• There is no statutory law to clarify this mystery, and precious few precedents to work from.

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  • In short, the birth-control mandate violates both statutory law and the Constitution.

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  • Tax favored employer-assisted housing existed in both the statutory and common law of taxation prior to the enactment of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.

    FORBES: In Defense Of Special Tax Treatment For Clergy

  • The committee is made up of members of both House of Parliament and is examining how the statutory and common law on privacy and the use of anonymity injunctions and super-injunctions has operated in practice.

    BBC: Joint committee on privacy and injunctions

  • It could violate any number of common-law and statutory anti-fraud provisions, including criminal mail and wire-fraud provisions.

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  • It mishandled a sudden crisis after the Supreme Court struck down a law on statutory rape as unconstitutional.

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  • In March a review of the implications of Leveson in Scotland chaired by Lord McCluskey recommended statutory controls underpinned by law.

    BBC: Leveson Inquiry: MSPs call for UK-wide regulation

  • Five former clients of CAIR filed the two lawsuits in federal court alleging common law and statutory fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against CAIR.

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  • The courts may eventually address some of the access and usage issues in the context of existing common law and statutory privacy torts, but this is a long process developed on a case by case basis.

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  • C. filed its reply brief in support of its motion for summary judgment in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on behalf of five former clients of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who had earlier filed two separate lawsuits in federal court against CAIR, alleging common law and statutory fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: AFLC

  • Because of historical anomalies in the law and the statutory definition of rape, the answer is no, even though, if the woman had been married and the man had impersonated her husband, the answer would be yes.

    BBC: US rape case loophole prompts uproar

  • In a default judgment entered on October 30 (see below), the judge set the maximum penalty under U.S. copyright law of ten times statutory damages.

    FORBES: Connect

  • In March Christian Concern, a lobby group that opposes gay marriage, booked rooms for its conference at the Law Society, a statutory body that represents solicitors in England and Wales.

    ECONOMIST: Diversity and speech

  • There are some difficult issues ahead which are going to need more than Labour votes to become law - the new statutory process for closing and merging schools being just one example.

    BBC: State of Play 4 - Labour

  • It argues that the company accounts employed more realistic assumptions based on Equitable's belief in its interpretation of the law whereas the statutory returns required more reserves against potential risks.

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  • The App is provided "as is", and on an "as available" basis and we make no representations or warranties either express, implied or statutory (to the extent permitted by applicable law) in relation to the App.

    BBC: Crowdsourcing the UK's mobile coverage

  • Scalia, joined by Justices Thomas and Kennedy, bristled at Ginsburg's reading the bribery or kickbacks element into the law since it appears nowhere in the statutory language.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • But Mr Straw said he "could not see much difference" in the idea of replacing the common law defence of "justification" with the statutory defence of "truth".

    BBC: Falconer: Libel plans are 'impressive' and 'worthwhile'

  • The board is staffed by professional urban planners, representatives of the nature reserves authority and other statutory bodies who convene to determine whether building schemes comport with law and building regulations or not.

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  • In light of section 114 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013 (Public Law 112-175), I am hereby instructing the heads of executive departments and agencies that they should continue to adhere to this policy through March 27, 2013, the date after which statutory pay adjustments may be made pursuant to section 114 of Public Law 112-175.

    WHITEHOUSE: The White House

  • The report exposed divisions in the coalition government, with Prime Minister David Cameron opposing statutory control, unlike his deputy Nick Clegg, who wants a new law introduced without delay.

    BBC: Press 'need to act' after Leveson

  • "The current statutory offences are too specific to offer a comprehensive definition, while the common law offence of conspiracy to defraud is so wide that it offers little guidance on the difference between fraudulent and lawful conduct, " it said.

    BBC: UK fraud laws 'need streamlining'

  • The law creating the sequester (the Budget Control Act of 2011) lowers statutory caps on the spending authority of federal agencies.

    FORBES: Sequester, We Hardly Knew Ye

  • The critical issue here, which certainly transcends Big Pharma, is whether under federal common law, third-party beneficiaries can sue government contractors to enforce the statutory requirements with which those businesses contractually pledged to comply.

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  • The Law Commission, which helps Parliament tidy up legislation, is currently looking into a statutory framework for prenuptial agreements.

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  • It is proposed to scrap the common law defences of "justification" and "fair comment" and replace them with new statutory defences of "truth" and "honest opinion".

    BBC: Draft Defamation Bill: Private Eye's Ian Hislop

  • His impressive career scholarships to Radley and Brasenose College, Oxford, the Bar in 1936, silk (Queen's Counsel) in 1957, High Court judge in 1961 had led him by 1965 to become the first chairman of the Law Commission, which was set up by the Labour government to rationalise and codify the statutory laws of England.

    ECONOMIST: Obituary: Lord Scarman | The

  • If the law were to pass (insert choking noises here), the tax rate would be reduced from the statutory rate of 35% to a special rate of 5.25%.

    FORBES: Multinational Corporate Tax Holiday Gets New Interest

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