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Canada needs to do more to combat counterfeit goods, says industry lobby group
"Counterfeiting needs to be fully integrated into the Criminal Code," John Cotter, chairman of the group's legislative committee, said in a news release. "Rights holders, law enforcement, prosecutors and border services officials also need to be
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:54P
Timeline: Polygamy in Canada
The Chief Justice of the BC Supreme Court has upheld Canada's law against multiple marriage, saying religious freedom is trumped by the need to protect women and children from harm. Justice Robert Bauman was asked to assess the constitutionality of the
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:53P
Immigrant Legal Services Expanded Throughout City
The city's Family Justice Centers will each add an additional full-time attorney to counsel immigrant domestic violence victims and each of the city's 10 indigent criminal defense providers will add a new full-time immigration attorney.
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:52P
FBI arrests 7 Amish men on hate-crimes charges
All are charged with conspiring to carry out a series of assaults over the last few months on Amish men and women, cutting off their beards and head hair with scissors and battery-powered clippers. The acts were especially heinous to the Amish,
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:46P
Pimpin' ain't easy, but law even harder
Pimp tries to defend himself in criminal case. Prostitute accuses him of rape and robbery. It may be hard to be a pimp -- but practicing criminal law appears to be even more difficult. An admitted pimp who's acting as his own lawyer
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:45P
We don't need a polygamy law
This is a question of criminal law, not social policy. Marriages don't commit crimes; people do. It is the abuse itself, not the kind of relationship it happens in, that ought to be criminal. And indeed, is criminal. In buying into the notion that our
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:35P
Penn State child abuse reporting laws not as tough as Texas
Failure to report by professionals who work with children would constitute a violation of criminal laws. Professionals such as teachers. coaches, doctors and daycare workers must make a verbal report within 48 hours of becoming aware of child abuse or
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:23P
An early connection
But her road to law school was a bumpy one, navigated largely through trial and error rather than with the support of the pre-law counselor at Northeastern University, where she obtained a degree in criminal justice in 2006. She had visited the pre-law
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:18P
Legal in California, Medical Marijuana Prompts Federal Crackdown
An intensifying federal crackdown on growers and sellers of state-authorized medical marijuana has badly shaken the billion-dollar industry that has sprung up in California since voters approved medical use of the drug in 1996 and has highlighted the
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:14P
Committee approves closing loopholes in Indiana human trafficking laws
INDIANAPOLIS — An effort to close loopholes in Indiana's human trafficking laws has earned the approval of a state legislative study committee. Last week the Criminal Code Evaluation Commission voted 11-1 to recommend a measure that
Updated: 11/23/2011 04:07P
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