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NEWS ABOUT: legal action

legal action stories: 6 news summaries
OPINION

 Hofstra Gang Rape Wasn't 
 Rape—but It Wasn't OK 

Drunken sexual encounters trivialize the problem of real rape

Sep 22, 09 12:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s clear now that the alleged Hofstra gang rape in a campus bathroom—in which a young woman said 5 guys tied her to a stall and attacked her—was not rape, by any legal definition. Confronted with a cell phone video, the woman recanted within 72 hours, admitting... More »

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feminism • alcohol • college student • false accusations • legal action • Hofstra University • date rape

JD Salinger Moves to Block
'Sequel' to
Catcher In Rye

Novel by 'JD California' may be a hoax

May 31, 09 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lawyers for the famously reclusive author JD Salinger are considering legal action to block an unauthorized sequel to his classic The Catcher in the Rye, reports the Telegraph. The new novel, by a Swedish-American named John David California, is titled 60 Years Later: Coming Through the Rye.... More »

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fiction • The Catcher in the Rye • JD Salinger • sequel • legal action • John David California

Spanish Judge to Investigate Torture at Gitmo

Declassified memos show there were abuses, Garzon says

Apr 29, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Spanish judge has launched a probe into allegations of torture at the American prison at Guantanamo Bay, AFP reports. Baltasar Garzon initiated the investigation after reading statements by Spanish citizen Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed and three other prisoners about their treatment there. Garzon also said that the memos recently declassified... More »

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Bush administration • torture • terrorism • Spain • Guantanamo Bay • Augusto Pinochet • Auguste Pinochet • legal action • Baltasar Garzon

 Downturn's Latest 
 Victim: the Billable Hour 

Long a legal standard, clients are saying no to lengthy litigation

Jan 30, 09 11:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Might the billable hour—long the standard of measure for legal services—be on its way out? Law firms are rethinking their business models as the economic crisis makes clients more demanding, the New York Times reports. Firms are experimenting with alternative payment methods such as flat fees and percentages... More »

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legal fees • attorney • trial lawyers • legal action • financial crisis • economic downturn

Emma Thompson, Others
Try to Foil Heathrow Plans

Group opposed to plan aims to drag project into legal quicksand

Jan 13, 09 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - A high-profile coalition led by Greenpeace has purchased a soccer field-sized piece of land intended to become part of a new runway for London’s Heathrow airport, the Times reports. The group intends to parcel out the land to thousands of individual owners, dragging out any attempt to buy it... More »

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environment • Greenpeace • air travel • Britain • Heathrow Airport • Emma Thompson • carbon emissions • noise pollution • legal action

Official's Knock Irks Amputee Sprinter

Lawyers threaten after IAAF rep urges Olympic exclusion over safety

Jul 16, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lawyers for double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius responded aggressively after a track and field official recommended South Africa exclude him from its Olympic relay squad "for reasons of safety," the New York Times reports. Pistorius, 23, “reserves all rights and remedies” if track's governing body doesn't retract, noting... More »

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2008 Beijing Olympics • Oscar Pistorius • IAAF • amputees • legal action

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