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Six years ago, atmospheric physicist, Joseph Dwyer, accidentally flew his plane into a thundercloud, and right through an unexpected pocket of antimatter. And while we know high-energy positrons - the antimatter counterpart of the electron - can be caused by cosmic rays making contact with the atmosphere, or by particularly active lightning storms, what Dwyer detected could not be explained by either of these scenarios.

"This was so strange that we sat on this observation for several years," Dwyer, from the University of New Hampshire in the US, told Davide Castelvecchi at Nature.

The flight in question took place on 21 August 2009, when Dwyer, then at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, Florida, set out to detect gamma rays (γ-rays) - extremely high-frequency electromagnetic radiation made up of high-energy photons. He installed a particle detector on a Gulfstrea ... Read more »

Many consumers have never heard of antitrust laws, but enforcement of these laws saves consumers millions and even billions of dollars a year. The Federal Government enforces three major Federal antitrust laws, and most states also have their own. Essentially, these laws prohibit business practices that unreasonably deprive consumers of the benefits of competition, resulting in higher prices for products and services.

The three major Federal antitrust laws are:

• The Sherman Antitrust Act
• The Clayton Act
• The Federal Trade Commission Act.

The following information on these laws comes from the Antitrust Enforcement and the Consumer guide.

The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act outlaws all contracts, combinations, and conspiracies that unreasonably restrain interstate and foreign trade. This includes agreements among competitors to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate customers, which are puni ... Read more »

The invention relates to a method to provide lawful interception of a device in a network.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Lawful interception is the lawfully authorized interception and monitoring of communications of an intercept subject. This is the process of intercepting within a network, communications between parties of interest. The interception is legally authorised and is conducted without the intercepted parties being aware of it. Lawful Interception is often referred to as ‘wiretapping’ or ‘phone-tapping’.

Several techniques where introduced to allow lawful interception in telephone networks, but solutions based on line-switched networks are not applicable in packet switched networks like voice over IP.

EP 1 389 862 discloses a lawful interception device to monitor media streams of two IP parties includes a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) proxy server or a MGC (Media Gateway Controller) to detect information in the signalling information bei ... Read more »

Some of South Africa’s most influential intellectuals and activists have urged David Cameron to reconsider his plans to repeal the Human Rights Act. warning that the move is reminiscent of the mindset that created apartheid.

In a letter to the Observer, 25 of the country’s most eminent playwrights, lawyers, politicians and artists say that more than two decades after the British people spoke out against apartheid in South Africa, it was their turn to reciprocate with support for a country that is in danger of betraying that honourable history .

Their intervention is timed to coincide with Mandela Day. the second since the anti-apartheid hero’s death. The signatories describe their “horror” at Cameron’s desire to replace the act with a British bill of rights. Britain’s role in challenging apartheid, they said, meant they had a duty to intervene on behalf of the British people.

Their l ... Read more »

This is a glossary of legal terms. Terms that are in a foreign language are italicized in their title, and the italicized word or phrase is in Latin unless its definition indicates the italicized term is from some other language. There is also a much longer list of Appendix:Legal terms. one without definitions, in Latin. There is a US bias in some definitions; though many of these terms are used in other jurisdictions with the same or similar meaning.

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A mensa et toro Alternatively written as a mensa et thoro (a medieval orthographic innovation to discourage intervocalic palatalization ); literally "from table and cushion", but generally translated as "from bed and board." A divorce a mensa et toro. is rather a separation of the parties by act of law, than a dissolution of the marriage. It may be granted for the causes of extreme cruelty or desertion of the wife by the husband. 2 Eccl. Rep ... Read more »

People who appreciate the practice of law and the skills of effective communication, research, and writing may wish to pursue an online law degree program. These online programs are available at the associate. bachelor s. master s. doctorate. and certificate level in a variety of law-oriented disciplines. Students can start working toward a wide variety of careers in the legal field by choosing a degree program in a specialized area of law such as paralegal studies, legal office administration. or legal studies .

The American Bar Association (ABA) is an important programmatic accrediting body in the United States for Juris Doctor degree programs. As of , the ABA does not accredit online law degree programs, so it is not currently possible to earn a law license by completing an online degree. Accredited schools are listed in a database maintained by the US Department of Education. Read More

Online associate degrees are available in law-related areas such as legal assi ... Read more »

Free Internet Legal Information - Popular Resources

• FindLaw for Legal Professionals (Thompson Reuters) Includes case law, case summaries, statutes, legal search engine, legal news, RSS court updates, and practice information.
• Government Printing Office (Fdsys ) Access to official Federal Government publications, including authenticated PDF documents.
• Justia Includes case law, statutes, regulations, articles, opinion summaries (newsletter), and limited access to Federal District Court dockets.
• Legal Information Institute (LII) (Cornell University Law School) Provides primary legal materials, legal encyclopedia, and the Supreme Court Bulletin.
• Public Library of Law (Fastcase) Includes case law, statutes, regulations, court rules, constitutions, and legal forms.
• WashLaw Legal Research on the Web (Washburn University School of Law) Links to f ... Read more »

In today's fast-paced, technologically complex economy, businesses rely on project managers to shepherd projects through to completion. According to the Association for Project Management, "at its most fundamental, project management is about getting things done through people." In practice, project managers may orchestrate development of a new product, an overhaul of business processes, or a corporate restructuring. The common element is a big-picture coordination of activities according to a schedule and budget, combined with a need to manage risk and uphold quality standards.

A master's degree in project management cultivates the technical and theoretical knowledge critical to effective project leadership. Available a variety of formats, the master's in project management generally takes a year or two to complete. Working professionals can earn a master's degree online, applying the skills they learn directly in the workplace.

Prepare for graduate study by focusin ... Read more »

The Antitrust laws an unenforceable, uncompliable, unjudicable mess of contradictions have for decades kept American businessmen under a silent, growing reign of terror. Yet these laws were created and, to this day, are upheld by the conservatives, as a grim monument to their lack of political philosophy, of economic knowledge and of any concern with principles. Under the Antitrust laws, a man becomes a criminal from the moment he goes into business, no matter what he does. For instance, if he charges prices which some bureaucrats judge as too high, he can be prosecuted for monopoly or for a successful intent to monopolize ; if he charges prices lower than those of his competitors, he can be prosecuted for unfair competition or restraint of trade ; and if he charges the same prices as his competitors, he can be prosecuted for collusion or conspiracy. There is only one difference in the legal treatment accorded to a criminal or to a businessman: ... Read more »

Although accredited online law degree programs will not qualify graduates to practice law in most states, they can provide business professionals or foreign-educated lawyers with a better understanding of the U.S. legal system. Many of these programs culminate in a Juris Doctor or Master of Laws.

Accredited Online Law Schools

In most states, aspiring attorneys must graduate from a Juris Doctor (J.D.) program accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) in order to sit for the state bar examination and therefore practice law. Currently, the ABA does not approve any online J.D. programs. There are, however, schools accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC).

These schools are for business professionals who want graduate law training, lawyers educated abroad or, in some cases, aspiring attorneys. California is the only state that allows graduates from an online school to sit for its state bar ... Read more »

By Nom Sawyer. Published October .

Introduction

Once you get through college, take the LSAT, apply, and then decide on a law school, it seems as if you've finally finished and can relax. However, paying for the huge cost of law schools today also seems pretty important in the grand scheme of things. So here I'll break down the different type of loans, what to expect from each, and then weigh GradPlus loans against Private Loans.

You can go through section by section for a full overview about law school loans, or go straight to the area that interests you.

II. Federal Perkins Loans

III. School Specific Loans

IV. Federal GradPlus Loans

I. GradPLUS Benefits

II. Should You Consider a Private Loan?

Legal Aid of Nebraska provides assistance to low-income people, families, Native Americans, and elderly people in civil (non-criminal) matters. Qualifying for help may be based on income and assets of all people living in your home. It is also based on the type of legal problem you have. If our household income is not more than 125% of the federal poverty level and you have few assets you may qualify for Legal Aid's assistance. Click here to see the income guidelines. Some exceptions apply to these guidelines. If you are age 60 or older, these financial eligibility guidelines may not apply.

Legal Aid of Nebraska does not handle criminal matters in state or federal court, personal injury or workers’ compensation cases. Legal Aid of Nebraska’s legal services are free; however, clients may have to pay court costs.

Funding for online intake provided by the Lozier Corporation Foundation and the Nebraska Legal Aid and Services Fund ... Read more »

Law book - n. any of numerous volumes dealing with law, including statutes, reports of cases, digests of cases, commentaries on particular topics, encyclopedias, textbooks, summaries of the law, dictionaries, legal forms and various combinations of these such as case reports with commentaries. Statutes of every state and the Federal Code are published, usually with comments, "annotations" and brief statements of decisions which contribute to the interpretations of each particular statute. The written reports of appellate cases are collected for every state, the federal government, England and many other countries. Collections of digests (brief summaries) of case decisions divided by topics are available for each state as well as federal rulings. There are books on almost every legal subject. Almost all collections of statutes, digests, form books and commentaries are regularly updated with the latest decisions, legislative enactments and recent comments, often with loo ... Read more »

Online business degree programs present a useful blend of business theory and practical skills at the undergraduate or graduate level. Both specialized and general business management degrees are available for students who are just beginning their careers or for established business professionals. Business school can be useful for a variety of professional aims, such as entrepreneurship or non-profit work. Specialized business degrees in areas such as accounting. finance. human resources. information technology. and public administration are also available online.

The accreditation of a business degree program should be an important consideration for students. Accreditation helps ensure a program s ability to provide a valuable education. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Accreditation Council for Business Schools Programs are the principle accrediting bodies for business programs and schools. Read More

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Any Australian officials paying people smugglers to take asylum seekers back to Indonesia may have broken Australian laws carrying potential jail terms of up to 20 years and contravened international law, judicial experts say.

But any domestic investigation of legal breaches would have to be authorised by the government, which is stonewalling all discussion of the explosive claims, refusing to confirm or deny allegations that $30,000 was paid to six people smugglers to return asylum seekers to Indonesia in May.

Phillip Boulten SC, a leading Sydney barrister, and Nicholas Cowdery, a former director of public prosecutions in New South Wales, told Guardian Australia that an Australian paying people smugglers would likely be in breach of the provisions of the Criminal Code outlawing people smuggling, or assisting people-smuggling. But both pointed to the fact that the government itself would have to initia ... Read more »

Antitrust: An Overview

Trusts and monopolies are concentrations of economic power in the hands of a few. Economists believe that such control injures both individuals and the public because it leads to anticompetitive practices in an effort to obtain or maintain total control. Anticompetitive practices then lead to price controls and diminished individual initiative. These results in turn cause markets to stagnate and depress economic growth.

Because of fears during the late 1800s that monopolies dominated America's free market economy, Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act in 1890 to combat anticompetitive practices, reduce market domination by individual corporations, and preserve unfettered competition as the rule of trade. The Sherman Antitrust Act forms the foundation and the basis for most federal antitrust litigation.

As for the states, many have adopted antitrust laws that parallel the Sherman Antitrust Act to prevent anticompet ... Read more »

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To apply to Harvard Business School, we ask you to assemble and prepare a variety of materials that will help us assess your qualifications. Remember, all materials must be submitted to HBS online by the appli ... Read more »

On April 23, 2010, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law Senate Bill 1070 aimed at preventing illegal immigration that has significantly affected the Mexico-bordering state over many decades. The new law, entitled Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act, would require law enforcement officials to enforce existing federal immigration laws in the state by checking the immigration status of a person they have "reasonable suspicion" of being in the U.S. illegally. An immigrant found without proper documentation would be charged with a misdemeanor.

Although the law says nothing about deportation, it allows law enforcement agencies to immediately transfer a person it believes is in violation of any U.S. or state laws into Customs or Border Protection, and subsequently, to a federal facility in the state.

The impact of S.B. 1070 is far-reaching. If the law takes effect on July 29, 2010, issues involving state's rights, ... Read more »

The attorney general is the State's chief legal officers. The AG offers opinions regarding various legal issues that concern the State of Georgia or its agencies; represents the State in capital felony appeals before the Supreme Court of Georgia and civil cases before any court; prosecutes the public corruption cases regarding criminal charges that were filed against any person or business involved in illegal activity with the State of Georgia; conducts any investigation regarding questionable activity concerning any state agency, department, person, or business that has engaged in business with the State of Georgia; initiates any civil or criminal action in accordance with the Georgia Governor's wishes; prepares all contracts and agreements for matters that involve the State of Georgia; and serves as a legal advisor for state agencies, departments, authorities, and the Governor.

The Department of Audits and Accounts (DOAA) exists to provide decision makers with credible man ... Read more »

Copyright law in the U.S. is governed by federal statute, namely the Copyright Act of 1976. The Copyright Act prevents the unauthorized copying of a work of authorship. However, only the copying of the work is prohibited--anyone may copy the ideas contained within a work. For example, a copyright could cover a written description of a machine, but the actual machine itself is not covered. Thus, no one could copy the written description, while anyone could use the description to build the described machine.

Copyrights can be registered in the Copyright Office in the Library of Congress, but newly created works do not need to be registered. In fact, it is no longer necessary to even place a copyright notice on a work for it to be protected by copyright law. However, the Copyright Act does provide additional benefits to those who register with the Copyright Office. Consequently, copyright registration and the use of a copyright notice is recommended.

Rankings of Online Law Schools

The Internet has revolutionized many aspects of our society and there are now several online law schools offering degrees out there. However, law is inherently a conservative arena, for in law present decisions are determined by examining past decisions that set a precedent. Along these lines, online law schools are still stigmatized and are not yet ranked by any law school ranking.

Personally, I like the idea of online law schools and am open to the concept. However, the reality of online law schools is that at present their graduates fare poorly in the job market as online law schools are not yet considered the equal of even marginal brick and mortar law schools.

Until online law schools become more prestigious, I would focus upon the traditional ABA approved law schools. That being said, if you are in California, which does not require that you attend an ABA a ... Read more »

The Appalachian Family Law Information Center (AFLIC) was developed to assist residents of Pickens, Gilmer and Fannin Counties who wish to represent themselves in domestic legal matters or educate themselves about domestic issues.

AFLIC has legal form packets and instructions available to assist in the following areas (some of which are available on-line): divorce (both with and without children), contempt, legitimation, child custody and visitation modifications, modification of child support, and name changes.

The Appalachian Family Law Information Center recommends that parties seek the advice of a lawyer who will be familiar not only with the law but will also be familiar with the procedures of the court. Should you choose to proceed without the advice of a lawyer, it is recommended that you familarize yourself with the Internal Operating Procedures (IOPs) for the Appalachian Judicial Circuit. A link to the ... Read more »

Meaning of "tort"

"Tort" means civil wrong. The word itself is derived from French or Latin roots. The law of torts is concerned with compensation for damage suffered as a result of another's acts or omissions.

Definition: Tort

From the French, deriving from the Latin torquere. to twist. Any civil wrong, other than a contract dispute, for which there is a remedy. Implies acts that bend or warp societal rules prohibiting causing harm to others.

Liability in tort arises when some interest of another is harmed. Tort law is not intended to punish wrongful conduct. Rather, the point of this branch of law is to determine liability for harm and assign the cause of harm to the most appropriate actor. This then gives the injured party a place to seek a remedy.

The nature of acts giving rise to injury creates the first organizing principle when considering tort liability. Some acts are clearly intended to give rise to injury, such as physi ... Read more »

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The toughest anti-illegal-immigrant measure in a generation passed the Arizona legislature this week. If signed, as expected, by Republican governor Jan Brewer, the law will give local police sweeping new powers in regard to undocumented workers. Currently, immigration offenses are violations of federal, not state, law, and local police officers only can inquire about a person's immigration status if that person is suspected of another crime. Under SB1070, however, Arizona police will have the right to stop anyone on "reasonable suspicion" that they may be an illegal immigrant and can arrest them if they are not carrying a valid driver's license or identity papers.

Passions about illegal immigration run high in Arizona, a point of entry for thousands of undocumented workers going to the U.S. from Mexico, and tensions were heightened by the recent murder of a rancher in a remote border area where illega ... Read more »

An intellectual movement whose members argue that law is neither neutral nor value free but is in fact inseparable from politics.

Critical legal studies (CLS) is a sometimes revolutionary movement that challenges and seeks to overturn accepted norms and standards in legal theory and practice. CLS seeks to fundamentally alter Jurisprudence. exposing it as not a rational system of accumulated wisdom but an ideology that supports and makes possible an unjust political system. CLS scholars attempt to debunk the law's pretensions to determinacy, neutrality, and objectivity. The law, in CLS scholarship, is a tool used by the establishment to maintain its power and domination over an unequal status quo. Openly a movement of leftist politics, CLS seeks to subvert the philosophical and political authority of what it sees as an unjust social system. CLS advances a theoretical and practical project of reconstruction of the law and of society itself. CLS is also a membership orga ... Read more »

[https://officialguide.lsac.org/Release/SchoolsABAData/SchoolPage/SchoolPage_PDFs/ABA_LawSchoolData/ABA4703.pdf Southwestern Law School]

Southwestern Law School (formerly known as Southwestern University School of Law ) is a private ABA -accredited law school located in Los Angeles, California (Mid-Wilshire), with about 1,000 students. Its campus includes the Bullocks Wilshire building, an admired art deco National Register of Historic Places landmark built in 1929. Southwestern is an independent law school with no affiliation to any undergraduate university. It is an American Bar Association approved law school since 1970. [2]

Southwestern Law School was founded on November 25, 1911 as the Southwestern College of Law. John J. Schumacher. its founder, intended the nonprofit institution to be a law school that reached out to women and minorities. The school is one of the oldest law schools in the state of California and the second oldest law school in Lo ... Read more »

This article is about the criminal justice law. For Internet disconnection policy, see Graduated response. For other uses of the term "Three Strikes", see Three Strikes (disambiguation) .

Three Strikes Laws are statutes enacted by state governments in the United States which require the state courts to impose a life sentence (usually with the possibility of parole) to persons who have been convicted of three or more serious criminal offenses. These statutes became very popular in the 1990s. Twenty-four states have some form of habitual offender laws.

The name comes from baseball. where a batter is permitted two strikes before striking out on the third.

The practice of imposing longer prison sentences on repeat offenders (versus first-time offenders who commit the same crime) is nothing new, as Judges often take into consideration prior offenses when sentencing. However, there is a more recent history of mandatory prison sentences for repeat offenders. ... Read more »

Application Requirements

Thank you for your interest in the University of Chicago Law School. Each year, we receive nearly 5,000 applications for our entering class of 190-195. The Admissions Committee reviews every application that we receive. The Admissions Committee takes a broad and holistic view of each applicant, believing that a simple formula cannot adequately measure an applicant's academic potential and contribution to the Law School community.

Paperless Admissions Process

The Law School utilizes a paperless admissions process, which means that we receive, process, and evaluate all applications electronically. All applicants must apply through the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) Flexible Application, which is fully accessible to the visually impaired. The Law School does not provide any application materials directly to applicants. All application materials will be available from LSA ... Read more »

Consumer laws and Consumer lawyers in India

Consumer rights are the rights given to a consumer to protect him/her from being cheated by salesman/manufacturer. Consumer protection laws are designed to ensure fair trade competition and the free flow of truthful information in the marketplace.

The laws are designed to prevent businesses that engage in fraud or specified unfair practices from gaining an advantage over competitors and may provide additional protection for the weak and those unable to take care of themselves. Consumer Protection laws are a form of government regulation which aim to protect the rights of consumers.

For example, a government may require businesses to disclose detailed information about products particularly in areas where safety or public health is an issue, such as food. Consumer protection is linked to the idea of consumer rights (that consumers have various rights as consumers), and to the formation of consumer organizations which ... Read more »

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Campus: Tempe, Arizona

Accreditation: AACSB

Base Program Cost: $53,900

Per Credit Hour: $1,123

GMAT Required: Yes

Minimum Time Commitment: 24 months

Online Concentrations: Finance, International Business, Marketing, Supply Chain Management

On Campus Requirements: Yes. One on-campus visit required.

Introduction

Arizona State University (ASU) has been offering post-secondary education to its student community since 1885. ASU’s graduate business school, the W.P. Carey School of Business, is consistently ranked as one of the top business schools, recently being named by the U.S. News World Report online honor roll. ASU s professional MBA program went fully online in 2003.

What separate ... Read more »

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The court process by which a Will is proved valid or invalid. The legal process wherein the estate of a decedent is administered.

When a person dies, his or her estate must go through probate, which is a process overseen by a probate court. If the decedent leaves a will directing how his or her property should be distributed after death, the probate court must determine if it should be admitted to probate and given legal effect. If the decedent dies intestate without leaving a will the court appoints a Personal Representative to distribute the decedent's property according to the laws of Descent and Distribution. These laws direct the distribution of assets based on hereditary succession.

In general, the probate process involves collecting the decedent's assets, liquidating liabilities, paying necessary taxes, and distributing property to heirs. Probate procedures are governed by state law and have been the ... Read more »

Effective laws are a critical component of Australia's response to threatened or actual terrorist acts.

Australia's laws against terrorism are in Part 5.3 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Criminal Code). Australia's laws against foreign incursions and recruitment are in Part 5.5 of the Criminal Code. This department administers the Act.

Australia's counter-terrorism laws focus on:

More information on Australia's terrorism laws is available in the following documents:

Terrorist acts

A terrorist act is an act, or a threat to act, that meets both these criteria:

• it intends to coerce or influence the public or any government by intimidation to advance a political, religious or ideological cause.

• it causes one or more of the following:
  • death, serious harm or danger to a person
  • serious damage to property
  • a serious risk to the health o ... Read more »

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A vast range of online engineering degrees exist at all levels, from bachelor's degrees to graduate certificates and master's degrees. Engineers are needed in industries like software and computer hardware development, chemical engineering, manufacturing, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering and more. Below is just a sample of the different niches and degree levels of engineers.

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Prepare yourself for the challenging work of a paralegal with the Associate of Science Degree in Paralegal Studies (ASc PALS). The demand for capable paralegals is growing rapidly in the Caribbean and the wider world. Paralegals are required to perform many tasks formerly carried out by lawyers as well as to carry out the office procedures necessary for the efficient running of law offices. The programme provides an overall understanding of the Commonwealth Caribbean legal system. The delivery of each course ensures that it is relevant to the country in which it is offered to give the student a working knowledge of that jurisdiction while providing breadth to enable them to move to another jurisdiction and function effectively. The programme instruction will be practice-oriented to ensure that paralegals have a good functional grasp of paralegal practices.

Graduates meet the matriculation requirements for entry to the LLB pro ... Read more »

With city elections in Phoenix next month and 2016 races around the corner, Arizona regulators are warning people that they might need to pull up stakes on the many campaign signs on lawns and street corners.

Signs that were installed without prior inspection could create danger around utility lines and bring hefty fines, according to a longtime state law.

The Arizona Blue Stake law mandates that anyone doing excavation must have utility lines marked first. It's a law that was enacted in 1974 and has been enforced by the Arizona Corporation Commission.

Recently, the commission has been reminding campaigns and campaign supporters that the law applies to signs staked into turf. Anyone who wants to plant a sign must call 811, the nonprofit call center that arranges for utility locators to mark the locations of utility lines at no charge. The wait is normally about two days.

Arizona 811 spokeswom ... Read more »

For more than 20 years the International Training Centre of the ILO and a number of academic partners led by the University of Turin and the University Institute of European Studies and in collaboration with other world-class universities have been offering a shortened version of this Master as a postgraduate course under the name “International Trade Law Post-Graduate Course ”.

In recognition of increasing demand for higher levels of specialization in the fields of contract law and international trade and overlapping with the decision to establish the Turin School of Development (as a unique mechanism for delivery of joint UN-academic programmes), it was decided to expand and upgrade the programme’s learning contents to a Level 1 European Master as of the Academic Year 2010-2011.

From the UN side, UNCITRAL endorsed the new Master and accepted the status of a full partn ... Read more »

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The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University has an application deadline of February 1. The full-time program application fee at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University is $65. Its tuition is full-time: $26,753 per year (in-state) and full-time: $41,751 per year (out-of-state). The student-faculty ratio is 9.8:1. The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University has 116 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

The Arizona State University Sandra Day O Connor College of Law is a public law school in Phoenix, Ariz. The law school has a required first year curriculum followed by two years of mostly electives. Students can cater their legal education through involvement in programs and centers at the Sandra Day O Connor College of Law, including the Center for Law, Science, and Innovation, the first center to exa ... Read more »

About the hippa medical laws? i'm in drug court for an alcohol problem we go in front off a judge once a week th drug court counselor told the judge about my medical problem which is real personal i talk to a phychiatrist a.

Insurance biller who potentially violated HIPPA Laws. My boyfriend has been going thru a VERY NASTY divorce for over a year. There is NO communication with his very small immediate family.

I broke a hippa law? A few years ago I broke a hippa law without realizeing my activity.They told me that i would never be able to work in the medical field due to this or any company.

What is hippa laws and violations? what are laws of hippa and how munch information does my employer have a right to know. can he get all my medical information and know everything that I was every.

Birth Control and HIPPA laws? I'm 18 and I would like to go on birth control but I know my mom will freak so, I'm trying to get it without her. I have considered.

Since we believe that measurable certainty should be a threshold capability for any firm providing document review, management and analysis services, you’d expect our leaders to have come from backgrounds that grounded them in this discipline. You’d be correct.

Our leadership team has on average more than 30 years of experience, placing us amongst the most seasoned leadership teams in the global legal services industry. Our executive team includes the former managing partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ North American Business Process Outsourcing (“BPO”) organization, who was also a member of that firm’s U.S. management committee; a former member of the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ BPO leadership team; a senior U.S. lawyer with significant litigation experience; and a senior U.S. Lawyer with extensive global legal and operating experience. In addition, all of our services are provided by bar-certified lawyers and are supervised by U.S. or U.K bar-certified lawyers in all operating ... Read more »

Arnold Schwarzenegger Furious About Indiana Law

Tara Croser Newspix/Getty Images Arnold Schwarzenegger attends the Queensland Real Estate Agents' Summit 2015 at RNA Convention Centre on March 17, 2015 in Brisbane, Australia.

The former California governor says the Religious Freedom Restoration Act is bad for the GOP

Arnold Schwarzenegger says the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which sparked outrage from critics concerned it could lead to discrimination against LGBT people in Indiana, is a distracting, divisive law that is bad for the country and bad for his Republican Party.

The former California governor wrote an op-ed for the Washington Post arguing that American politicians (and Republicans in particular) should be focusing on solutions to real problems that affect Americans health and wallets, like pollution and traffic. To attract and retain young voters, he writes, We must b ... Read more »

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ADI Guide to Assistance Dog Laws

An international legal access guide for the USA, Australia, Canada (all provinces), Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

The guide is an introduction to laws relating to Assistance Dogs, their users, and their trainers. The guide offers information in 11 summarized categories.

• Accessibility
• Interference
• Housing
• Licenses/Fees
• Identification
• Misrepresentation
• Trainers
• White Cane
• Injury to Dogs
• Penalties
• Other-a few states have special categories, such as provision for quarantine or exclusion from a zoo or wildlife park
• Summary

It is planned to update the Guide in 2013 to include more countries.

Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen (R) was discussing a bill Tuesday that would allow citizens to carry concealed weapons and bring them into public buildings.

Along the way, she decried the moral decay of our country and suggested offhand that the legislators should be considering another bill to fix that:

How we get back to a moral rebirth in this country, I don t know, since we are slowly eroding religion at every opportunity that we have. Probably we should be debating a bill requiring every American to attend a church of their choice on Sunday to see if we can get back to having a moral rebirth. That would never be allowed.

Forced church on Sunday for everyone! (Tell me again, Christians, how your religious liberty is being threatened ?)

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With the “papers please” portion of Arizona’s recent immigration law SB 1070 going into effect, civil rights and watchdog groups are in overdrive readying for the litany of purported abuses and complaints. Lydia Guzman, president of Respect Respeto. a civil rights group in Arizona that records abuses at the hands of police, said, “Our hotline has been receiving hundreds of calls a day since the law was implemented.”

Forcibly removing peaceful unauthorized immigrants from the U.S. separating them from their families, property, and jobs, to satisfy arcane labor market regulations created by Progressive politicians, is an appalling indecency. It also inflicts significant economic harm. Arizona’s immigration laws have drastically damaged its economy since mid-2007. The humanitarian arguments may leave those who complain the loudest about unauthorized immigration unmove ... Read more »

Questions about Child Labor Laws? Questions about Work Permits for minors? Need to report a suspected violation?

Contact the Labor Standards Division at 501-682-4500.

The Labor Standards Division enforces Arkansas’s child labor laws. Child labor laws regulate the employment of minors. In most cases, a child must be at least fourteen to be employed in the workforce. In order to employ a child under 16, the employer must obtain a work permit from the Arkansas Department of Labor. There are limitations on the hours of work as well as the types of work a fourteen or fifteen year old can perform. Types of work a child under sixteen cannot perform include the following occupations.

• Work performed in, about, or in connection with any processes in which dangerous or poisonous acids or gases or other chemicals are used.
• Soldering
• In occupations causing dust in ... Read more »

By Editorial Board September 20, 2012

AFTER A TWO-YEAR struggle, a federal judge this week authorized Arizona law enforcement agencies to require officers to check the immigration status of anyone they suspect is in the country illegally. Wearing the wrong clothes, speaking with the wrong accent or having the wrong skin color could land you in hot water in Arizona.

The state’s “show me your papers” provision — one of the most bitterly contested parts of the obnoxious immigration law enacted in 2010 — is the second such measure to receive a green light from federal courts. The first was from Alabama, where a similar policy was implemented about a year ago.

There, according to a recent report by the National Immigration Law Center, an immigrant advocacy group, law enforcement officers have created an “environment of racial profiling” that has encouraged private citizens to discriminate and abuse ... Read more »

Our list of affordable law schools includes schools with a solid reputation which also provide affordable tuition costs.

If you’re considering going to law school, it goes without saying you’ll want to assess a law school’s reputation, success rate of graduates passing the bar exam and other factors of overall quality. Moreover, these days, with a challenging economy and rising tuition expenses, you’ll also want to look at the tuition costs and the affordability of a particular school.

One way to manage the expenses of a law degree is to consider in-state law schools. However, some law schools offer reasonable out-of-state tuitions. While it may not be your first choice among all law schools, ideally, you should aim to select a school which offers both a stalwart reputation and affordability.

With a predilection to costs, this list highlights ten affordable law schools with sensibly priced in-state and out-of-state tuition rates and solid national standings.< ... Read more »

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An act of a legislature that declares, proscribes, or commands something; a specific law, expressed in writing.

A statute is a written law passed by a legislature on the state or federal level. Statutes set forth general propositions of law that courts apply to specific situations. A statute may forbid a certain act, direct a certain act, make a declaration, or set forth governmental mechanisms to aid society.

A statute begins as a bill proposed or sponsored by a legislator. If the bill survives the legislative committee process and is approved by both houses of the legislature, the bill becomes law when it is signed by the executive officer (the president on the federal level or the governor on the state level). When a bill becomes law, the various provisions in the bill are called statutes. The term statute signifies the elevation of a bill from legislative proposal to law. State and federal statutes are c ... Read more »

Abstract: Why has the Obama Administration, as part of its lawsuit against the Arizona statute that attempts to help enforce national immigration laws, not claimed that the state law requires or allows illegal racial profiling? The answer is surprisingly simple: Arizona state law actually contains more stringent restrictions against racial profiling than federal guidelines published by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Consequently, if the Obama Adminis­tration files suit alleging that the Arizona law is illegal because it uses racial profiling and is discriminatory, it will also have to file suit against all of the federal law enforcement agents who follow DOJ’s Guidance on race profiling in law enforcement activities. Such a suit against Arizona is completely unwarranted and would constitute litigation based on political or other improper consider­ations, not the rule of law.

The Obama Administration has attacked the new Arizona statute that attemp ... Read more »

Determining about online college courses

Schools that are online absolutely possess their negatives as well as their professionals. This manual can help you choose if of joining courses on-line to really get your diploma the ease may be the best choice for you personally.

There is no question that the chance to generate your diploma online provides a degree of comfort that is extremely attractive. In the period that is same, that does not imply that digital courses that are joining may be the correct choice for everybody. Here is a deeper consider cons and the pros around the idea of learning that is online.

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Increasingly more pupils are benefiting from programs that are online at their online college courses. Study suggests that in regards to a next of university students consider a minumum of one course per term on-line, and monitoring this information suggests that this quantity hasbeen growing continuously in the last years th ... Read more »

Governor Asa Hutchinson signed a reworked bill

Arkansas and Indiana have passed laws to quell the outcry over new "religious freedom" legislation that critics say encourages anti-gay discrimination.

Republican Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed a revised version of his religious objections bill that he hopes addresses these concerns.

The amendments mean his state's law more closely mirrors what Bill Clinton signed into federal law in 1993.

Indiana also approved law changes which were signed off by its governor.

The Indiana amendment prohibits businesses from using the law as a legal defence if they refuse to provide services to gays and lesbians, or other groups.

The change does not apply to churches, religious schools, or non-profit religious organisations.

It also prohibits discrimination based on race, colour, ancestry, religion, age, disability, national ... Read more »