AScribe Law News Service articles from June 2006

AScribe Law News Service archives from June 2006

Stanford Business School Research Suggests Best Way to Fight Digital Piracy Is With Piracy.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- Digital piracy costs music, movie, and software industries billions of dollars in profits. With decentralized peer-to-peer online networks offering...

Campaign Contribution Limits Do Not Harm Challengers, Study Shows.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Demos BOSTON, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- The National Voting Rights Institute (NVRI) and the State PIRGs Democracy Program released a study today that found there is no support for the notion that campaign contribution limits...

Largest Rescue of Troubled Subsidized Housing Ever; Chicago Groups Work to Preserve Affordable Housing.
June 1, 2006... Byline: Community Media Workshop CHICAGO, June 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- As private and nonprofit developers on Chicago's West Side undertake the largest rescue of troubled subsidized housing in the nation's history, other community...

Report Urges Implementation of Mobile Home Standards; Researchers Call Upon Governments to Beef Up Standards After Indiana Tornado.
June 2, 2006... Byline: Texas Tech University LUBBOCK, Texas, June 2 (AScribe Newswire) -- After determining that faulty anchoring was a major contributor to devastation by a November tornado to an Indiana mobile home park, a Texas Tech University wind...

New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly Speaks at Columbia's Institute for Not-for-Profit Management on 'The Police Management Institute: How Management Education Has Created Positive Changes Within the NYPD'.
June 5, 2006... Byline: Columbia Business School NEW YORK, June 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- Columbia Business School's Institute for Not-for-Profit Management (INM), a division of the school's Executive Education department, will celebrate its 30th...

Students' Device May Improve Chest Closure After Heart Surgery; Less Invasive Prototype Replaces Metal Wires With Polymer Cable Ties.
June 6, 2006... Byline: Johns Hopkins University BALTIMORE, June 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- To operate on the heart, surgeons usually cut through the breastbone to expose the organ. After correcting the heart problem, they reconnect the sternum by piercing it...

Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies Issues Hispanic Housing Report.
June 7, 2006... Byline: University of Notre Dame SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- Hispanic homeowners benefit from the appreciation of home prices, while potential homeowners and Hispanic renters continue to face problems of affordability,...

Experts Discuss Disenfranchisement of Felons in the U.S.; Class Action Suit Challenges New York State Voting Restrictions.
June 8, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, June 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Sociologists Jeff Manza and Christopher Uggen will discuss the link between disenfranchisement and the legacy of racial oppression in the United States....

New Book Sheds Light on Election Barriers in 21st Century America: 'Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression,' by Spencer Overton.
June 12, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, June 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- This week marks the publication of a groundbreaking and timely new book, "Stealing Democracy: The New Politics of Voter Suppression" (W.W. Norton; on sale June 5, 2006), by Spencer...

Bishop Paiute Tribe Sues City of Los Angeles to Recover Land Lost in 1930's; Lawsuit Involves Long-Standing Conflict Over 1930's Los Angeles Land and Water Acquisitions in California's Owens Valley.
June 13, 2006... Byline: Luebben Johnson & Barnhouse LLP BISHOP, Calif., June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- After failed efforts and negotiations to recover Paiute land held by the City of Los Angeles in California's Owens Valley, the Bishop Paiute Tribe filed a...

Opponents of Death Penalty Are Learning a Lesson From Opponents of Abortion, Says Amherst College Legal Scholar Austin Sarat.
June 13, 2006... Byline: Amherst College AMHERST, Mass., June 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- When the Supreme Court decided yesterday that prisoners who face the death penalty can challenge the method of their execution, it was a "argument based on...

It's About Time Networks Stood Up to the FCC -- by Craig R. Smith.
June 14, 2006... Byline: Calif. State University, Long Beach LONG BEACH, Calif., June 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is an opinion piece by Craig R. Smith, director of the Center for First Amendment Studies at California State University, Long Beach,...

Registration Opens for 2006 Flair Symposium, 'The Sense of Our Time: Norman Mailer and America in Conflict'.
June 15, 2006... Byline: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas AUSTIN, Texas, June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin opens registration for the sixth Fleur...

Prominent Educators Assume Leadership Posts at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
June 15, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, June 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Jeremy Travis, President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice, today announced the appointments of Dr. Michael Steinman as Provost and Senior Vice...

Legal Community Against Violence Names New Executive Director.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Legal Community Against Violence SAN FRANCISCO, June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Board of Directors of Legal Community Against Violence has named Robyn Thomas as the organization's next Executive Director. Ms. Thomas will assume...

Public Interest Groups Applaud New York State Assembly Committee on Election Law for Passing Voting Rights Notification and Registration Act.
June 16, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, June 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Demos, and the Legal Action Center, three leading national public policy organizations, praised the New York Assembly...

Purdue Developing Biometric Technology to Counter Hurricane Relief Fraud.
June 19, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Purdue University is developing the use of handheld iris scanners that could be used to identify disaster victims and help prevent "double dipping" and other...

Supreme Court Divides Sharply Over Reach of Clean Water Act; Justice Kennedy's Swing Vote Recognizes Wetlands' National Importance, but Imposes Burdensome 'Case-by-Case' Determination of Federal Jurisdiction.
June 19, 2006... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, June 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- A fractured Supreme Court today provided conflicting views of when ecologically valuable wetlands are protected by federal law. With four Justices arguing for a...

Lawmakers, Professional Groups Dispute Pentagon Document Calling Gays Mentally Ill; Report Card Gives Military Failing Grades on Treatment of Gay Troops.
June 20, 2006... Byline: Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Several members of Congress have sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld asking him to review a recently...

Democracy 101: National Initiative Aims to Get More College Students to the Polls; National Campus Voter Registration Project Launches Nonpartisan Web Site, Guidebook for Registering, Educating, Turning Out Student Voters for 2006 Mid-Term Election.
June 21, 2006... Byline: National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities WASHINGTON, June 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The 2004 presidential election marked a sharp reversal in voting patterns among college students, as they turned out in numbers...

Online Discussion: Children of Incarcerated Parents.
June 22, 2006... Byline: Connect for Kids WASHINGTON, June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- Ever-growing numbers of U.S. children now have a parent behind bars - an estimated 2.4 million, a number that reflects a five-fold increase in the prison population over...

Prisoner Reentry Institute Looks at Disenfranchisement of Felons; Experts Discuss Voting Rights' Restrictions.
June 22, 2006... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, June 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- In only two U.S. states - Maine and Vermont - does an individual's right to vote not end at the prison door. Throughout the rest of the nation, a felony...

New York State Assembly Praised for Passing Voting Rights Notification and Registration Act; Senate Urged to Pass Law to Educate New Yorkers About Voter Eligibility.
June 26, 2006... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The New York Assembly has passed the Voting Rights Notification and Registration Act (Assembly Bill 11652), legislation designed to notify New Yorkers with felony convictions of their...

Splintered Supreme Court Overturns Vermont's Campaign Spending, Contribution Limits; Narrow Majority Undermines States' Authority to Fight Corrupting Influence of Money on Elections.
June 26, 2006... Byline: Demos WASHINGTON, June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Supreme Court today announced its decision in Randall v. Sorrell, a case addressing the constitutionality of Vermont's comprehensive campaign finance law, passed in 1997. ...

Press Conference Call on Today's Supreme Court Decision in Randall v. Sorrell: 3 p.m. EDT Today.
June 26, 2006... Byline: Demos WASHINGTON, June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Supreme Court today announced its decision in Randall v. Sorrell, a case addressing the constitutionality of Vermont's comprehensive campaign finance law, passed in 1997. The...

Splintered Supreme Court Overturns Vermont's Campaign Spending, Contribution Limits; Narrow Majority Undermines States' Authority to Fight Corrupting Influence of Money o`n Elections; Statements, Experts Available.
June 26, 2006... Byline: Demos WASHINGTON, June 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- The U.S. Supreme Court today announced its decision in Randall v. Sorrell, a case addressing the constitutionality of Vermont's comprehensive campaign finance law, passed in 1997. ...

Environmental Law Institute Report Shows Mixed Results for In-Lieu Fee Mitigation.
June 27, 2006... Byline: Environmental Law Institute WASHINGTON, June 27 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) released the first-ever, comprehensive study of in-lieu fee mitigation today. "In-lieu fee mitigation" refers to a form of...

More Than 'Tornado Magnets': Study on Rural Trailer Park Residents Reveals Needs.
June 28, 2006... Byline: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore., June 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- The denizens of America's rural trailer parks have heard all the snide comments about their homes - and they have been labeled everything from "trailer trash"...

California Car Buyers Bill of Rights Takes Effect July 1; New Law Brings Sweeping Changes to New, Used Car Buying.
June 28, 2006... Byline: Consumer Action SAN FRANCISCO, June 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Starting July 1, Californians who buy new or used cars from auto dealers will have new rights and protections. The new law is the first in the nation to give auto buyers...

New Book Encourages Religious People to Discuss Prejudices.
June 29, 2006... Byline: Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., June 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- While people may avoid talking about prejudices in general, and especially at church, a Purdue University sociologist's new book helps promote places of worship...

Duke University Law Experts Available to Comment About Supreme Court Ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.
June 29, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following Duke Law School experts are available to comment on today's Supreme Court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: -- Professor Madeline Morris is an expert in...

Council on Contemporary Families Addresses Myths and Realities About Same-Sex Families.
June 29, 2006... Byline: Council on Contemporary Families CHICAGO, June 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Fourth of July is a time when families have barbecues and watch fireworks with their children while politicians make speeches about the rights and duties of...

Supreme Court Decisions Display Dynamics of Court's New Membership, Say Duke University Law Professors.
June 29, 2006... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ended its term today, show that even though John Roberts is chief justice, the most influential justice is Anthony...