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Absurd: Supreme Court rules California has to release 30k prisoners due to
They remain uncorrected,” Justice Anthony Kennedy, a California native, wrote for the court. The lawsuit challenging the adequacy of mental health care was filed in 1990. To emphasize the conditions, Kennedy took the unusual step of including photos of
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:11P
Krispy Kreme, Gap, Foot Locker, H&R Block among big market movers Monday
A Sterne Agee analyst raised his earnings estimates on the sneaker seller, saying its business is improving, but the stock fell. The Justice Department wants to halt the tax preparer's plans to buy the creator of TaxACT software on antitrust concerns.
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:11P
Theater Review: “A Time to Kill” at Arena Stage
The unspeakable tragedy that prompts Carl Lee Hailey (played here by Dion Graham) to take justice into his own hands is excellent fodder with which to engage an audience. Said tragedy, in this adaptation, is told only through a scream and the
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:11P
Laws should be rooted in righteousness and justice
By David Sseppuuya (email the author) Members of the legal fraternity are – gowns, wigs, and all – up in arms against a proposal to amend the Constitution to make it much harder for the accused to get bail. As well the learned friends should be.
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:10P
Bill to make continued training mandatory for lawyers
SHARJAH: The UAE Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is working on a draft bill that will compel continuing education and training among Emirati lawyers, said a top official of an educational institution in Sharjah, which prepares its
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:10P
Guest Column: Tips for Helping Teens Have a Safe Prom, Graduation Season
A 2002 study revealed that 40 percent of teen traffic fatalities during the prom and graduation weekends were alcohol-related. Fatal car accidents, injuries, and assaults are not an adolescent rite of passage for any teen. Underage drinking is a major
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:10P
NJ Supreme Court Says School Funding Ruling to Come Tomorrow
The court will decide a lawsuit that claims the cuts violated a 2008 funding formula to support the state's poorest school districts. Christie, a Republican, said the reductions were necessary to balance the budget and the court should let him resolve
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:10P
Cisco Denies Aiding Chinese Repression
Cisco is being hit by a lawsuit alleging it is helping suppress dissent in China. The suit was filed last week in the US Federal District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose as case number
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:10P
Coming to terms on loans
By Michelle Singletary WASHINGTON - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has begun testing two prototypes of mortgage disclosure forms that the new agency hopes will help borrowers when applying for home loans. "This is about empowering consumers,"
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:10P
Twitter 1, UK justice 0 as gag collapses
Britain's scandal-hungry news media, an outspoken parliamentarian and thousands of ordinary people using the Twitter micro-blogging site have dealt a body blow to an institution of British justice, flouting a gag order imposed by one of the country's
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:10P
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