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City Needs to Bond Before Hospital Sale Can Go Through
Before the Hoboken University Medical Center can be sold to private owner HUMC Holdco LLC, the city council will have to approve a bond for millions of dollars to settle a bankruptcy dispute between the hospital and its creditors,
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:55P
Court clears Russia of trying to destroy Yukos
The court ruled that the authorities violated the right to a fair trial in the European Convention on Human Rights by giving the company insufficient time to prepare its defence case in 2000 tax assessment proceedings. And the court also ruled that
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:55P
Man loses final appeal in death row case
But Davis repeatedly has maintained his innocence and his supporters pointed to a corrupted justice system in the deep South, saying a black man was wrongly and hastily convicted of killing a white police officer. "I am utterly shocked and disappointed
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:54P
Avery vs. State Farm Case Back in Spotlight After Petition Filed to Restore $1
The plaintiffs claim that State Farm covered up its support of Justice Lloyd Karmeier in his reelection campaign against former 5th District Appellate Justice Gordon Maag. Nine months after Karmeier was elected, he sided with a 4-2 majority to void a
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:54P
Avery vs. State Farm Case Back in Spotlight After Petition Filed to Restore $1
The plaintiffs claim that State Farm covered up its support of Justice Lloyd Karmeier in his reelection campaign against former 5th District Appellate Justice Gordon Maag. Nine months after Karmeier was elected, he sided with a 4-2 majority to void a
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:54P
Two Get 85 Years in Prison for Mental Health Care Fraud
According to the US Department of Justice, as part of the fraud scheme, “Duran, Valera and others paid kickbacks to owners and operators of assisted living facilities and halfway houses and to patient brokers in exchange for delivering ineligible
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:53P
Avandia Statute of Limitations Motion to Dismiss Denied by MDL Judge
A federal judge has rejected an attempt by GlaxoSmithKline to throw out dozens of Avandia lawsuits, which the drug maker attempted to argue were filed after the statute of limitations expired. US District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe, who is presiding over
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:53P
Avandia Statute of Limitations Motion to Dismiss Denied by MDL Judge
A federal judge has rejected an attempt by GlaxoSmithKline to throw out dozens of Avandia lawsuits, which the drug maker attempted to argue were filed after the statute of limitations expired. US District Judge Cynthia M. Rufe, who is presiding over
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:53P
DON'T SHOOT THE MESSENGER
About Canada's guns laws, former Liberal Justice Minister Anne McLellan once said, "The debate is over." We are about to lose a small part of those laws as the gun registry is dismantled due to its ineffectiveness at stopping crime.
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:52P
Families using video cameras in nursing homes to protect loved ones
Georgia Anetzberger, president-elect of the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, said the spread of cameras in nursing homes is part of a broader proliferation of video surveillance in society to catch anything from traffic violations
Updated: 09/20/2011 02:52P
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