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Subject: Legal Grounds: Legal News - April 2, 2010
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Legal Grounds Newsletter
April 2, 2010 FindLaw.com Legal Grounds Newsletter Table of Contents
THE WASHINGTON FILE
Obama: US would go bankrupt without health changes
TOP NEWS - RELEVANT HEARSAY
Madoff whistleblower softens criticism of SEC
Japan indicts activist who boarded whaling ship
Florida Abuse Case against Priest Accuses the Vatican
CYBERLAW NEWS - DOWNLOAD THIS!
EBay makes a big play for fashion
CRIMINAL LAW - ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS
FBI warns extremist letters may encourage violence
NY Repeat Offender Law Ruled Unconstitutional
LEGAL LITE
Vt. town gets $150K grant for salamander crossing
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THE WASHINGTON FILE: No Reform Even More Costly?
OBAMA: US WOULD GO BANKRUPT WITHOUT HEALTH CHANGES
(AP) - President Barack Obama says he did a full court press for a
health care system remake because "this country was going to go
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________________________________ TOP NEWS - RELEVANT HEARSAY: Watchdog Lessons
MADOFF WHISTLEBLOWER SOFTENS CRITICISM OF SEC
(AP) - A man who for years tried to warn federal financial regulators
that Bernard Madoff was running a giant Ponzi scheme says the
Securities and Exchange Commission is getting better at policing the
industry, but needs to improve even more. Read more...
Citizen's Arrest Gone Wrong
JAPAN INDICTS ACTIVIST WHO BOARDED WHALING SHIP
(AP) - Prosecutors Friday indicted an anti-whaling activist from New
Zealand for illegally boarding a Japanese harpoon boat as part of a
protest against the ship's whale hunting expedition in Antarctic seas
in February. Read more...
Getting to the Heart of the Matter
FLORIDA ABUSE CASE AGAINST PRIEST ACCUSES THE VATICAN
(FindLaw's Injured) - Among the many sex abuse scandals hitting the
Catholic Church and now beginning to approach the Vatican itself, is
one March 30 report from Florida. Read more...
CYBERLAW NEWS - DOWNLOAD THIS!: Moving Away from Used Goods?
EBAY MAKES A BIG PLAY FOR FASHION
(AP) - EBay Inc. may be the biggest online clothing seller, but it's
still known for selling other people's castoffs. Now it wants shoppers
to think of it when looking for trendy duds like hipster jeans and red
ballerina flats. Read more...
CRIMINAL LAW - ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS: Call to Arms?
FBI WARNS EXTREMIST LETTERS MAY ENCOURAGE VIOLENCE
(AP) - A federal intelligence note is warning police that an
anti-government group's call to remove dozens of sitting governors may
encourage others to act out violently. Read more...
Finding the Right Factfinder
NY REPEAT OFFENDER LAW RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL
(FindLaw's Blotter) - A federal court has ruled that the NY repeat
offender law is unconstitutional. The state law which allows judges,
not juries, to hand down harsher sentences to repeat offenders was
ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. Read more...
LEGAL LITE: There a Traffic Sign for That?
VT. TOWN GETS $150K GRANT FOR SALAMANDER CROSSING
(AP) - Future generations of salamanders in one Vermont town are going
to be getting some help crossing the road. Read more...
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