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Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from elections - The Associated PressReleased on 10 March 2010, 10:18 pm

Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
The Associated Press
A new election law announced Wednesday prohibits anyone convicted of a crime — as Suu Kyi was in August — from being a member of a political party. ...
Myanmar junta annuls election held 20 years agoWashington Post
US: Burma Election Law 'Mockery' of Democratic ProcessVoice of America
Opposition leader banned from running by new lawOttawa Citizen
Sin Chew Jit Poh -The Irrawaddy News Magazine -New York Times
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Calif. GHG Emissions Law Will Cost Jobs in Short Term, State Analysts Find - New York TimesReleased on 10 March 2010, 10:04 am

Calif. GHG Emissions Law Will Cost Jobs in Short Term, State Analysts Find
New York Times
The California Legislative Analyst's Office found the state's 2006 climate law, AB 32, is unlikely to generate jobs in the short term and in fact would ...
Going green vs. going brokeLos Angeles Times
Calif. analyst sees job losses under climate lawSan Jose Mercury News
California climate change law may cause short-term job loss and energy cost ...California Independent Voter Network
NewsBusters (blog) -Sacramento Bee -Los Angeles Times
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OUR VIEW: Internet may view tax law as damage (vote in poll) - Colorado Springs GazetteReleased on 10 March 2010, 6:41 pm

OUR VIEW: Internet may view tax law as damage (vote in poll)
Colorado Springs Gazette
The Internet could generate tax revenue like manna from Heaven, if changing its nature were a simple matter of passing a law. Under our new law, ...
Amazon Ends Colorado Affiliate Program Over New Tax LawAuthorlink
The Real Story on Amazon and ColoradoHuffington Post (blog)
Amazon punishes Colorado for new sales-tax lawSt. Louis Post-Dispatch (blog)
Denver Business Journal (blog) -Denver Post -The New Mexico Independent
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Korean immigrant homeowners sue LA law firm - San Jose Mercury NewsReleased on 10 March 2010, 9:35 pm


San Jose Mercury News
AP LOS ANGELES—A group of Korean immigrant homeowners is suing a Los Angeles law firm they say charged them thousands of dollars in fees for loan litigation ...
Center accuses law firm of defrauding Korean immigrantsLos Angeles Times

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SJC backs trigger-lock law on guns in homes - Boston GlobeReleased on 10 March 2010, 11:26 pm

SJC backs trigger-lock law on guns in homes
Boston Globe
In what was seen by some as a victory for law enforcement and advocates of gun control, the state's highest court ruled that the Second Amendment does not ...
SJC upholds law requiring safe gun storageBoston Herald
Mass. court upholds state gun-lock requirementThe Associated Press

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The Shuman Law Firm Announces Investigation into infoGROUP Inc. Acquisition - MarketWatch (press release)Released on 10 March 2010, 8:32 am


MarketWatch (press release)
BOULDER, Colo., Mar 10, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Shuman Law Firm today announced that it is investigating potential breaches of fiduciary duty and other ...
Izard Nobel LLP Announces Class Action Lawsuit Against Ormat Technologies, Inc.CNNMoney.com (press release)
The Shuman Law Firm Announces the Filing of a Class Action Lawsuit against ...MarketWatch (press release)

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Suit grows out of florists law - USA TodayReleased on 10 March 2010, 6:23 pm

Suit grows out of florists law
USA Today
A 7-decades-old state law requires florists to pass a test and get a license to arrange and sell flowers, making Louisiana the only state in the USA with ...


State high court to consider body-armor law - San Francisco ChronicleReleased on 11 March 2010, 12:08 am

State high court to consider body-armor law
San Francisco Chronicle
(03-10) 18:00 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will hear a prosecution appeal of a ruling throwing out a state law ...


Italy: Law to Protect Berlusconi in Court - New York TimesReleased on 10 March 2010, 6:20 pm

Italy: Law to Protect Berlusconi in Court
New York Times
The Italian Parliament approved a law on Wednesday that would protect Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, left, and his cabinet from the ...
Berlusconi Can Delay Trials Under New LawWall Street Journal
Silvio Berlusconi is the lawVariety

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Tribes face hurdles with sex offender registration - The Associated PressReleased on 10 March 2010, 7:51 pm

Tribes face hurdles with sex offender registration
The Associated Press
SANTA ANA PUEBLO, NM — Only Ohio and Native American tribes in Washington and Oregon have so far met the deadline to comply with a federal law passed nearly ...

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17th Annual Conference: Rule of Law Chinese Experience 9/9

Commission, Standing Committee of the People's Congress; Visiting Professor, US-Asia Law Institute, NYU School of Law Dr. Jeffrey S. Lehman ...

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Law, Life and Asia: Conversations with Jerome Alan Cohen (Part 5)

Vanessa Hope. One hour-long talk will be released weekly on NYU School of Laws US-Asia Law Institute's website, where Professor Cohens full ...

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