AScribe Law News Service articles from August 2004

AScribe Law News Service archives from August 2004

Georgetown University Business Professor Available to Comment on Textile Quotas.
August 2, 2004... Byline: McDonough School of Business, Georgetown U. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- Textile and apparel trade groups representing 65 countries are scheduled to meet with the World Trade Organization this week to lobby against the...

Diverse Coalition Issues Unity Statement and Call to Action on Sudan.
August 3, 2004... Byline: American Jewish World Service NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Save Darfur Coalition, comprised of a broadly diverse group of faith-based, humanitarian and human rights organizations, has issued a Unity Statement and Call...

Expert: States Should Develop Procedures Now to Deal With Potential Terrorist Disruption of Presidential Election.
August 3, 2004... Byline: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Though the law is somewhat ambiguous on the subject, the power to postpone November's presidential election as a result of terrorist threat or attack lies mostly...

Islamic Studies Expert Assails Census Data Use by Department of Homeland Security.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2004... Byline: Colgate University HAMILTON, N.Y., Aug. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- "The recent announcement that the Department of Homeland Security is compiling data on Americans of Arab descent is profoundly disturbing," said Omid Safi, a Colgate...

American Indian Law Program Opens at MSU College of Law.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich., Aug. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Michigan State University College of Law is launching the most comprehensive American Indian Law Program in the Midwest. MSU will offer one of only two...

Purdue University, Law Enforcement Probe Digital World Of Computer Forensics.
August 9, 2004... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University is teaming with law enforcement officers to improve investigation of the new generation of crimes, including computer-aided terrorism,...

Society of Professional Journalists Calls Judge's Decision Detrimental to Newsgathering Process.
August 11, 2004... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 11 (AScribe Newswire) -- A federal judge was wrong to hold Time magazine reporter Matthew Cooper in contempt of court for refusing to testify in an investigation of the leak of...

Faculty Experts Available to Comment on Upcoming California Supreme Court Decision on Legality of Same Sex Marriages.(Brief Article)
August 12, 2004... Byline: Santa Clara University SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following Santa Clara University experts are available for comment. --- -- Santa Clara University School of Law professor Brad Joondeph:...

Back-to-School Story Ideas From Johns Hopkins University.
August 16, 2004... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, Calif., Aug. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- For back-to-school stories, consider the following education sources from The Johns Hopkins University. To speak with these experts, contact Amy Cowles at...

Tragic Disappearance of Florida Foster Child Could Happen Again, National Child Advocacy Group Says; NCCPR Says Florida Has Failed to Reverse 'Take the Child and Run' Approach to Child Welfare.
August 19, 2004... Byline: National Coalition for Child Protection Reform ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A tragedy like the disappearance of Florida foster child Rilya Wilson still could happen again in Florida, and many other child welfare...

I Want My HDTV! Digital Television May Be the Wave of the Future, But Will Politics Keep Viewers From Catching It?
August 19, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Television viewers can watch the Olympic Games in Athens on high definition television (HDTV) at five times the picture resolution of a standard analog television...

Case of Wrongful removal Caught on Tape Typifies Nationwide Take-the-Child-and-Run Mentality, Child Advocacy Group Says.
August 20, 2004... Byline: National Coalition for Child Protection Reform ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- There are only two differences between the case of Christopher Henry, a three-day-old infant in Springfield, Mo. needlessly torn from his...

Vanderbilt Launches VUmix, Partnership With Napster to Provide Online Music Service to Students, Staff.
August 20, 2004... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- The digital music revolution has a new home at Vanderbilt University with the launch of VUmix, a comprehensive download service that will offer students and...

Leadership for a Changing World Awardee Hawaiian Community Assets Is Focus of Aug. 27 Webcast; Winner of Ford Foundation Leadership Award Describes Movement to Reclaim Land for Native Hawaiians.
August 24, 2004... Byline: Ford Foundation WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Join Leadership Talks on Friday, Aug. 27 at 2 p.m. ET for a live, online interview with Kehaulani Filimoe'atu, Director of the Hawaiian Community Assets, and a 2003...

U.S. Patent Office Issues First Gene Patent to Patient Advocacy Group; Co-Inventors Include Non-Scientist 'Mom'; PXE International to Oversee Development of Diagnostics, Therapeutics to Improve Health Outcomes for Affected Individuals.
August 24, 2004... Byline: PXE International WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- PXE International, a patient advocacy group representing over 3,000 patients and their families around the world, today announced that they have been awarded a landmark...

Denying Anti-War Demonstrators Gathering Place Will Guarantee Outbreak of Violence During Republican National Convention, Predicts Hamilton College Professor.
August 24, 2004... Byline: Hamilton College CLINTON, N.Y., Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hamilton College today released the following expert advisory. "When I was still a high school student, I attended my first anti-war rally, the Spring Mobilization...

University of Minnesota Students Get Access to Discounted Online Music Service; New Option Likely To Help Decrease Illegal Music Downloading.
August 24, 2004... Byline: University of Minnesota MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of Minnesota students will have access to a new deeply discounted online music service this fall as part of a new pilot program with RealNetworks Inc. ...

Landmark Plan for Death Penalty Reform to Be Discussed at Indiana University-Bloomington Law School Conference; Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to Deliver Welcoming Address.
August 24, 2004... Byline: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- In May, the Massachusetts Governor's Council on Capital Punishment released a report outlining 10 recommendations for the creation of a fair and accurate...

New Partnership Expands Legal Services for Low-Wage, Immigrant, Unemployed Workers in Lower Manhattan.
August 25, 2004... Byline: New York Law School NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- With a $30,000 grant from the New York City Council, New York Law School has launched an Employment Law Clinic to expand legal services for low-wage, immigrant and...

Expert Says Duplicate Gold Medal for South Korean a Long Shot; Court of Arbitration for Sport Veteran Says Intervention Unlikely in Paul Hamm Case.
August 25, 2004... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Allan Erbsen, a Vanderbilt fellow and instructor at Vanderbilt Law School, says it is unlikely that arbitrators would award South Korean gymnast Yang Tae Yong a...

Information Technology Horizons in the War on Terror: Sept. 1 Media Briefing.
August 25, 2004... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Current and future IT applications for the prevention of terrorist attacks, as well as the exploitation of the Internet and other information...

New Novel America 2014: An Orwellian Tale Launches With Free Speech Action in New York's Central Park Sunday, Aug. 29; Searing Satirical Thriller Picks Up Where Fahrenheit 9/11 Left Off.(Book Review)
August 26, 2004... Byline: Progressive Source Publishing NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- On Aug. 29, Progressive Source Publishing will officially launch America 2014: An Orwellian Tale with a dramatic free speech action at Central Park's Bethesda...

Moravian College Efforts to Prevent Plagiarism Exemplify National Trend.
August 26, 2004... Byline: Moravian College BETHLEHEM, Pa., Aug. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The new academic year is about to start at colleges across the country. That means thousands of students writing thousands of papers. With rising concerns about...

Miami Court Reporter Selected for Pulliam First Amendment Award.
August 26, 2004... Byline: Society of Professional Journalists INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Dan Christensen of the Miami Daily Business Review will receive the 2004 Eugene S. Pulliam First Amendment Award for reporting on secret court cases in...

Congress of Racial Equality, Republican National Committee Chairman Recognize Students' Effort to Re-Open Unresolved 40-Year-Old Civil Rights Case.
August 27, 2004... Byline: National History Day NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Forty years ago, the brutal murder of three young civil right workers in Mississippi sparked the controversial case the FBI named "Mississippi Burning." Students Sarah...

The Psychology of the Closet: Governor McGreevey's New Clothes -- by Jack Drescher, M.D.
August 27, 2004... Byline: William A. White Institute NEW YORK, Aug. 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an editorial by Jack Drescher, M.D., Training and Supervising Analyst at the William Alanson White Institute in New York. A gender and sexuality expert,...

New Scholarship Scam Prevention Web Site Now Available Online From National Association for College Admission Counseling.
August 31, 2004... Byline: National Assn. for College Admission Counseling ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) has recently added a page to its Web site that allows college-bound...