The Law Commission for England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission propose repealing 817 acts, as set out in the draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill that accompanies their report.
In some states, such as Texas, home schools are considered private schools by case law and statute.
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Things should be better in the Philippines, where there is a bankruptcy statute based on American law.
Two experts FORBES spoke with, Arif Panju of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and Alicia Wagner Calzada of law firm Haynes Boone, both proponents of the statute, say that the spirit of the law is designed to protect citizens and journalists with less cash from being bullied by interests with more cash.
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The government's hope must be that this view gains currency, before another business-deterring law hits the statute books.
That law shortened the statute of limitations after which charges are time-barred, a provision that directly benefited Mr Berlusconi.
Although the deadline for appealing was January 2, Florida lawmakers can still tweak the current statute or pass a new law that accommodates the court ruling.
That statute protects marriage under federal law as the union of a man and a woman, and declares that one state may not redefine marriage for other states.
He says that a new press regulatory body would only be independent if it was underpinned by a law - or statute and supervised by OFCOM - the current communications regulator.
Bryan and the other defense attorneys in the case also argue that the assaults didn't amount to a hate crime under the federal statute, arguing that the law wasn't meant to prosecute a given religious group's dispute among its own members.
The suit on Myfortic is a significant expansion of the Anti-Kickback Statute that is inconsistent with law and policy in this area and the theory in this case threatens to undermine pharmaceutical company discounting practices that benefit both consumers and payers, including the government.
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Thus, in a typical analysis, the lawyer is focused on a fact-specific transaction and would analyze each and every duty or obligation imposed by law and determine what must be done to comply and what must be avoided so as not to breach some duty imposed by statute, regulation, common law, or the contractual obligations underlying the transaction itself.
In his ruling, Judge Sanders swatted aside free-speech arguments, saying the Texas statute prohibiting the unauthorized practice of law is "content-neutral" because it doesn't target the expression of any particular opinion.
This is double the three year statute of limitation previously mandated by federal law.
The definition of "celebrity" and what constitutes a legitimate photograph would be defined by statute and the court decisions interpreting the law.
That undermines the argument that Congress, by failing to step in and clarify the law, intended the 1867 statute to apply to anything that looks and smells like a tax.
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Solicitor General Donald Verrilli told the justices the law was a "targeted statute that's designed to deal with a particular" problem: "the misappropriation of the government-conferred honor and esteem" that such a decoration represents.
It recently revised its narrow securities statute into a broad state consumer protection law that allows regulators to shut down boiler rooms without first trying to figure whether what they are selling is a security.
The justices must decide whether a law known as the Alien Tort Statute permits US courts to rule on that case.
The Law Commission, which tidies up the statute book, is planning a consultation paper in the first half of next year.
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He said the law needed changing, as it currently revolved around a common law principle and should be put into statute, and also needed clarifying.
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The violation of my privacy is punished by law (UCC 1 1-308-308 1-103 and the Rome Statute), and such other national and international laws and treaties as may apply, and by tort and common law.
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What is written in the statute book is not necessarily an indication of how the law will be applied, however.
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"If you read the statute carefully, it literally creates an obligation for all law enforcement agencies to determine status of individuals, " said Marc Miller, a vice dean and law professor at the University of Arizona.
The law on disqualification of judges is based in a statute and the cases that interpret it.
The Supreme Court's judgment is expected in a few months, probably around the time that the Law Commission, a body that tidies up the statute book, comes out with its own proposals for change.
The changes to the law will take effect along with the rest of the statute in 90 days.
Sixteen states have established the right of publicity solely through statute, and 10 states have recognized the right solely under common law.
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It is known as American Law for American Courts (ALAC) - a statute already enacted in four states and under consideration in many more.
State law regarding the legal status of trust protectors originates either from statute or judicial decisions.
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