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Legal threat over education job (BBC News)

.. Campaigners trying to stop a council appointing a non-Welsh speaking education chief threaten legal action. ..

Law Society to offer legal aid to tsunami victims (Channel News Asia via Yahoo! Asia News)

.. SINGAPORE : Singapore's Law Society says it is ready to extend legal aid for tsunami victims. ..

Bill would open up legal talk (Billings Gazette)

.. HELENA - A Kalispell senator, continuing his lengthy battle over allegations that he practices law illegally, urged lawmakers Friday to approve a bill that would allow anyone to give legal advice to others without fear of punishment. ..

Law Society to offer legal aid to tsunami victims (Channel NewsAsia)

.. SINGAPORE : Singapore's Law Society says it is ready to extend legal aid for tsunami victims. The legal aid will extend regionally, in the form of advice to neighbouring countries, where needed, on how to help victims with legal remedies. ..

Canadian Officials Plan Legal Action Over `Light' Cigarettes (Bloomberg.com)

.. Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian medical officers of health and anti-smoking advocates plan to file a ``legal action'' Monday seeking a ban on the advertising of ``light'' and ``mild'' cigarettes. ..

7 vie for county legal adviser job (Sun-Sentinel)

.. Fort Lauderdale's city attorney and Broward County's chief appellate counsel are among seven finalists vying to succeed Ed Dion as the county's top legal adviser. ..

Legal tab far exceeds lunch tab (Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo! News)

.. TALLMADGE - The Police Department's union president and a detective in the juvenile unit are taking the city to arbitration because it didn't reimburse them for the $;7.51 and $;11.61 they spent respectively on lunch at an August seminar. ..

Judge: Give up on legal cost lawsuit (Poughkeepsie Journal)

.. WHITE PLAINS -- Don't bother. That was essentially what a federal judge Friday told the attorney for Thomas and Betty Espie, who want the Town of Poughkeepsie's insurance company to pay their legal fees, even though they are being sued by the town. ..

Appropriate legal system to protect intellectual prop (Outlook India)

.. Assuring that appropriate legal mechanisms would be put in place to protect the intellectual property rights, Union Minister of Science and Technology Kapil Sibal today endorsed greater cooperation between the scientists and technologists of Indian origin (STIO) and their counterparts in the country. ..

Legal Residency Extended for Salvadorans (Washington Post)

.. The U.S. government yesterday announced an 18-month extension of a program that has given legal residence to about 250,000 Salvadoran immigrants while their country recovers from a pair of powerful earthquakes. ..

Suddenly Sought After by Millions of Internet Users, This Florida Legal Group Gives Us The Final Word on: Advertising (PR Web via Yahoo! News)

.. Miami Beach, FL (PRWEB) - All of the advertising that happened in 2004 by law firms everywhere taught us all something: sometimes it's better to keep it simple. While some firms spent big on advertising, and mustered little results, the Vioxx-Legal-Group did just the opposite with their advertising. Determined to keep the advertising budget low, and find the right firm to advertise their site in ..

Legal groups aid man fired for having HIV (Planet Out via Yahoo! News)

.. SUMMARY: On Thursday, Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union took up the cause of a Denver man who says he was fired for having HIV. ..

Gagliano's legal fees for appearing at inquiry to be reimbursed by Ottawa (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)

.. OTTAWA (CP) - Former cabinet minister Alfonso Gagliano will be reimbursed for legal fees he incurred while appearing before the inquiry into the federal sponsorship fund, The Canadian Press has learned. ..

Suddenly Sought After by Millions of Internet Users, This Florida Legal Group Gives Us The Final Word on: Advertising (PR Web)

.. Law firms have been advertising since 1977. 2004 was the year we saw the biggest legal advertising explosion ever. Why? Vioxx! This small, but highly marketed Florida based Legal Group helps us make sense of it all, and tells us what's to come in the legal battles with giants like Merck, and Pfizer. [PRWEB Jan 8, 2005] ..

Forbes Questions Wisdom of Apple's Legal Campaign Against Rumors || The Mac Observer (The Mac Observer)

.. You'll get your Mac news here from now on. Forbes has published a piece by Lisa DiCarlo that questions Apple's legal campaign against rumors. ..

The Legal Peers (Technology Review)

.. Unwilling to settle with the MPAA, one BitTorrent site owner turns to the users to pay his legal bills. ..

Attorneys offering free legal advice (Michigan City News-Dispatch)

.. Attorneys from Lake, Porter, LaPorte and Starke counties will be available to answer legal questions and provide basic legal information for free at eight locations Monday, Jan. 17. ..

Game Will Go On Despite Legal Threat Poker Tournament May Violate Iowa Law (The Omaha Channel)

.. CARTER LAKE, Iowa -- The organizers of a poker game scheduled for Friday night in Carter Lake have been warned their game isn't legal, but they plan to play it anyway. ..

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