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Secret crime body to crack gangland wars exposed
Police working in the examiner's office have told The Age the secretive body has helped crack the underworld code of silence and has revolutionised the way police investigate serious organised crime. Acting Detective Inspector Jason Kelly said:
Updated: 04/25/2012 06:10P
Secret crime body to crack gangland wars exposed
Police working in the examiner's office have told The Age the secretive body has helped crack the underworld code of silence and has revolutionised the way police investigate serious organised crime. Acting Detective Inspector Jason Kelly said:
Updated: 04/25/2012 06:10P
When Background Checks Violate Civil Rights
The guidance also provides best practices that employers can follow, when doing criminal background checks, to avoid being in violation of civil rights law. One example is “individualized assessment” –informing the applicant about the background check
Updated: 04/25/2012 05:49P
Feds to appeal ruling legalizing brothels
The federal government will seek to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada an Ontario ruling that effectively legalized brothels across the country, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said on Wednesday. In Canada (Attorney General) v.
Updated: 04/25/2012 05:47P
EEOC revises rules on job seekers with criminal records
By Tony Pugh | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission voted Wednesday to revise its long-standing guidance to employers on how to properly evaluate job applicants' criminal histories in pre-employment screening
Updated: 04/25/2012 05:43P
Guest Voz: Supreme Court Asks Hard Questions at Oral Arguments Over Arizona SB
By Ben Winograd Almost two years to the day after Arizona enacted the notorious immigration law known as SB 1070, the Supreme Court heard arguments in what could be the first of many cases over the validity of the measure. Although most critics of the
Updated: 04/25/2012 05:32P
Nixon Peabody | As of May 4, 2012, Massachusetts employers will have access to
As Nixon Peabody previously reported in our August 12, 2010, Employment Law Alert entitled “Massachusetts bans criminal history questions on job applications forms: employers must take action or risk noncompliance,” as of May 4, 2012, nearly every
Updated: 04/25/2012 05:14P
Federal government plans to appeal Ontario's landmark prostitution ruling
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson told the Commons Wednesday the government has decided Canada's top court must weigh in on the constitutionality of the country's anti-prostitution laws. “It is our position that the Criminal Code provisions are
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:45P
Notre Dame law professor headed to trial
SOUTH BEND — A University of Notre Dame law professor is headed to trial June 4 on a charge that he battered his wife at their south side home. The case against Stephen Smith, a criminal law professor, has been delayed twice — once due to a congested
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:36P
Feds to appeal prostitution ruling
By David Akin ,Parliamentary Bureau Chief (Pictured, LR) Dominatrix Terri-Jean Bedford is elated after lawyer Alan Young explained the decision of Ontario Superior Court Justice Susan Himel to strike down several key provisions in Canada's
Updated: 04/25/2012 04:22P
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