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Arizona Criminal Law FAQ: What Are Domestic Violence Charges?
Arizona Criminal Law FAQ: What Are Domestic Violence Charges? By: Ashley D. Adams http://arizonawhitecollarcrimeattorney.com/Law enforcement agencies across Arizona are increasingly adopting zero-tolerance policies when it comes to domestic violence.
Updated: 01/18/2012 03:16P
Illinois Attorney General sues Westwood College for alleged deceptive marketing
CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit Jan. 18 against the national, for-profit college Westwood for engaging in deceptive practices that left Chicago-area students with up to $70000 each in debt for degrees that failed to
Updated: 01/18/2012 03:13P
Beauchamps Solicitors | Competition Law Update - January 2012
Business have used the doctrine of “essential facilities” as a competition law tool in the past to 'open up' certain protected markets, but the status of the doctrine in recent times has been in doubt. This judgment suggests that Irish businesses may,
Updated: 01/18/2012 03:05P
New prosecutor for Bountiful, B.C., but mandate doesn't include polygamy
Peter Wilson has been appointed to examine possible charges related to the movement of teen brides across the US border to marry much older men, the province's criminal justice branch announced Wednesday. The branch noted Wilson was not asked to
Updated: 01/18/2012 03:02P
New prosecutor for Bountiful, BC, but mandate doesn't include polygamy
A news release from the province's Criminal Justice Branch says Wilson's mandate does not include considering polygamy charges. Two leaders in Bountiful were charged in 2009 with practising polygamy, but a judge threw out those charges because of how
Updated: 01/18/2012 03:02P
Madigan sues Westwood College over misleading degree claims
By Gregory Karp Tribune reporter The Illinois Attorney General filed a lawsuit Wednesday claiming Westwood College, which has four Chicago-area campuses, misleads students enrolled in its criminal justice program, putting them deep in debt and awarding
Updated: 01/18/2012 02:48P
DHS - Secretary Napolitano Meets with State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement
Association of Chiefs of Police, Major Cities Chiefs Association, National Sheriffs' Association, National Native American Law Enforcement Association, Governors Homeland Security Advisors Council, and Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council.
Updated: 01/18/2012 02:44P
ACLU, others take aim at expanding teen curfew citywide
In fact, the overwhelming body of evidence indicates that curfew laws are ineffective in reducing crime and criminal victimization.” An 8 pm curfew citywide would give New Orleans one of the strictest curfew laws in the nation, according to the ACLU,
Updated: 01/18/2012 02:37P
Claiming "False Promises," Illinois Sues Westwood College
(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois is suing a national for profit college, claiming it lied to students over its criminal justice program. State Attorney General Lisa Madigan says Westwood College should have told students their program wasn't accepted by most
Updated: 01/18/2012 02:34P
Double trouble: Baraza may face tribunal, court
It also now looks certain the deputy president of the Supreme Court, who ordinarily in the absence of the Chief Justice may be called upon to swear in Kenya's Fourth President, may face a judicial tribunal and criminal charges at the same time.
Updated: 01/18/2012 02:27P
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