AScribe Law News Service articles from July 2008

AScribe Law News Service archives from July 2008

John Jay College to Launch Arson Screening Project with $250,000 Grant from Jeht Foundation.
July 1, 2008... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, July 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- John Jay College of Criminal Justice today announced a $250,000 grant from the JEHT Foundation to establish an Arson Screening Project in the College's...

John Jay College Launches Public Safety Executive Leadership Institute; Top Arizona Law Enforcement Leaders Attend Inaugural Session.
July 7, 2008... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Twenty-two of Arizona's top Police Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs just completed an intensive 3-day Public Safety Executive Leadership Institute (June 24-26)...

Amidst Inaction by Politicians, Former Pentagon Brass Call for Repeal of Gay Ban.
July 7, 2008... Byline: Michael D. Palm Center SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new study released today by a team of retired senior flag and general officers from the U.S. military has concluded that the ban on openly gay service...

University of California, Irvine Law School 'Dream Team' Named; Top Scholars in Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment Law Among New Hires.
July 10, 2008... Byline: University of California, Irvine IRVINE, Calif., July 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- The new UC Irvine School of Law's founding faculty and administrative team has been named as the school prepares to welcome its first class of students...

John Jay College Launches Criminal Justice Based Literary Journal; Writings of Police Officers, Poets and Prisoners Showcased; Library Journal and Utne Reader Praise Content.
July 10, 2008... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, July 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- John Jay College of Criminal Justice premiered its J Journal: New Writing on Justice, which takes a multidisciplinary approach to criminal justice issues....

Former Activist Publishes Scathing Critique of Palm Center Report on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Policy.
July 14, 2008... Byline: Michael D. Palm Center SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Last week, the Palm Center released a report authored by four retired flag officers that called for the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on...

Worker and Family Advocates Hail Four-Year Anniversary of Nation's First Paid Family Leave Program; More Than a Half Million New Parents and Caregivers' Paid Family Leave Claims Processed Since 2004.
July 15, 2008... Byline: Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center SAN FRANCISCO, July 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- California celebrates the fourth anniversary of the nation's first Paid Family Leave Program as two more states follow our lead and will provide...

Federal Court Orders Missouri Department of Social Services to Comply Immediately With Federal Voter Registration Law; Finds Widespread Violations of Rights of Low-Income Persons Under the National Voter Registration Act.
July 16, 2008... Byline: Demos KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- United States District Judge Nanette K. Laughrey issued an order yesterday, July 15, 2008, directing the Missouri Department of Social Services immediately to comply with a...

Nation's First Paid Family Leave Law Celebrates Fourth Anniversary of Success; California's Landmark Law Leads National Trend, With More Than 500,000 Claims From New Parents and Caregivers Processed Since 2004.(Landmark overview)
July 16, 2008... Byline: Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center SAN FRANCISCO, July 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The concept of paid family leave is here to stay, with several states and growing bipartisan support helping the U.S. to catch up with many other...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Peake Urged to Stop Blocking Voter Registration; Voting Rights Groups Encourage Voter Registration at VA Facilities.
July 21, 2008... Byline: Demos WASHINGTON, July 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, leading voting rights groups called on James B. Peake, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to reverse a recent decision that prohibits VA offices and...

Thirty Years After Proposition 13, Property Tax Assessment Limits Remain Deeply Flawed, Lincoln Institute Report Finds; Analysis of California's Landmark Measure and Other Assessment Caps Reveals Drag on Household Mobility, Uneven Relief for Homeowners -- Even Those With Identical Properties.
July 21, 2008... Byline: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Property tax assessment limits such as California's Proposition 13 are a flawed instrument for property tax relief, resulting in higher taxes for some,...

McDonald's of Berkeley, Calif., Charged With Discriminating Against Workers With Developmental Disabilities; Longtime Employees Fired Without Notice or Explanation When Franchise Sold: 'You're No Longer Part of the Team'.
July 22, 2008... Byline: Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center SAN FRANCISCO, July 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- For 21 years, Lisa Craib, who has a form of autism, faithfully worked at a popular McDonald's restaurant in downtown Berkeley, Calif., becoming a...

Presidential Candidates' July 26 Forum to Address 40 Million Voters With Disabilities; Goodwill Urges Candidates to Consider the Needs of Workers With Disabilities.
July 24, 2008... Byline: Goodwill Industries International ROCKVILLE, Md., July 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- Goodwill Industries International(r) is urging presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain to support greater equality, access and opportunity...

DHS-Funded Research Center to Study Homegrown Radicalization.
July 28, 2008... Byline: University of Maryland, College Park COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- A team of more than 50 social scientists, armed with new federal funding, will extend its research into radicalization and the formation of...

Paid Sick Days to Be Considered July 30 in Milwaukee.
July 29, 2008... Byline: Communications Consortium MILWAUKEE, July 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Advocates for paid sick days in Milwaukee will urge the city's Common Council on July 30 to approve the right of every Milwaukee worker to have paid sick days....

Hollywood Video Store Charged With Refusing to Hire Muslim-American Teen Because She Would Not Remove Headscarf; Similar Cases Reflect Growing Trend of Post-9/11 Discrimination Against Muslim Women in San Francisco Bay Area and U.S.
July 30, 2008... Byline: Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center SAN FRANCISCO, July 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- In many ways, Lamia is a typical American teenager. A Bay Area native and student at West Valley Community College in Saratoga, Calif., the...

Vanderbilt Experts Available to Comment on Reauthorization of Higher Education Act.
July 31, 2008... Byline: Vanderbilt University NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 31 (AScribe Newswire) -- Vanderbilt University experts are available to comment on the issues and policies addressed by the reauthorized Higher Education Act, expected to be finalized by...