Globe and Mail

Standoff over blind legal activist ends as China's Chen flies to U.S.
Kansas City Star
While Chen, a self-taught legal crusader, has said repeatedly that he did not intend to seek asylum in America, it was far from obvious when he might return or whether the Chinese government will allow him to do so. Chinese dissidents who've left for ...
Chinese Human Rights Activist Thanks USBusinessWeek
Chen Guangcheng: What's ahead for Chinese dissident now in the US?Christian Science Monitor
Blind justice the inspiration for Chinese dissident ChenReuters

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AFP

Alabama Gets Strict Immigration Law as Governor Relents
New York Times
Robert Bentley on Friday signed the bill into law anyway. The governor's decision was arguably the quickest of several reversals that have taken place in recent weeks as politicians in Montgomery, the capital, debated the need for changes to Alabama's ...
Alabama unemployment rate falls to 7.2%Bizjournals.com

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Daily Mail

All guns blazing: Mayawati on a capital mission as she launches blistering attack
Daily Mail
On Saturday, she held a press conference at a five-star hotel, her first in Delhi in the past three years, and launched a blistering attack on the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party (SP) government in UP for 'complete breakdown of law and order'.
Akhilesh lists law, order and public grievances as priorityTehelka

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USA TODAY

The Obama Super PAC Ad Makes a Mockery of Campaign-Finance Laws
The Atlantic
By David A. Graham Two similar ads spotlighting Bain Capital demonstrate the inefficacy of laws prohibiting super PAC-candidate coordination. Well, here's a bit of fortuitous timing. Just Monday, the Obama campaign released a new ad attacking Mitt ...
Ads highlight cozy campaign-super PAC relationshipThe Associated Press
Pro-Obama Super-PAC Echoes Campaign's Jobs Attack in AdsBloomberg
THE RACE: Obama, Romney busy redefining each otherSan Jose Mercury News

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EU May Push Through Basel Bank Capital Law Over U.K. Protest
Bloomberg
The European Union may enact a proposal for applying Basel bank capital and liquidity rules in the region by a majority vote, overriding UK opposition, if no consensus can be reached, a Danish official said. Sixteen hours of talks on the bill last week ...
EU Finance Ministers Meet Again To Discuss Bank Capital RulesWall Street Journal
EU lawmakers likely to back bank bonus capReuters

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Texas Press Association State Capital Highlights: Voter ID law remains on hold ...
Blanco County News
Rick Perry put his signature on the "voter ID" law, it is still pitching and rolling in waves of court action. In March, the US Department of Justice rendered the law unenforceable, freeing voters in the May 29 Texas Primary Election from having to ...

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Mayer Brown, Cleary, Davis Polk, Dewey: Business of Law
Bloomberg
Paul W. Theiss, a corporate partner at Mayer Brown LLP, was elected chairman of the law firm effective June 1. Theiss, 52, who specializes in mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, is a member of the firm's management committee and a former ...

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Forbes

4 Unintended Consequences of the JOBS Act for the Startup Community
Forbes
Some view the bill as a panacea for the ills of the startup community, in part because one provision of the JOBS Act loosens federal securities laws in order to help small businesses raise capital by giving the public at large the opportunity to invest ...
Guest opinion: Federal JOBS Act will boost Montana tech start-upsBillings Gazette

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Madison Realty Capital Appoints David Speiser as Managing Director
MarketWatch (press release)
David Speiser brings over ten years of experience to Madison Realty Capital. Prior to joining MRC, Mr. Speiser was a Senior Vice President at Related Companies, where he was responsible for legal affairs and operational matters for numerous ...

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Boston.com

Wash. man accused of killing classmate on trial
WAND
The NAACP has passed a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and opposing any efforts "to codify discrimination or hatred into the law."More >> The NAACP has passed a resolution endorsing same-sex marriage as a civil right and ...
Trial opens this week for Wash. man in 2010 death of 17-year-old beauty school ...Washington Post

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