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DynCorp chosen for law project
It is worth a total $10 billion to DynCorp and four other companies, which will compete for task orders to support criminal justice sector development programs worldwide, providing advisers, other specialists and mission-support services.
Updated: 06/14/2011 06:17A
May will keep bill off fast track
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson wants the legislation passed by month's end, but May said she'll deny the unanimous consent needed to fast-track the legislation. As the lone dissenter so far, she said the bill needs thorough consideration.
Updated: 06/14/2011 05:06A
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Updated: 06/14/2011 04:52A
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The free legal advice forums are separated into eleven areas of law, allowing users with a wide range of legal issues an opportunity to pose their legal question. Personal injury law, employment law, and criminal law are among the sections featured in
Updated: 06/14/2011 03:26A
Gilead manufacturing under investigation by US authorities
The US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California is also requesting information on one of Gilead's investigational drugs, namely its fixed-dose combination of Truvada and Johnson & Johnson's Edurant (rilpivirine).
Updated: 06/14/2011 02:30A
PayPal: It was a 'communication breakdown'
I AM SURE THE LAW APPLICATIONS OF 'OBTAINING PROPERTY BY DECEPTION” and 'UNJUST ENRICHMENT” have had earthquake effect because the former is criminal law and the latter is equity law. Nobody is entitled to put his or her hand on any property that his
Updated: 06/14/2011 01:30A
May won't help Tories fast-track mega-trials bill
The Conservative government wants to fast-track legislation making it easier for the justice system to handle so-called “mega trials,” but one dissenting MP says she won't help them do it. Ottawa is under increased pressure to deal with the complex
Updated: 06/14/2011 12:49A
With pointed questions, judges probe inequities in prostitution law
The judges, who are deciding whether to uphold an Ontario court ruling striking down provisions of the Criminal Code relating to prostitution, kept federal prosecutor Michael Morris on the defensive in the first of five days of hearings on Monday as
Updated: 06/13/2011 10:41P
Clarence Thomas takes hard line on defendants
By H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY The conservative justice, who hasn't spoken from the bench in 5 years, takes a hard line on criminal defendants. During his confirmation hearing, Thomas explained that he would identify with defendants: "So I can walk in
Updated: 06/13/2011 10:35P
Over 20 years, Clarence Thomas takes hard line on defendants
Pinholster, Scott Pinholster and two other men broke into a home and fatally beat and stabbed two men who interrupted a burglary. Thomas played down the facts of Pinholster's childhood that the convict said should have been presented to jurors.
Updated: 06/13/2011 10:35P
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