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Resolution gives evidence to Justice Select Committee on the need for family … Mr Emmerson, a family law partner and mediator at TV Edwards and a district judge, gave evidence to show the Committee how the impact of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act (LASPO) is causing enormous strain on the family...
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California Overspends Water Rights by 300 Million Acre Feet UC Merced Professor Joshua Viers and postdoctoral researcher Ted Grantham, with UC Davis at the time, explored the state's database of water-rights allocations, and found that allocations in California exceed the state's actual water supply by five … Read more on UC Merced University News Water...
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Crowdfunding, Escape Media, DUI: Intellectual Property A seven-member panel of state-court judges in Florida's Orange County ordered the maker of a device used to determine drivers' blood alcohol levels to grant greater access to the software it runs, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The judges ruled after … Read more on Bloomberg 4 of 5 men...
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Rod Walton: Divorce has an impact on American economy Fame, of course, but also each was on the paying side of some of the costliest divorces in modern history. The golfer, actor, publisher and singer each paid upwards of $ 100 million to nearly $ 500 million, depending on the case, to break the bonds...
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County Works Toward Better Data For Cell Phone 911 Calls Navajo County is on its way to having access to cell phone location data for emergency calls. Assistant County Manager Homero Vela reported that the county is ready to move on to the second phase of a 911 emergency dispatch system upgrade. According … Read more...
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Headlines: Navajo Settlement, Juntos New Mexico Petition, Rodella, Jewish … Prosecutors called their final witnesses Wednesday in a trial involving Rio Arriba County Sheriff Thomas Rodella who authorities say injured a 26-year-old motorist in a March road rage fit. Rodella is standing trial on federal charges of deprivation of … Read more on KUNM County...
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Dashboard video shows shooting of unarmed driver Authorities in northwestern Arizona say a man is in custody on allegations of child abuse. Authorities in …. Groubert's lawyer, Barney Giese, said the shooting was justified because the trooper feared for his life and the safety of others. Police … Read more on FOX 10 News Phoenix...
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Chile to limit water rights

Chile to limit water rights Chile plans to limit water rights to 30 years and could revoke them ahead of time, as part of an efficiency overhaul in the sector, La Tercera newspaper reported. The country has a system of transferable, non-expiring water rights, but President … Read more on Business News Americas After 40...
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The Law Commission extends its review of mental capacity and detention In July, as part of the Commission's 12th programme of law reform it announced a project to consider how deprivation of liberty should be authorised and supervised in community settings, alongside the existing DoLS system which applies in hospitals and … Read more on Family...
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The Problem With Covenant Marriages and Fault-Based Divorce

The Problem With Covenant Marriages and Fault-Based Divorce That is so because many more divorce cases would go to trial, where they now settle out of court…. Thirdly, returning fault to divorce would inflict even more trauma and injury on the children of divorcing parents. Children suffer greatly when they … Read more on Huffington Post Women's Center pro-bono legal more »

High-stakes suit pits ranchers against water-sampling greens

High-stakes suit pits ranchers against water-sampling greens Ranchers claim that the case is about trespass and private property rights, which Jones said are being "trampled on, incrementally, little bit by little bit." But it's also a high-stakes gambit by Karen Budd-Falen, the attorney representing the … Read more on Environment & Energy Publishing BIA Head Kevin Washburn Speaks to ICTMN more »

Early tests don't find tainted water from oil boom

Early tests don't find tainted water from oil boom But the scientists caution that the results were unlikely to pick up contamination from surface spills or leaking well casings because the water they tested was from aquifers that predate oil and gas drilling. The U.S. Geological Survey study released … Read more on Montana Standard Delta tunnels the next big more »

Quiet title action supports constitutional rights

Quiet title action supports constitutional rights He completely ignores the fact that the Protect Our Water Rights (POWR) members did not file a lawsuit at all. They have simply requested a court to affirm their constitutional right to the reasonable use of the water under their property by granting a … Read more on Cal Coast News Interstate Stream Commission more »

Latinos Say Cash Missing After Arrests In Arizona

Latinos Say Cash Missing After Arrests In Arizona Several lawyers and advocates said they have heard dozens of complaints of missing money over the years from immigrants who were stopped by deputies. Mexican officials say they fielded about 10 calls last year from detainees in Arpaio's jails about … Read more on KJZZ Nurse, Aid Group Criticize Quarantine After Negative Ebola more »

Maricopa County, state launch ad campaign for no-burn days

Maricopa County, state launch ad campaign for no-burn days While the Maricopa County Air Quality Department has largely relied on members of the public to seek out that information themselves, officials are partnering with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality for a second straight year to offer a … Read more on East Valley Tribune Snowflake Council Indicates Interest In Geocaching more »

City OKs water deal to benefit low-flowing Fork

City OKs water deal to benefit low-flowing Fork The deal is between the Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Co., which operates transbasin diversion tunnels underneath Independence Pass, and the city of Aspen and the Colorado River District, which works to protect water rights on the Western Slope. Read more on Aspen Journalism Letter: Keep track of county's water bank efforts more »

Attorneys focus on legal disputes before they hit court

Attorneys focus on legal disputes before they hit court These collaborative law practice groups have traditionally focused on family law and divorce but, in recognizing the benefits of the model, are beginning to branch out into cases involving estates, probates, trusts and conservatorships, Martin said … Read more on San Mateo Daily Journal Adultery as the reason for divorce There more »

Fact Check: Are state prisons cheaper than private prisons?

Fact Check: Are state prisons cheaper than private prisons? Apache County Sheriff Brannon Eager agreed, saying "it's obvious the existing sheriffs' jails could house inmates cheaper than in private prisons." Although there is no definitive study comparing prison costs, Rothans is correct to say that the state … Read more on azcentral.com Daily News high school sports: Malibu's Pietrzyk wins first more »

Pay Rent or Drink Water: The Human Rights Crisis in Detroit Escalates

Pay Rent or Drink Water: The Human Rights Crisis in Detroit Escalates Despite mass protests, the emergency management water shutoffs in Detroit have resumed, even as UN experts publish a press release calling the water disconnects "contrary to human rights" and activists decry them as "genocide." The corporate-led … Read more on Truth-Out Pandora Water Treatment Plant now functional The Pandora more »