AScribe Law News Service articles from March 2008

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United States Is Just Average in Terms of Women's Role in Politics, Authors Say.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- When it comes to political equality for women, the United States ranks "middle of the pack" compared to most other countries, according to the authors of a recent...

New Jersey Senate to Cast Historic Vote for Families Today.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Communications Consortium TRENTON, N.J., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Legislation being considered today by the State Senate would put New Jersey on the road to becoming the third state in the nation (after California and...

Want PFCs With That? California Bill Would Ban Teflon Chemicals in Food Packaging.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Environmental Working Group SACRAMENTO, March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Your french-fry container or pizza box may be delivering a dose of toxic chemicals with your meal. Those and many other types of food packages have stain-proof or...

Legal Community Against Violence Helps Launch State Legislators Against Illegal Guns Coalition.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Legal Community Against Violence JACKSONVILLE, Fla., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- State legislators from around the country gathered today in Jacksonville at a conference hosted by Jacksonville Mayor Peyton to announce the...

CSU San Bernardino Criminal Justice Professor and Civil Rights Attorney Comments on Arson Crimes in Washington State.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Calif. State University, San Bernardino SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., March 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Brian Levin, an associate professor of criminal justice at Cal State San Bernardino and director of the university's Center for the Study...

Banning of Slave Trade Bicentennial Commemorated in Philadelphia, April 10-12; Conference Presented by Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Library Company of Philadelphia.(Conference news)
March 6, 2008... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- Two hundred years ago the slave trade in North America came to a screeching halt. Congress banned the practice and gave the early black freedom...

Explosives Found in Dorm Room; 455 Evacuated Safely; Student Arrested; Campus Operations Continue as Scheduled.
March 6, 2008... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- About 455 freshman students were safely evacuated from a University of California, Davis campus dormitory last night after police found explosive materials...

Each Death Sentence in Maryland Costs $3 Million, Finds Groundbreaking Study.
March 6, 2008... Byline: The Urban Institute WASHINGTON, March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- A new Urban Institute study finds that each death sentence in Maryland costs the state $3 million on average for adjudication and incarceration -- $1.9 million more than...

UC Davis Students Return to Rooms After Explosives Found; Campus Operations Continue as Scheduled.
March 6, 2008... Byline: University of California, Davis DAVIS, Calif., March 6 (AScribe Newswire) -- About 455 University of California, Davis students, nearly all freshmen, were returning to their residence halls around noon today after being safely...

Smith Professor Lauded for His One-Man Campaign to End Darfur Genocide.
March 7, 2008... Byline: Smith College NORTHAMPTON, Mass., March 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- When she enrolled in Harvard Law School and wanted to learn about the genocide in Darfur, Rebecca Hamilton came across a Washington Post column on the topic written by...

Benefits All Around - Not Just Losses - When Top-Notch Inventors Emigrate, Says New Study From University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management.
March 10, 2008... Byline: Rotman School of Management TORONTO, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- Engineers, scientists and other inventors who head to new jobs in other countries create a host of economic side-benefits not only for their new organization but...

California Pacific Medical Center Disappointed at California Nurses Association Ordering 10 Day Strike.
March 10, 2008... Byline: California Pacific Medical Center SAN FRANCISCO, March 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- California Pacific Medical Center is disappointed that the California Nurses Association is once again putting its own business agenda ahead of the...

Available for Interviews: Leaders of the Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center; Experts on the Legal, Social, Political Issues Surrounding Sex Work in America Are Available for Media Interviews.
March 12, 2008... Byline: Communications Consortium NEW YORK, March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Leaders of the Sex Workers Project (SWP) at the Urban Justice Center, which seeks to protect the human and legal rights of sex workers are available for interviews....

Statement of Bernadette Toomey, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Lung Association, on EPA Ozone Standard: Half Measures and Compromises Are Not Good Enough.
March 12, 2008... Byline: American Lung Association WASHINGTON, March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is a statement by Bernadette Toomey, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Lung Association. - - - - Today, the U.S. Environmental...

Press Conference and Neighborhood March: Live-in Domestic Worker Case Charges Wealthy Peninsula Couple With Illegal Employment Practices.
March 12, 2008... Byline: Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center SAN FRANCISCO, March 12 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center today released the following media advisory. - - - - WHAT: Press conference will announce...

Live-In Domestic Worker Charges Wealthy Peninsula Couple With Illegal Employment Practices; Domestic Workers March on Mansion-Lined Streets to Spotlight Case, Protest Abusive Conditions.
March 13, 2008... Byline: Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center SAN FRANCISCO, March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- For four long years, Ms. S. worked up to seven days a week and typically more than 14 hours a day while being paid sub-minimum-wages, without...

Victory for Internet Political Speech: Ninth Circuit Makes Final Its Ruling That Vote-Swapping Websites Are Entitled to First Amendment Protection.
March 13, 2008... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, March 13 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Ninth Circuit has confirmed an important First Amendment victory for operators and users of political websites, denying California's petition for rehearing en banc in Porter v....

First Hints of a Cuban Thaw? -- by Jeffrey Laurenti.
March 14, 2008... Byline: The Century Foundation NEW YORK, March 14 (AScribe Newswire) -- The following commentary is by Jeffrey Laurenti, senior fellow and director of foreign policy programs at The Century Foundation. - - - - Fidel Castro was out...

Trust for Public Land Deal Will Bring Closure to New World Mine Saga.
March 17, 2008... Byline: Trust for Public Land BOZEMAN, Mon., March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Trust for Public Land (TPL) announced today it has worked out an agreement to protect almost 1,500 acres of private mining claims located in the New World...

Study Shows Impact of Election Day Voter Registration in Massachusetts; New Findings on Projected Increases in Voter Participation to Be Announced as Legislation Moves Through Statehouse.(Report)
March 17, 2008... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, March 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Demos today released the following advisory. WHAT: Briefing for journalists on new report, Election Day Voter Registration in Massachusetts, to be published on March 20, 2008 by...

Mortgage Meltdown Dampens State's Commercial Real Estate Outlook.
March 18, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- Fallout from the subprime meltdown is now spreading from the residential to commercial real estate sectors, but the outlook for Florida remains stable because...

Supreme Court Rejection of Gun Ban Would Not Rule Out Other Restrictions, Duke Experts Say.
March 18, 2008... Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., March 18 (AScribe Newswire) -- If the U.S. Supreme Court rejects Washington, D.C.'s ban on private ownership of handguns, the decision would not completely rule out reasonable handgun restrictions, say...

New RIT/PAETEC Partnership Changes Nature of Academic-Industry Collaboration; $1 Million Agreement Launches 'Corporate R&D' at RIT Program.
March 19, 2008... Byline: Rochester Institute of Technology ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 19 (AScribe Newswire) -- Rochester Institute of Technology and PAETEC, the Rochester-based telecommunications company, have entered into a new research agreement that will...

Report: Election Day Registration Would Boost Voter Participation in Massachusetts; Turnout Increases of 5 to 10 Percent Possible Under Legislation Currently Before Statehouse; Findings Discussed During March 20 Press Teleconference.(Report)
March 20, 2008... Byline: Demos BOSTON, March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- Voter participation in Massachusetts will significantly increase if the state passes Election Day Registration (EDR) into law, according to a new report published today by national...

California Pacific Medical Center Nurses Speak Out Against California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee Strike; Non-Union Nurses at CPMC Say Staffing Levels Are Not an Issue.
March 20, 2008... Byline: California Pacific Medical Center SAN FRANCISCO, March 20 (AScribe Newswire) -- On the eve of a ten day strike called by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, non-union nurses at California Pacific...

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Receives MacArthur Award for International Justice.
March 21, 2008... Byline: Todd Glass Communications NEW YORK, March 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation last night honored former United Nations Secretary General Kofi A. Annan with the MacArthur Award for...

John Jay College Receives Over $580,000 in Grants From Department of Homeland Security.
March 24, 2008... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- John Jay College of Criminal Justice announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded $580,603 in grants to the College. These grants...

Technology Policy in the Information Age: Computer Security Experts Debate Political, Social and Economic Impacts.
March 24, 2008... Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 24 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Assocation for Computing Machinery today released the following advisory. - - - - WHAT: Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy...

Housing and Credit Crisis Sink Florida Consumer Confidence Five Points.
March 25, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., March 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Florida's consumer confidence fell five points to 68 in March, reflecting growing pessimism about the national economy in the midst of the housing and credit...

Willie Nelson Urges Land O'Lakes, Challenge Dairy to Stop Using Milk Products that Come From Confined Calves; Country Icon Joins 22,000 Petition Signers Pushing for Farm Reform.
March 26, 2008... Byline: Animal Legal Defense Fund COTATI, Calif., March 26 (AScribe Newswire) -- Stating, "As a cowboy, I must stand up for cows," Willie Nelson has signed on to a campaign to warn consumers about the cruel - and illegal - living...