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Judge blocks law on cigarette pack warnings – CNN
(CNN)– A federal judge on Monday blocked implementation of a law that would have mandated tobacco companies … legal and financial ramifications of this challenge, the Government, for reasons known only to itself, is unwilling to voluntarily …
SC labor head: Lawsuits don’t alter business rules – Oregonian
The 2008 law, which took effect in stages, began applying to businesses of all sizes in July 2010. But the changes in June reset the clock on enforcement, and agency officials have spent months re-educating business groups on the law.
3 strikes ballot measure faces public safety politics – KABC
By protecting one piece of the three strikes law (life sentences for violent offenders), the proponents hope California voters will agree to discard another piece (life sentences for minor crimes). That transaction shows the initiative’s political …
Texas court delays execution to review changes in DNA law – Dallas Morning News
HOUSTON — Texas’ highest criminal court gave a reprieve Monday to a convicted murderer who had been scheduled to be executed this week, saying it needs time to review changes to a state law that his attorneys contend clear the … Continue reading
What Daughters-in-Law and Mothers-in-Law Really Think Of Each Other: Surprising Results of New Survey – Yahoo Finance
NEW YORK, Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Will it be pleasant around the family Thanksgiving table if the in-laws have come for the holiday? That depends, because having a mother-in-law is no joke, according to a new survey of over … Continue reading
Police searching for 4 bodies of crime boss’s victims; bodies likely under concrete – News-Democrat
The warrant also reveals law enforcement is investigating a suspected criminal confidant of Lock who belonged to Lock’s ruthless and sophisticated enterprise, known as the “Body Snatchers.” Over a decade, Lock’s organization sold drugs …
Chondrogenesis and cartilage tissue engineering: the longer road to technology development
Nastaran Mahmoudifar, Pauline M. Doran. Joint injury and disease are painful and debilitating conditions affecting a substantial proportion of the population. The idea that damaged cartilage in articulating joints might be replaced seam….
LITIGATION ATTORNEY, FORMER BELMONT RESIDENT – Patch
W. Bradley Ryan, 84, of Concord formerly of Belmont died Wed. Nov. 9, 2011 in Concord. He was the beloved husband of Carol Ann (Burke) Sheehan Ryan. Born in Arlington on September 16, 1927 he was the son of the … Continue reading
Feds: Social network for kids violated privacy law – msnbc.com
The Federal Trade Commission said in court documents filed in Georgia … 5,600 children without obtaining prior parental consent, violating federal privacy law. Regulators say the site is targeted at children ages 7-14 and allows them to …
The human rights debate – Lexology
The case went to the Court of Appeal and one of the judges, Lord Justice Toulson, commented that “Human rights law is sometimes in danger of becoming overcomplicated”. The Court of Appeal judges rejected the submissions made on behalf of … Continue reading
