Summer law programs nixed - Crain’s Cleveland Business
As if law students didn’t have enough to worry about. Their potential employers are seeing their workloads decrease and their profits suffer and have laid off attorneys, cut support staff and slashed pay. Now, add another casualty to the list: the

NZ parents vote to smack their kids - Australian Broadcasting Corp.
A referendum on the smacking of children has just been held in New Zealand and 88 per cent of Kiwis who took part voted to re-legalise it. Two years ago the Labor Government made it illegal for parents to smack their children as a form of discipline

Inside the life of a P.I. with hush-hush list of celeb, major - New York Daily News
Private investigative agency boss Daniel Nardello has 30 staffers in Manhattan, Washington, London and Milan. Daniel Nardello had never heard of Pearl Jam when he got a call: the world-famous rock band was in deep trouble. Nine concertgoers had been

New circular on filing of drug cases sought - Manila Bulleting Online
Cebu City – Intending to address difficulties of law enforcers in complying with the reglementary period in filing drug cases, the Dangerous Drug Board (DDB) has formally made a request for the Department of Justice (DoJ) to issue a circular that

No ‘three strikes’ law planned for Singapore, agency says - IT World
There are no immediate plans to propose a law that would cut off Internet access for Singaporean users who receive repeated warnings from their Internet service providers for downloading pirated music and videos, according to the Intellectual

Maine readies for distracted driving law - Times-Argus
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Police officials in Maine say they’ll more likely be issuing warnings, rather than tickets, for the first few months after a new law takes effect to crack down on distracted driving. Sept. 12 is the effective date for a law