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Professors Who Can Comment on Health Care Reform
He teaches courses in medical malpractice and health care quality, bioethics and the law, mental health law, and psychiatry and criminal law, and has published articles on health, public health and mental health care policy, as well as range of other
Updated: 11/14/2011 04:49P
Charges ordered dismissed against Vagos member
At a scheduled preliminary hearing for Lozano in San Bernardino Superior Court, Judge James Dorr ruled that prosecutors presented insufficient evidence to hold Lozano for trial on charges of possessing body armor and participating in a criminal street
Updated: 11/14/2011 04:47P
ADL Calls Annual FBI Hate Crime Report 'Disturbing Snapshot'; 'Swift And
These efforts, along with targeted outreach conducted by US Attorneys and law enforcement organizations such as the International Association of Chiefs of Police, is helping to increase police reporting of hate crimes nationwide. The number of law
Updated: 11/14/2011 04:38P
Opinion: Big Brother in the driver's seat
DAVID COLE TEACHES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY'S LAW CENTER. THIS APPEARED IN THE WASHINGTON POST. THE Supreme Court heard arguments last week in a case that asks what role the Fourth Amendment will
Updated: 11/14/2011 04:37P
Pa. Criminal Attorney On Sandusky Judge: "I Have Never Had A Client Who Was
A criminal attorney in central Pennsylvania sent an email in response (he asked that we not use his name): I just read your post on DJ Dutchcot granting Sandusky unsecured bail. I practice criminal law in Central PA, which I really can't imagine is
Updated: 11/14/2011 04:29P
Cybercrime Watch: Fabricated Dating Profiles
However, when a Senate panel discussed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in September, Justice Department officials argued that changing the penalties could let legitimate bad guys off the hook. At issue is the government's power to convict people who
Updated: 11/14/2011 04:28P
BC set to overhaul laws for divorce, child custody
The BC government is set to overhaul provincial laws for divorce, separation and child custody. The reforms to the province's Family Relations Act are expected to place children's rights at the centre of all family issues. The government says it wants
Updated: 11/14/2011 04:22P
Assisted-suicide ban turns acts of compassion into criminal offences: lawyer
Taylor, 63, suffers from ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. The fatal neurodegenerative disease slowly robs victims of their motor skills. Most die within three to five years. Judge Lynn Smith fast-tracked the hearings earlier this year so that
Updated: 11/14/2011 04:21P
Abbott's protectionism should be met with caution
The scheme supported by both sides of politics for decades has been that complainants have to show that the imports are being sold for less than cost. My personal view is that if someone wants to sell me something at less than cost then I usually buy
Updated: 11/14/2011 04:21P
Immigration, Law Enforcement, and Economic Necessity
It's an even greater failure of justice, at least if you subscribe to Blackstone's ratio: In Illinois, 46 percent of 3023 people who were booked into immigration custody under Secure Communities between Nov. 24, 2009, and July 25, 2011,
Updated: 11/14/2011 04:04P
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