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...judge had ordered Spears to submit to twice-weekly drug and alcohol testing, undergo co-counseling with Federline and receive parent coaching. Spears' lawyer, Sorrell Trope, told People magazine the judge revoked custody after Spears failed to take a random drug test and provide a valid California driver's license. "That might do it, but probably not," says Orange County divorce attorney Jeffrey Lalloway. "California policy is to have frequent and continuing contact with both parents." (Trope was unavailable for comment). The ruling came after Spears' former bodyguard told the court and the Today show that he had seen...
...night responding to Pilbeam, saying the UC will vote on whether to formally repeal the party grants that they had temporarily reathorized two weeks ago. The UC also plans to vote tonight on whether to give the council’s executive board the go-ahead to consult a lawyer about questions of legality...
...Heping is well aware of these seasonal crackdowns. As a prominent human rights lawyer, he is far more familiar than most Chinese with the way the country's authorities ensure that "troublemakers" don't interrupt the Communist Party's carefully managed productions. But as he walked to his car after leaving his law office on September 29, Li had little idea he was about to get a firsthand demonstration of how jumpy the police can be. It may not be spring, but something else was on the calendar...
When they were beating him, Li says they repeated: "Get out of Beijing. You can't be a lawyer in Beijing." After several hours of this, they took him to a remote suburb and dumped him there. Li, who sounds remarkably calm about the episode, got himself checked out in a hospital and now is resting at home. He says he's OK, though still a bit sore...
...case, Baker made it clear that the murder allegations would be taken seriously, that the inquests would explore all the points - 10 of them in total - that Al Fayed's legal team say support their claim that the crash was no accident, and that Al Fayed (or his lawyer, at least) will have his day in court...