140 Law - Legal Headlines for July 4, 2011

We hope that all of our readers had a lovely Canada Day long weekend! Here are today's leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter:

• Macomb Co. inmate suing state over porn ban in prison | The Detroit News - http://goo.gl/tIU6x
• Mladic says he'll boycott war-crimes hearing - http://goo.gl/qjl7h
• Rights group asks judge to block Texas abortion law requiring sonogram - http://goo.gl/bMSkx
• Facebook engineers bring Google+ Circles to Facebook - ZDNet (blog) - http://goo.gl/EK9b2
• Biker dies protesting N.Y. motorcycle helmet law -http://goo.gl/pS1fW
• AU won't honor Gadhafi warrant - http://goo.gl/v66Pq
• Lawsuit alleges law firm failed to properly supervise contract attorneys - http://goo.gl/JHEkK
• Strauss-Kahn Case Adds to Doubts on N.Y. Prosecutor -http://goo.gl/AxuSr
• Justice Ginsburg Not Leaving Court 'Anytime Soon' (Associated Press) - http://goo.gl/wtmrP
• Here’s The Legal Complaint WikiLeaks Is Threatening To File Against Visa, MasterCard - Forbes - http://goo.gl/M7PLw
• Judge blocks Kansas anti-abortion law - http://goo.gl/IXk0Q
• WikiLeaks prepares to sue Visa and MasterCard -http://goo.gl/zPiuV
• Court rules that those using public Wi-Fi have a right to privacy -http://goo.gl/NuyWG
• WI Supreme Court Justice Prosser Grabs Fox Reporter's Microphone - http://goo.gl/hdR8n
• Twitter Boasts 200 Million Tweets Per Day - http://goo.gl/pk4Us
• Federal judge blocks South Dakota abortion law with 72-hour waiting period - http://goo.gl/5mTWq
• 98% Of Torture Cases Dismissed - http://goo.gl/LmWlz
• Strauss-Kahn Is Released as Case Teeters - http://goo.gl/pk3xC
• House of Representatives Finally Permits Members to Use Skype, ooVoo - http://goo.gl/Z2f1a
• Court Strikes Down Michigan Ban on Race in College Admissions -http://goo.gl/R830G
• CIA Exhales: 99 Out of 101 Torture Cases Dropped | Wired.com -http://goo.gl/eHtS2
• DA Sues Family Law Lawyer over Alleged Affair, Claims Alienation of Affection - http://goo.gl/Bzw5L
• Is Law Too Important To Leave To Lawyers? - http://goo.gl/KovfS
• MySpace Collapse: How The Social Network Fell Apart - Huffington Post - http://goo.gl/l9W1y
• Federal judge upholds decision listing polar bears as threatened -http://goo.gl/uZIuW
• Federal judge allows Google Street View suit to proceed -http://goo.gl/EAByY
• Justice Revisited! Crack Sentencing Reform Applies to Old Convictions (Shani O. Hilton/Colorlines) - http://goo.gl/Zwzz7
• Law schools should brace themselves - http://goo.gl/Zw292
• Anti-Spam Regs Published for Review – at Least Some of Them -http://goo.gl/1vU8W
• US Attorney General Eric Holder: Justice Department to Drop Investigations Into CIA Officials Involved in Torture -http://goo.gl/xBcCk
• Supreme Court of Canada grants leave to rule on definition of terrorist activity - CityNews - http://goo.gl/1Avt7
• Tough new South Dakota abortion law blocked -http://goo.gl/W5O03
• China blocking human rights lawyers - http://goo.gl/ptlTb
• Top court to hear BC dad's case on failure to teach dyslexic son to read - Vancouver Sun - http://goo.gl/ZQ3A2
• Ethics, Politics and the Law - http://goo.gl/WRCBJ
• New York just made e-filing mandatory; what does this mean for the Amish? - http://goo.gl/o3A6h
• Strauss-Kahn Case Seen as in Jeopardy - NYTimes.com -http://goo.gl/iJw8R

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