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Wage and hour refresher: are you committing a misdemeanor?
An employee's agreement to surrender these statutory protections is void, and can also constitute a violation of criminal law. An employee's right to receive earned wages also belongs on this list. Once earned, wages are held in trust by the employer
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:54P
Respect protest rights, police told
by Our Foreign Desk US legal experts are piling pressure on police to uphold citizens' right to protest peacefully after a riot officer shot an activist in Oakland with a non-lethal projectile as he filmed a standoff with social justice campaigners.
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:43P
GPS tracking without a warrant¿: Justice warns of 'Big Brother society'
By Daily Mail Reporter A Supreme Court justice has warned there could be a strict Big Brother society if the police are allowed to use GPS devices to track suspected criminals without advance approval. Justice Stephen Breyer said there could be
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:42P
Can Mexico win the war against drugs? Yes
These concerns help explain why Mexico received a score of 0.3 (out of 1) in “effective criminal justice” on the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2011, placing 63rd in a list of 66 countries evaluated. We had the worst performance in Latin
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:29P
Crime and Courts: Ten of Madison's worst violent offenders put on notice
On Monday I wrote a story about Madison's new crime-fighting initiative, which, through a painstaking filtering process, identified 200 of the city's worst habitual violent offenders. On Tuesday the first of them appeared not only before law
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:23P
Kremlin - Amendments to law on countering money laundering and to
The Federal Law is aimed at improving the mechanism for countering the legalisation (laundering) of criminal incomes and the financing of terrorism. The law particularly specifies procedures for ensuring internal audit by organisations performing
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:22P
Did Joe Paterno break the law?
If so, did Paterno conceal the severity of the evidence or delay the onset of a criminal investigation to such an extent that he obstructed justice? It should be reiterated that Paterno is at least publicly regarded by law enforcement authorities as a
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:04P
Michael McCann: Did Joe Paterno break the law?
If so, did Paterno conceal the severity of the evidence or delay the onset of a criminal investigation to such an extent that he obstructed justice? It should be reiterated that Paterno is at least publicly regarded by law enforcement authorities as a
Updated: 11/09/2011 12:03P
Federation Fails To Curb Rising Bosnian Youth Crime - Analysis
Children under the age of 14 are not dealt with by the criminal justice system; instead they come under the remit of social services. Currently, three separate ministries – justice, work and social policy and the police – are responsible for dealing
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:34A
Justice warns of 'Big Brother society' as Supreme Court decides if police can
By AP A Supreme Court justice has warned there could be a strict Big Brother society if the police are allowed to use GPS devices to track suspected criminals without advance approval. Justice Stephen Breyer said there could be around-the-clock
Updated: 11/09/2011 11:31A
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