AScribe Law News Service articles from April 2009

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Female Athletes Win Title IX Class Action Discrimination Lawsuit Against Sweetwater Union High School District; Additional Claims Will Be Set for Trial in San Diego Federal Court.
April 1, 2009... Byline: Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center SAN DIEGO, April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- A group of current and future female athletes at Castle Park High School won a claim that their high school discriminated against girls by offering...

Subprime Survivors Wells Fargo, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase Were More Disparate by Race in 2008 Than Wachovia or Countrywide; Trends Will Worsen Under Current Regulators, Says Fair Finance Watch.
April 2, 2009... Byline: Inner City Press BRONX, N.Y., April 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the first study of the just-released 2008 mortgage lending data, Inner City Press / Fair Finance Watch has found that the seeming survivors of the banking meltdown,...

Genetic Alliance Unveils Senior Management Positions; Lisa Wise and James O'Leary Transition to New Roles.
April 8, 2009... Byline: Genetic Alliance WASHINGTON, April 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Genetic Alliance, a nonprofit health advocacy organization, announced today that Lisa Wise has been named chief operating officer, and James C. O'Leary has been appointed...

Outsourcing Expert Calls for Immediate Overhaul of High-Skill Immigration Laws; Ron Hira, Author of 'Outsourcing America,' Calls for Changes to H-1B Visa Program.
April 8, 2009... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Outsourcing expert Ron Hira has called on Congress and the Obama administration to make immediate reforms to the H-1B visa program by eliminating...

14th Annual Fisher Center Real Estate Conference Features UC Berkeley Business Professors and Top Industry Leaders.(Conference news)
April 9, 2009... Byline: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley BERKELEY, Calif., April 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business today released the following updated advisory. - - - - WHAT: The Fisher...

The HIV Cruise Retreat Selects CHAMP as This Year's Beneficiary.
April 9, 2009... Byline: Program for Wellness Restoration FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- The POZ (HIV) Cruise Retreat, a one-week social and educational event in its 5th year, recently selected the Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization...

Duke Experts Available to Comment on Obama's Plans to Lift Cuba Travel Restrictions.
April 13, 2009... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., April 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- President Obama is expected to announce today (Monday) plans to lift travel restrictions that block Cuban Americans from traveling to Cuba and to relax rules governing...

2009 John Jay Justice Awards: Mary Robinson, BJ Bernstein and NYU Brennan Center for Justice Recognized for their Exemplary Dedication to the Cause of Justice.
April 15, 2009... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- John Jay College of Criminal Justice presented the 2009 John Jay Justice Awards to Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland; BJ Bernstein, a prominent...

Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering Hosts Expert Panel About Privacy and Security in Nation's Capital.
April 15, 2009... Byline: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Carnegie Mellon University today released the following advisory. - - - - Event: Carnegie Mellon University's Pradeep K. Khosla will moderate a panel...

Breaking! NSA Over-Reaches, Life Goes On - by Patrick Radden Keefe.
April 16, 2009... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, April 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Patrick Radden Keefe. Keefe is a program officer and fellow at The Century Foundation and author of "Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret...

Scholar Rescue Fund Report Indicates That Threats to Scholars Are Chronic and Widespread; 'Scholar Rescue in the Modern World' Defines Academic Oppression Index.(Report)
April 17, 2009... Byline: Halstead Communications NEW YORK, April 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new report issued this week by the Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund indicates that intimidation, repression and fear have threatened to...

Schools Slipping Back to Segregation, New Book Finds.
April 17, 2009... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Urban school districts across the country have shifted back to managing segregated schools following the recent lifting of court-ordered desgregation plans, a...

U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Return Rare Painting of Bagpiper to Universities in Canada and Israel; Swift Action Follows Landmark Rulings on Max Stern Works Looted During Nazi Era.
April 21, 2009... Byline: Concordia University - Montreal MONTREAL, April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, acting on behalf of the executors of the Estate of Dr. Max Stern and its three university beneficiaries (Concordia,...

MyeVyu System Offers Improved Campus Safety Plus New Personalized Info and Networking Tools.
April 22, 2009... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Maryland researchers have created a new emergency alert technology for cell phones and PDAs called V911, which they say could help...

Florida's Consumer Confidence Jumps Six Points as Housing Signs Improve.
April 28, 2009... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Consumer confidence among Floridians surged six points to 71 in April amid indicators of flattening housing prices statewide and news that the economy has not...

U.S.-Mexico Strategic Partnership Needed to Help Mexico Improve Its Security Institutions, RAND Study Finds.
April 28, 2009... Byline: RAND Corporation SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The United States should forge a strategic partnership with Mexico that emphasizes reform and long-term institution building as a way to battle the ongoing drug...

CUNY Graduate Center Doctoral Program in Criminal Justice at John Jay Ranked in Nation's Top 10 by U.S. News & World Report.
April 30, 2009... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, April 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- The CUNY Graduate Center doctoral program in Criminal Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice was ranked as one of the top 10 programs in the...