AMICUS

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Name: AMICUS
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First Reported May 03 2012 - Updated May 04 2012 - 1 Documents

Court warns youth not to threaten suicide

Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Thursday warned a youth, who threatened to commit suicide if his petition on sex change surgery was adjourned, saying that he cannot pressurise the court before his petition was heard and orders passed.After ... [ Published May 03 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
First Reported Apr 18 2012 - Updated Apr 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Individual mandate, circa 1790

According to Harvard Law professor Einer Elhauge, in 1790 the first Congress, which included 20 framers of the Constitution, passed a law mandating that shipowners purchase medical insurance for their seamen. The bill was signed into law by President ... [ Published Apr 18 2012 by MySanAntonio ]
First Reported Apr 09 2012 - Updated Apr 09 2012 - 1 Documents

MPAA Lines Up With Porn Studio in Steamy Copyright Dispute

MPAA Chief Chris Dodd.The MPAA has gotten involved in a dispute over a website that allowed users to upload embedded links to porn videos.The case is Flava Works, Inc. v. Gunter, pending before the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. It has suddenly become ... [ Published Apr 09 2012 by Hollywood Reporter ]
First Reported Apr 02 2012 - Updated Apr 02 2012 - 1 Documents

'Serious Fun' for adults in Budd Lake

23 Lake Shore Road Budd Lake NJThe Pax Amicus Castle Theatre, 23 Lake Shore Road in Budd Lake, will present "Serious Fun" for one night only at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 28.A musical evening of creative mayhem and improvised madness.Peter Biedermann on ... [ Published Apr 02 2012 by The Progress ]
Entities: LAKE SHORE INC, AMICUS
First Reported Dec 20 2011 - Updated Dec 21 2011 - 1 Documents

Songwriters Group Backs Village People Singer in Rights Case

A federal judge allows the songwriters guild to file an amicus brief in Victor Willis's suit against the companies that published his songs. ... [ Published Dec 20 2011 by ArtsBeat ]
Entities: AMICUS
First Reported Dec 15 2011 - Updated Dec 15 2011 - 1 Documents

Medical Mind Control

The ACLU rarely involves itself with patent cases, so it was surprising when the civil liberties group filed an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to invalidate a patent in the case of Mayo v. Prometheus. Mainstream press coverage portrayed the dispute ... [ Published Dec 15 2011 by Slate Magazine - Dilettante, The ]

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...  Next to these stratagems, merely taking over a Maine town in Stephen King's "Salem's Lot seems unambitious (a whole city, as in Robert McCammon's They Thirst, plays better), let alone the way some Hammer Films (Dracula Has Risen From the Grave, Scars of Dracula) have Christopher Lee's Count just get into an undignified spat with some students and their girlfriends, or the hang-around-and-annoy-people act of The Lost Boys.  Yes, vampires drink blood — but there has to be more to their schtick than that ..."
"As a lawyer you should understand the court's difficulties also" Justice Vazifdar said

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Gujarat riots: Probe Modi, says Supreme Court a... [ Published May 07 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
Why are so many vampire stories so weak? [Horror] [ Published May 07 2012 by Io9 ]
Court warns youth not to threaten suicide [ Published May 03 2012 by Yahoo! Maktoob News ]
Lawyer Rescues Documentary Film Industry From t... [ Published Apr 26 2012 by Hollywood Reporter ]
Media Decoder Blog: Documentary Filmmaker Wins ... [ Published Apr 20 2012 by New York Times ]
Fast And Fallacious: Pavlich's Book On ATF Oper... [ Published Apr 19 2012 by Media Matters for America ]
Individual mandate, circa 1790 [ Published Apr 18 2012 by MySanAntonio ]
When in Rome [ Published Apr 17 2012 by Northern Echo ]
Could a judicial review void the UIGEA? [ Published Apr 13 2012 by Examiner.com ]
MPAA Lines Up With Porn Studio in Steamy Copyri... [ Published Apr 09 2012 by Hollywood Reporter ]
Copyfraud: Techdirt Book Club Selection For April [ Published Apr 03 2012 by Techdirt ]
'Serious Fun' for adults in Budd Lake [ Published Apr 02 2012 by The Progress ]
Berin Szoka: Time for the Supreme Court to End ... [ Published Jan 11 2012 by TV Squad ]
Songwriters Group Backs Village People Singer i... [ Published Dec 20 2011 by ArtsBeat ]
Medical Mind Control [ Published Dec 15 2011 by Slate Magazine - Dilettante, The ]
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Copyfraud: Techdirt Book Club Selection For April [ Published Apr 03 2012 by Techdirt ]
Since this came up with the last book, I'll address this head on: the ebook pricing on this book is kind of ridiculous. The Kindle offering is $15. The "rental" option from SUP is $7, but you only get to have the book for two weeks. I realize that these ...
Berin Szoka: Time for the Supreme Court to End ... [ Published Jan 11 2012 by TV Squad ]
Does the First Amendment allow the FCC to censor "indecent" content like the occasional curse word or a brief glimpse of a bare butt on broadcast TV? The Supreme Court hears arguments on this question Tuesday in FCC v. Fox -- the first time in more ...
Songwriters Group Backs Village People Singer i... [ Published Dec 20 2011 by ArtsBeat ]
A federal judge allows the songwriters guild to file an amicus brief in Victor Willis's suit against the companies that published his songs. ...
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