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US used 'unmitigated gall' and BC court to jail exec
The point, said Justice Ronald McKinnon in a stinging decision delivered orally on Tuesday, was to derail a lawsuit launched by the former employee, and involved a series of machinations that would make a normal person “blanch at the audacity of it all
Updated: 06/03/2011 03:17A
Editorial: 40000 pot users in the city? Give or take 39952
Many California cities continue to use zoning to bar storefront marijuana sales altogether — whatever the criminal law says.) But if the hypothetical 40000 pot smokers make for an alarming but dubious figure, the Shasta County Health and Human Services
Updated: 06/03/2011 03:15A
Cisco deceived Canadian courts in audacious ploy to jail executive, judge finds
The point, said Justice Ronald McKinnon in a stinging decision delivered orally on Tuesday, was to derail a lawsuit launched by the former employee, and involved a series of machinations that would make a normal person "blanch at the audacity of it all
Updated: 06/03/2011 02:51A
Pressure is on Demanding the Release Editor-in-Chief of Daily Newspaper
If found guilty he faces 15 years imprisonment under the relevant article of the Criminal Law of Mongolia. Since the investigation by the Capital City Investigation Office, D.Chulunbaatar has consistently denied the allegations and claims innocence.
Updated: 06/03/2011 02:33A
Victoria police chief calls for law to shield kids from violence
Victoria police Chief Jamie Graham: Proposing new law to protect children from trauma of witnessing violence. Canada needs to recognize the devastating impact of domestic violence on children by
Updated: 06/03/2011 02:01A
West Papua Report–June 2011
DAP's Forkorus Yaboisembut expressed disappointment that “the shooting of Opinus Tabuni on August 9, 2009 on International Indigenous People's Day in Wamena has not yet been solved.' Yaboisembut explained that “incidents like this result in the
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:42P
West Papua Report--June 2011
The daughter of prominent Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma has written about the failure of justice in West Papua. In spite of democratic progress in much of Indonesia, she notes that "the old regime dies hard in West Papua.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:46P
Judge gets third Eight-Ball award
Justice Marvin Garfinkel is the latest recipient of Winnipeg Sun columnist Tom Brodbeck's Eight-Ball award after he sentenced Brian Wallace, 31, to two years house arrest earlier this week. Wallace pleaded guilty to
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:11P
Chadbourne & Parke LLP | SEC Adopts Whistleblower Rules
public accountants working on SEC required engagements; ? certain compliance and internal audit personnel; CLIENTALERT 2 CPAM: 3996722.1 ? people who obtain the information in violation of federal or state criminal law; and ? foreign government
Updated: 06/02/2011 07:01P
McDermott, Will & Emery | Actual Knowledge an Element of §271(B) Inducement
In comparison to the willful blindness test which stems from criminal law, the deliberate indifference test is more akin to simple negligence. Applying the willful blindness standard to the facts of the case, the Supreme Court found that the evidence
Updated: 06/02/2011 07:00P
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