Search Results for: 2009-11-02

In the 2018 elections, women played a larger role than in any other election in American history. The record-breaking number of women running for US senate, house, and gubernatorial seats motivated media outlets to label 2018 another “Year of the Woman.” The first “Year of the Woman” was in 1992, when an unprecedented influx of women entered [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday vacated 88 decisions by the Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York that prevented the trustee tasked with liquidating the remaining assets of Bernie Madoff’s ponzi scheme from seizing foreign property that had been transferred out of the US prior to Madoff’s [...]

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently issued proposed regulations that could enhance the value of electronic health information. Specifically, the proposed regulations focus on the areas of interoperability and patients’ access to their health data. Electronic health information is a relatively new phenomenon. It became a subject of national importance in 2004, [...]

Mercury is one of the most toxic substances on earth. When inhaled or ingested by humans, mercury can cause severe neurological damage, cardiovascular harm, endocrine disruption, kidney damage and muscle coordination issues. When pregnant women are exposed, their babies can suffer IQ and motor skills impairments that will last their lifetime. Through rain, snow or [...]

Bolivia’s Multinational Electoral Tribunal (OEP) announced late Tuesday that it had accepted current President Evo Morales’ bid for reelection, sparking protests in La Paz and a general strike on Thursday. Morales is the first indigenous president to be elected in Bolivia and has been in power since first assuming office 2006. Though Bolivia’s constitution limits presidents [...]

JURIST Guest Columnists, Sarah Wetter and James G. Hodge, Jr. of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, discuss preemptive legal schemes that deprive states and localities of opportunities to implement efficacious interventions to advance public health......

JURIST Guest Columnist Steve Koslovsky discusses how more judicial elections harm judicial independence... Remember Rose Bird? Back in 1986, Chief Justice Rose E. Bird, who was the first female Chief on the California Supreme Court, became the first Chief Justice...

JURIST Guest Columnist Uché Ewelukwa of the University of Arkansas School of Law, discusses the dynamic landscape of trade secret law in a multi-part series. In part 2, she discusses the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 ... Introduction Signed...

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The UN expressed concern Thursday about human rights abuses in Mali despite the Malian government signing a peace agreement in 2015 with several armed groups. The...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Wednesday that a 2009 antitrust case should be sent back to the lower court in order to reexamine the €1.06 billion fine placed on Intel in...