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Support for Health Care Law at New Low – YAHOO!
The Kaiser Family Foundation released a new poll tonight finding a significant drop in favorable views of the new federal health care law, to their lowest since the law was passed in March 2010. Just 34 percent of Americans now … Continue reading
Law enforcement vehicles introduced – United Press International
SAINT-PRIEST, France, Oct. 28 (UPI) — A new line of all-terrain trucks for use by law enforcement officers has been introduced by Renault Trucks Defense of France. The company said the vehicles have a large interior volume and payload capacity … Continue reading
Multiparty patent suits targeted by reform bill – The Business Journal
Such cases, however, could soon start to dwindle, thanks to a provision in last month’s patent reform law. An article in this week’s Business Journal looks at the provision, and how it could affect the popular legal tactic. The so-called … Continue reading
Alabama Immigration Battle Mirrors Civil Rights Era – FOX News
The nation’s strictest immigration law has resurrected ugly images from Alabama’s days as the battleground state for civil rights. Sharing a border with Mexico and being flooded with boycotts does not make Arizona the poster state for the …
Penobscot County district attorney calls new hire ‘a first-round draft pick’ – Bangor Daily News
“While I was in law school, I was guided into the commercial aspects of business law.” Davis is working for Vafiades, Brountas and Kominsky in Bangor. The other new members of the bar are: Benjamin Cabot of Dover-Foxcroft, Benjamin Elias … Continue reading
IMS Health Sheds SDI Assets To Resolve Antitrust Concerns – site.law360.com
Law360, New York (October 28, 2011, 7:39 PM ET) — Health care market research firm IMS Health Inc. has agreed to divest the audit business of SDI Health LLC in order to be able to acquire the rival company and … Continue reading
Google Refused Law Enforcement Request To Pull Police Brutality Video – Huffingtonpost.com
A U.S. law enforcement agency petitioned Google to take down … Of the 757 items that Google was asked to remove by the U.S. government in the first half of 2011, eighty percent were motivated by allegations of defamation.
SLDN Files Litigation of Behalf of Gay/Lesbian Military Family Members! – DAILY KOS
Case Challenges Constitutionality of Defense of Marriage Act, Other Statutes Preventing Equal Benefits and Family Support (Washington, D.C.) Today, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN) announced the filing of landmark federal litigation …
Intel asks to have antitrust claims dismissed – The Inquirer
It is interesting that Intel is not arguing that it did not act unfairly, but is looking instead to a technicality of the law, which, if true, could see the case thrown out altogether, whether Intel violated antitrust law or … Continue reading
Labor, employment, and immigration law forum to be held in Dearborn – Examiner
Immigration continues to be a hot topic in and around Detroit. With Southern Asia, Middle-Eastern, and Latino populations growing in Southeastern Michigan at double digit rates, employers must be careful to remain in compliance with the law. The issue is … Continue reading
