehall | Letters

  31-08-2015 20:13
  
  The sad death of the senior civil servant Rupert Hughes (Obituary, 26 August) makes me wonder whether, if he were still working, we might have avoided the sudden collapse of the British Association for Adoption and Fostering and Kids Company in a single week, with its devastating impact on children, families and so many dedicated voluntary sector workers.He was his department’s link person for the many charities with an interest in his children bill. He was masterly at cajoling and steerin
  
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• The Guardian view on the al-Jazeera convictions: a symptom of something fundamentally wrong | Editorial

  31-08-2015 19:27
  
  The al-Jazeera three may be pardoned, but what about all the other victims of injustice in Egypt?Addressing the court that was to condemn him to years in jail, the Russian entrepreneur Mikhail Khodorkovsky summed up the essence of what in the old Soviet days was called “telephone justice” when he said in 2010: “Those who clash with the system have no rights whatsoever. Even though rights are enshrined in law they are not defended in court, because the courts are either afraid o
  
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• Important Changes in UK Tax Law for U.S. Fund Managers - The National Law Review

  31-08-2015 15:29
  Important Changes in UK Tax Law for U.S. Fund Managers
  The National Law Review
  The Chancellor of the Exchequer's budget of July 2015 contained two changes to UK tax law of specific interest to U.S. Fund Managers with operations in the UK and their U.S. executives based in the UK.en meer »
  

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• How to protect your business from intellectual property theft

  31-08-2015 08:15
  
  Protecting IP can be a huge commercial advantage, but it is expensive. Here are some ways to keep the costs downDisclosing business plans, pitching new ideas and proposing new designs are well-trodden routes for startups and small businesses to encourage a new client to buy and an investor to invest, but they come with a constant risk of IP (intellectual property) infringement. Protecting IP, by excluding others from using your creations, can give a huge commercial advantage. However, it can be
  
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• Families of China's 'disappeared' say country is a place of 'fear and panic'

  31-08-2015 06:31
  
  Open letter from families of lawyers and human rights activists to public security minister calls on state to disclose whereabouts of loved ones Beijing’s security forces are transforming China into a place of “fear and panic”, the families of 12 attorneys and activists who disappeared during a crackdown on human rights lawyers have claimed.
  In an open letter to Guo Shengkun, the minister of public security, the families said they had heard nothing from their relatives since th
  
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• Divorce party hit for £334k costs after ‘blatant dishonesty’

  31-08-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Family court judge says costs award should deter others from similar conduct.
  
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