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Center for HIV Law and Policy: South Florida HIV criminal case all too common
Hanssens says that any law focused on someone's disease or disability is completely uncalled for, there is no need for a separate criminal law for HIV and that all available research has demonstrated that there does not appear to be any connection
Updated: 06/09/2011 11:56A
EU Parliament passes resolution on Tymoshenko case
Brussels, June 9 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The European Parliament has adopted a resolution criticizing the Ukrainian authorities' use of criminal law as a tool to achieve political aims. The resolution was supported by the majority of parliamentarians at a
Updated: 06/09/2011 11:31A
Gov't aims to crack down on immigration scams
The initiative, announced Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department, is part education program and part crackdown on people offering immigration legal services who aren't recognized by the government to do so.
Updated: 06/09/2011 11:22A
Financial rescue plan requires far-reaching competition law reform
One way of preserving the useful effect of a threshold might be to introduce a de minimis provision, similar to that added to the Spanish Competition Act in March 2011. The effect of the amendment in Spain is that for acquisitions of companies with a
Updated: 06/09/2011 10:28A
Nepali gays face criminal action under new law
"The proposed civil and criminal laws by the Ministry of Law, which have been tabled in the Nepali parliament, contain provisions to re-criminalize so-called 'unnatural sexual offenses' and to define marriage as only between a man and a woman.
Updated: 06/09/2011 09:41A
Nepal Could Criminalize Conversion to Christianity
In response to allegations of forced conversions among Nepalese citizens by over-zealous Protestants, the government is considering changing the criminal code to make it illegal to convert to any religion other than Hinduism and Buddhism.
Updated: 06/09/2011 09:04A
Germany agrees to extradite runaway Kyiv Council deputy to Ukraine, says
Yevlah will be charged with service forgery that entailed grave consequences (part two of Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office has issued relevant orders to the competent Ukrainian agencies to agree
Updated: 06/09/2011 09:02A
CCPIT Patent & Trademark Law Office | China is More Aggressive in Pursuing
Definition of “identical products” as provided for in Article 213 of the PRC Criminal Law. As well as “attempt of crimes” of selling counterfeit products or products bearing counterfeit trademarks; Further clarification of the criminal liabilities of
Updated: 06/09/2011 09:00A
Hit-and-run driver uses pregnant girlfriend to evade law
Xu told the police that he was very frightened after the accident and persuaded Zhao to assume the responsibility because he learned that China's Criminal Law exempts pregnant women and nursing mothers from imprisonment.
Updated: 06/09/2011 08:29A
Todd McNair: Unleashing Pandora's Box (Read: Litigious Lawyers) on U$C by
By introducing lawyers into the equation, he's dealt a major blow to U$C. First, civil litigation is nothing like criminal law (something most Trogan football players are personally familiar with), so there's no speed involved whatsoever.
Updated: 06/09/2011 08:08A
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