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Chinese rights lawyer's wife gets U.S. asylum 
China Post - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON -- The United States has granted political asylum to the wife and children of jailed Chinese civil rights lawyer Guo Feixiong who the family says is suffering abuse, supporters said Saturday.
Family of Chinese rights lawyer given US asylum ABC Radio Australia News
Chinese rights lawyer's wife gets US asylum: supporters (AFP) West Australian
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Chinese lawyer��s family gets asylum in US: supporters 
Taipei Times Online - 87 Minutes ago
Chinese lawyerâ??s family gets asylum in US: supporters The US granted political asylum to the wife and children of jailed Chinese civil rights lawyer Guo Feixiong (é?­é£?é??), who the family says is     Add Comment

Freshfields and Richards Butler front US$709m domestic venture 
Asia Legal Business - 4 Hours ago
China Investment Corporation equity acquisition of GCL-Poly and JV Synopsis GCL-Poly and CIC have entered into an agreement in which CIC will subscribe for an aggregate of 3,108 million new shares. The     Add Comment

Putting the 'Angel stamp' back into Freshfieldsâ?? trainee recruitment 
Legal Week - 6 Hours ago
I have been revamping our Interview Panel at the firm to give it a fresher feel, balanced by some experienced hands. Historically, Freshfields has been at the cutting edge of recruitment. We have been     Add Comment

Making case for new model, Reed Smith cuts rates, pay 
San Francisco Business Times - 4 Hours ago
San Francisco Business Times - by Eric Young Related News In a broad internal revamp, Reed Smith LLP is cutting pay for some lawyers, lowering billing rates and asking a class of its attorneys to contribute
UK/US Update: Reed Smith cuts salaries; UK firms see revenue slide; Allen & Overy  Lawyers Weekly Australia
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US: Lynne Stewart; Heroic Human Rights Lawyer Jailed 
UN Observer - 11/22/2009
'Defiant to the end as she embraced supporters outside the federal courthouse in Lower Manhattan, Lynne F. Stewart, the radical lawyer known for defending unpopular clients, surrendered on Thursday to
Lynne Stewart: Heroic Human Rights Lawyer Jailed Which judicial standards should  Baltimore Chronicle and Sentinel Newspaper
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>>   Crime & Punishment
China quake dissident jailed for 3 years: family 
Washington Post - 4 Hours ago
Huang was sentenced in a court in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province where the earthquake on May 12 last year killed at least 80,000 people, including children crushed in schools that collapsed.
China jails dissident for 3 years Irish Times
Quake dissident jailed for 3 years South China Morning Post
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General: Canada halted prison moves more than once 
Boston Globe - 5 Hours ago
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia --Canada's top general said Sunday the transfer of prisoners to Afghan authorities has been halted more than once due to concerns detainees would be tortured. Gen. Walt Natynczyk,     Add Comment

Cambodia set for final arguments in Khmer Rouge trial 
South China Morning Post - 4 Hours ago
Cambodiaâ??s Khmer Rouge war crimes court on Monday begins final arguments in its first trial, bringing the regimeâ??s prison chief closer to justice for the â??Killing Fieldsâ? atrocities 30 years ago.
Cambodia begins final arguments in KRouge jail chief trial (AFP) Yahoo! News
Final KRouge trial arguments Straits Times
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Report: Ill. prison deal could create 3,000 jobs 
San Francisco Chronicle - 3 Hours ago
A deal to house Guantanamo Bay detainees at a northwestern Illinois prison could bring nearly 3,000 jobs to the area, a White House analysis says. Residents from the seven-county area surrounding the
Report: Ill. Prison Deal Could Create 3,000 Jobs 21min WDSU New Orleans
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US marine not guilty of raping prostitute 
ABC Online - 3 Hours ago
A US marine who was accused of raping a Sydney prostitute has been found not guilty. Petty Officer Timothy Davis was accused of raping the woman at a Sydney brothel when he was on shore leave in 2008.
US sailor not guilty of rape in Sydney (AAP) Yahoo! News Australia
US Marine not guilty of Sydney rape The Australian
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Sex-crime tracking gets trickier 
Washington Post - 5 Hours ago
It ended months later with a U.S. Marshals Service helicopter hovering near a D.C. junior high school as Shelton kissed a 14-year-old boy. In between, authorities used two Global Positioning System devices
Tracking sex-crime offenders gets trickier Washington Post
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>>   IP and patents
Strong Patent Protection in China's Interest 
CNBC - 3 Hours ago
Previous Video: CNBC.com News Now Next Video: Banks and Customer Credit Worthiness Airtime: ET Protection of intellectual property rights in China has improved in the last few years, says Steve Yang,     Add Comment

Britain's copyright witch hunt 
TechDay.co.nz - 83 Minutes ago
witch finder have surfaced after a leak of information suggesting that Secretary of State Peter Mandelson is seeking sweeping new powers to enforce copyright laws. A letter leaked to Internet activist     Add Comment

Helix BioMedix gets US patent covering multiple claims 
PharmaBiz - 2 Hours ago
Helix BioMedix, Inc, a developer of bioactive peptides, announced the United States Patent and Trademark Office has allowed multiple claims in one of the company's recent patent applications. US patent     Add Comment

Bon Jovi and Gwen Stefani suing bars 
3 News - 3 Hours ago
Jon Bon Jovi and Gwen Stefani are taking legal action against the owners of a US bar over accusations they played the stars' music without authorisation. Bon Jovi and Stefani want bosses at Sally's Saloon
Bon Jovi and Stefani suing bars ABC2 News
Bon Jovi plans new greatest hits for 2010 The Rock Radio
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Surgient Earns Federated Cloud Patent, Wins Industry Leadership Awards 
Individual.com - 77 Minutes ago
Surgient, a developer of management software for internal enterprise clouds, announced it has earned a new granted patent on the, "Creation and Management of Federated Virtual Server Clouds" and that     Add Comment

MediaTek, Qualcomm Enter into Patent Arrangement 
EDN Asia - 3 Hours ago
EDN ASIA MAGAZINE (Business News, 23 Nov 2009 ) Qualcomm Inc. and MediaTek Inc. have entered into a broad patent arrangement under each company's patent portfolios, including CDMA and WCDMA essential
Qualcomm, MediaTek ink patent cross-licensing deal Electronics Supply & Manufacturing
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>>   Online legal issues
Flight Centre sues web developer for $15m 
The Age - 7 Hours ago
FLIGHT CENTRE is suing an Irish software developer for nearly $15 million for failing to deliver an internet fare database, booking engine and travel agent sales tool as contracted. According to documents
Flight Centre sues web developer for A$15m stuff.co.nz
Flight Centre sues over net tool Individual.com
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Google Wins Round In AdSense Click-Fraud Case 
Media Post - 4 Hours ago
A judge has thrown out a click fraud lawsuit against Google, alleging that the company used a misleading registration form that tricked marketers into paying for ads that run on its publisher network.
Google Wins Round In Lawsuit About AdSense Media Post
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Israelis prominent in online illegal drug sales 
Jerusalem Post - 17 Hours ago
Article's topics: Viagra, Cialis, Pharmaceuticals Israelis and former Israelis are behind many of the world's Internet sites that sell counterfeit or other illegal drugs involved in pharmaceutical
Israel big in online illegal drug sales Jerusalem Post
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Interpol bust online illegal pharmacy racket 
TheStar.com.my - 24 Hours ago
NEW DELHI: In a major crackdown across the globe, Interpol has uncovered 751 websites engaged in illegal online pharmacies selling dangerous and illegal drugs. Mounting 'Operation Pangea II', the international     Add Comment

Beatles piracy fixation gets stranger with huge FLAC release 
ArsTechnica - 10 Hours ago
The Beatles have demanded that they be compensated for any online file-sharing if they offer their music for sale over the Internetâ??even as they release a USB drive packed with 24-bit FLAC versions     Add Comment

Piracy 'wrecking' an important industry 
stuff.co.nz - 11 Hours ago
Digital living A report commissioned by the Federation Against Copyright Theft estimates the film and television industry contributes 40 per cent more to the economy than the wine industry. PricewaterhouseCoopers     Add Comment
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>>   UK law
Legal action threatens emissions trading scheme 
New Lawyer - 116 Minutes ago
action threatens scheme - he ew awyer // theorm (!theorm) __doostack(eventarget, eventrgument) // irst with news // ord + ord + // egal action threatens scheme 23 ovember 2009 by he ew awyer
Generators threaten ETS legal action Individual.com
Baron threatens legal action over pool Ilford Recorder
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Freshfields and Richards Butler front US$709m domestic venture 
Asia Legal Business - 4 Hours ago
China Investment Corporation equity acquisition of GCL-Poly and JV Synopsis GCL-Poly and CIC have entered into an agreement in which CIC will subscribe for an aggregate of 3,108 million new shares. The     Add Comment

Herbert Smith and Stibbe advise Canon on Océ acquisition 
Asia Legal Business - 4 Hours ago
Synopsis Canon intends to make an all cash public offer for all of the shares of Océ NV International counsel International counsel De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek Océ NV International counsel Herbert     Add Comment

Putting the 'Angel stamp' back into Freshfieldsâ?? trainee recruitment 
Legal Week - 6 Hours ago
I have been revamping our Interview Panel at the firm to give it a fresher feel, balanced by some experienced hands. Historically, Freshfields has been at the cutting edge of recruitment. We have been     Add Comment

UK Introduces Final Tax Law Rewrite Bills 
Tax-News.com - 8 Hours ago
Final Tax Law Rewrite Bills USERNAME: PASSWORD: .COM NETWORK SITES: LAWAND LIBRARY NEW! : NETWORK COMMENT SYSTEM NETWORK PORTAL Jurisdiction News Pages Newsletter Daily Tax Quote The Network 3,000 free     Add Comment

UK "Pirate Finder General" law innocuous now, could get ugly 
ArsTechnica - 8 Hours ago
Just two days after the Queen announced that an online copyright enforcement bill was coming, it landed in the House of Lords. It has no sanctions, no 'three-strikes' rules, and no finesâ??but it gives     Add Comment
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