AScribe Law News Service articles from February 2007

AScribe Law News Service archives from February 2007

Greenhouse Gas Pact Will Cut Maryland CO2 Emissions and Cut Electric Bills, Says University of Maryland Study.
February 1, 2007... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- If, as planned, Maryland joins a regional compact designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions, it will have a modest positive environmental impact and...

Another Brick From the Wall: Apple's Call for End to Music Piracy Protection May Signal End to Copyright System.
February 7, 2007... Byline: Washington University in St. Louis ST. LOUIS, Feb. 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Steve Jobs, chief executive of Apple Computers, has issued a challenge to the music industry, saying Apple would support an open online music marketplace if...

Broad-Based Coalition Urges Bush Administration Not to Roll Back Critical Family & Medical Leave Act Protections; With Comments Due Friday, Feb. 16, Labor Department Poised to Begin Process That Threatens Working Families' Protections.
February 8, 2007... Byline: Communications Consortium WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has set Friday, Feb. 16, as the deadline to receive comments on possible administrative procedures that could cut workplace...

First-Ever Public Housing Economic Impact Study Shows Significant Benefits to Residents, Employers, Communities.
February 8, 2007... Byline: Pat Lewis Communications WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- A first-ever study measuring the economic impact of public housing demonstrates that in addition to its role as an essential part of the housing market, it can make...

Research Supports Regulation to Protect Individual Investors.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, Feb. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- When analysts issue positive research reports about a stock contrary to their private beliefs, it is the individual and not the institutional investors that lose...

Teen-Focused Emergency Contraception Media Campaign Hits Los Angeles Today; Bilingual Campaign Designed to Raise EC Awareness, Accessibility Among Youth of Color Will Reach Across U.S.
February 12, 2007... Byline: Public Health Institute LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- For young people seeking a way to prevent unintended pregnancy, Pharmacy Access Partnership and the Pacific Institute of Women's Health today launched a bilingual...

Florida International University's College of Business Administration and Florida International Bankers Association Launch Anti-Money Laundering Certification Program; Banking Institutions in U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean Can Obtain Certification Through Online Testing.
February 13, 2007... Byline: Florida International University College of Business Administration MIAMI, Feb. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- Florida International University's (FIU) College of Business Administration today announced its partnership with the Florida...

Comprehensive Sustainability Handbook Published by Environmental Law Institute.
February 13, 2007... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Environmental Law Institute is pleased to announce the publication of a new book that explains how corporations, government agencies, colleges, non-profits,...

Minimum Wage Raise Is Good for Business -- by Holly Sklar.
February 14, 2007... Byline: Holly Sklar BOSTON, Feb. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an opinion piece by Holly Sklar. Sklar is senior policy adviser for Business for Shared Prosperity (www.businessforafairminimumwage.org) and co-author of "A Just...

Promise of Accessible Voting for Voters With Disabilities Still Unfulfilled, Report Finds.
February 14, 2007... Byline: Demos WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machines, once considered essential to ensuring private and independent voting booth access for voters with disabilities, often do not work as...

Keeping the Internet Safe for Kids: Congress Is Acting; Educators Should, Too -- by Sam McQuade.
February 14, 2007... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an opinion piece by Sam McQuade. McQuade is a Rochester Institute of Technology professor and author of "Understanding and Managing...

John Jay College Professor David Kennedy Testifies Before House Subcommittee; Calls for New Paradigm to Combat Youth Violence.
February 15, 2007... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- "Gangs and our response to gangs alike have grave implications. The lives of an individual and of a community can be destroyed by gang violence, and also...

West Virginia University Symposium to Examine Laws of Church and State in 21st Century; Event Is April 12-13 at College of Law.
February 15, 2007... Byline: West Virginia University MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Feb. 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Questions about church and state are hardly easy to answer, and they affect us all, whether we realize it or not. Can state lawmakers pray before...

Mount St. Mary's College Students Take Stand on Violence Against Women.
February 16, 2007... Byline: Mount St. Mary's College LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Students at Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, will spend several days beginning Feb. 20 spreading anti-violence messages in support of the national...

Law Students Across the Nation Learn to Fight for Animals in Court.
February 19, 2007... Byline: Lewis & Clark College CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Law students from seventeen different schools will meet at Harvard Law School on February 24-25 to battle in court over animal law cases at the 2007 National...

Over $1 Million Awarded to Visionary Leaders in Criminal Justice; 18 Soros Justice Fellows From Arizona, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington, D.C.
February 20, 2007... Byline: Open Society Institute NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- A lawyer working to unite children in foster care with their incarcerated parents and an investigative journalist exposing how justice is dispensed in Guantanamo Bay...

Law Symposium at University of California, Davis, Feb. 23 Tackles Greenhouse-Gas Emissions.
February 21, 2007... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif. Feb. 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The 2007 Environmental Law Symposium at UC Davis this Friday (Feb. 23), has the theme "Partnerships & Legislation: California's Approach to Climate...

Political Observers Debate Momentum of Gay Ban; Introduction of Repeal Legislation Prompts Reconsideration.
February 26, 2007... Byline: Michael D. Palm Center SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the wake of announcements that Congressman Marty Meehan will re-introduce legislation to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" this week, observers are...