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Judge rejects mandatory condoms on LA porn sets
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2009/12/23 20:58
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| A Los Angeles judge has denied a request from an AIDS advocacy group calling for mandatory use of condoms on porn sets.pJudge David Yaffe on Tuesday rejected a petition from the AIDS Healthcare Foundation that contended county health officials hadn't done enough to prevent sexually transmitted diseases in the porn industry./ppThe group sued the county in July after data showed there were more than 3,700 STD cases over the past five years reported by a clinic that serves porn actors./ppIn denying the foundation's request, Yaffe said the county has broad discretion in how it oversees public health. The group plans to appeal the decision./p |
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LV Law firm sues state over mortgage modification licensing
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2009/11/15 10:07
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pA law firm active in Henderson and Las Vegas is suing the state over rules requiring licensing of non-attorney employees working on mortgage loan modifications./ppCogburn Law Offices LLC filed suit last week in Clark County District Court against the Department of Business and Industry, Division of Mortgage Lending./ppCourt records indicate the law firm won a temporary restraining order against the division on Friday. District Judge Valorie Vega also set a Friday hearing on Cogburn's request for a preliminary injunction, which would extend the restraining order while the issue is litigated./ppThe lawsuit was filed by attorney Terry Coffing of the firm Marquis amp; Aurbach./ppCoffing said Monday that Cogburn Law Offices has not received any notification of enforcement action against it by the Mortgage Lending Division and that the restraining order should preserve the status quo until Friday's hearing./ppCoffing said the State Bar of Nevada, which regulates the legal industry, has expressed concern over the rules and he hopes the bar intervenes in the case on Cogburn's side./ppHe said Jamie Cogburn, co-founder of the law firm, supports regulation of the loan modification industry to ensure consumers are not harmed by scam artists./ppBut the division's rules are too broad, including provisions attempting to regulate the practice of law, Coffing said.
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2 Hudson residents sue General Mills over Cheerios cholesterol claims
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2009/10/19 09:24
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Two Hudson County residents are suing General Mills over the cereal maker's claims that Cheerios helps reduce cholesterol, NJBiz.com reports.
Edward Myers and Elsa Acevedo are the lead plaintiffs in the $5 million class-action suit filed in U.S. District Court in Newark, the Web site said.
The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning to General Mills over the issue in May, the Web site noted. |
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Workplace Bullying Worse Than Sexual Harassment: Study
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2009/08/03 13:01
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Whether it is belittling comments, persistent criticism or withholding resources, bullying at work is more harmful than a href=http://www.wlfirm.com/practice-areassexual harassment/a, according to Canadian research done last year.span id=midArticle_1/span
It is more difficult for employees to cope with bullying because they have nowhere to turn and no workplace policies or legislation to protect them compared to victims of sexual harassment. Their overall well-being is worse, they are more stressed, angry, anxious, less committed and more likely to quit.span id=midArticle_2/span
Bullying can be done in such an insidious way that unless you're the victim, other people don't even know its happening, Sandy Hershcovis, of the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, said in an interview.span id=midArticle_3/span
Its really hard to get other people to understand or to try to report it.
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Supreme Court Overturns 75 Mil Malpractice Suit Verdict In NJ
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2009/08/01 11:14
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Last month, the Supreme Court agreed that the Essex County, New Jersey trial jury participating in a a href=http://www.kellygrouppc.com/john-q-kelly-lawyer-attorney.htmlmedical malpractice/a case involving an infant's brain damage was influenced by discriminatory sources during the choosing of the jury, thus being opposed to the medical professionals involved, as well as to Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, according to the Associated Press.
The Court ruled that this case requires another trial, since there is no way of knowing who the biased jurors were during this case thus the case requires another hearing before a final verdict can be reached. This was the largest New Jersey a href=http://www.kellygrouppc.com/john-q-kelly-lawyer-attorney.htmlmedical malpractice case/a in the history of the state.
a href=http://www.kellygrouppc.com/index.htmlNew York-based lawyer John Q. Kelly/a and his law firm can assist you if you find yourself needing a a href=http://www.kellygrouppc.com/john-q-kelly-lawyer-attorney.htmlmedical malpractice/a or brain injury lawyer. They can also assist you with cases involving catastrophic injury, electrocution and wrongful death. They have many a href=http://www.kellygrouppc.com/john-q-kelly-high-profile-cases.htmlhigh profile cases and clients/a, including the estate of Natalee Holloway and O.J. Simpson. |
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Court to weigh state's duty to English learners
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2009/04/20 09:31
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The Supreme Court on Monday takes up an Arizona case that could limit a federal court's power to tell states to spend more money to educate students who aren't proficient in English.
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Arizona state legislators and the state superintendent of public instruction want to be freed from federal court oversight of the state's programs for English learners. They've been ordered by a lower court judge to spend potentially hundreds of millions of dollars to comply with rulings in a 17-year-old case./ppParents of students attending southern Arizona's Nogales Unified School District sued the state in 1992, contending programs for English-language learners in Nogales were deficient and received inadequate funding from the state./ppIn 2000, a federal judge found that the state had violated the Equal Educational Opportunities Act's requirements for appropriate instruction for English-language learners. He ordered state legislators to create a plan to provide sufficient funds and placed the state's programs for non-English speaking students under court oversight./ppSince then, the two sides have fought over what constitutes compliance with the order. Arizona has more than doubled the amount that schools receive per non-English speaking student and taken several other steps prescribed by the No Child Left Behind Act, a broader education accountability law passed by Congress in 2002./ppPlaintiffs say that's not enough to comply with federal law and a judge agreed. But the state appealed, and now the high court will answer the question./p |
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