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400-Year-Old Definition
The private member's bill would establish a committee to re-examine section 223 of the Criminal Code, which states that a child only becomes a human being once he or she has fully proceeded from the womb. Woodward said that the 400-year-old definition,
Updated: 05/03/2012 02:12P
New double jeopardy laws for WA
Amendments to the Criminal Appeals Act 2004 now mean senior legal officers such as the Attorney General or Solicitor General can apply to the Court of Criminal Appeal for permission to retry an acquitted person if fresh and compelling evidence has come
Updated: 05/03/2012 02:03P
New double jeopardy laws for WA
Amendments to the Criminal Appeals Act 2004 now mean senior legal officers such as the Attorney General or Solicitor General can apply to the Court of Criminal Appeal for permission to retry an acquitted person if fresh and compelling evidence has come
Updated: 05/03/2012 02:01P
Criminal charges against child predators no longer limited
By Donnie Fetter Sexual predators of children in Georgia no longer can wait out their crimes to avoid legal consequences. Gov. Nathan Deal signed into law Wednesday a bill that removes the statute of limitations on crimes committed by sexual predators
Updated: 05/03/2012 01:58P
Criminal background checks just got a little harder
Many employers conduct criminal background checks for applicants or new hires in order to complete due diligence. In fact, the National Consumer Law Center reports that a whopping 93 percent of employers run criminal background checks on some job
Updated: 05/03/2012 01:14P
Criminal Charges for 13 in Florida A&M Hazing Death
The Champion case is one of the largest criminal cases ever built on a hazing death, legal experts say. Prosecutors would not say whether all of the suspects are fellow students. "Hazing is something that will continue to happen out of sight until a
Updated: 05/03/2012 01:12P
Abortion debate comes to Parliament
“It has always been part of Canada's criminal law, and it reflects the well-established legal principle that the law does not recognize a fetus or unborn child as a legal person, possessing rights separate from its mother, until it is born alive.
Updated: 05/03/2012 01:02P
EEOC issues new “Enforcement Guidance” on employers' use of criminal histories
By a 4-1 vote, the EEOC held that, while Title VII does not bar use of criminal background checks, employers may violate the law if they intentionally discriminate among individuals with similar criminal histories, or if their policies have a
Updated: 05/03/2012 12:58P
Second Circuit limits criminal jurisdiction for employee trade secrets thefts
The use and misuse of proprietary data when employees change firms remains one of the busiest and most dynamic areas of employment practices, and civil and criminal law. With the fortunes of entire businesses rising and falling on proprietary processes
Updated: 05/03/2012 12:53P
Second Circuit limits criminal jurisdiction for employee trade secrets thefts
The use and misuse of proprietary data when employees change firms remains one of the busiest and most dynamic areas of employment practices, and civil and criminal law. With the fortunes of entire businesses rising and falling on proprietary processes
Updated: 05/03/2012 12:53P
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