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WARN Warning: Two recent court decisions could result in greater legal exposure for US private equity investors forced to close struggling portfolio companies. federal district courts in New York and North Carolina have held that private equity funds that invested in, and had representatives on the boards of directors of, failed portfolio...; Tags: Investment, Financial services, court decision, private equity, private equity fund, board, industry; White papers 2004-09-27
The Two Faces of Managed Care Regulation and Policy-Making: This paper argues that the legal and public policy response to managed care has produced two faces of federal and state policy-making and regulation. These two faces are characterized by support for the implementation of managed care plans through statutes primarily at the federal level, executive orders, and court decisions...; Tags: Regulations, court decision, regulation; White papers 2004-06-24
The Reasonable Woman Standard: Effects on Sexual Harassment Court Decisions: Some federal courts have used a reasonable woman standard rather than the traditional reasonable man or reasonable person standard to determine whether hostile environment sexual harassment has occurred. This paper examines the impact of the reasonable woman standard on federal district court decisions, controlling for other factors found to affect...; Tags: harassment, court decision, environment; White papers 2004-02-06

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Where credit is due: 1913: Federal Resewe Act creates national banking system. 1914: Federal Trade Commission Act prohibits unfair or deceptive business practices. 1933: With memories of 1929 stock crash still fresh, Glass-Steagall Act separates "commercial banks" focusing on consumer activities (checking, savings) from "investment banks," which deal with speculative...; Articles 2008-07-01
Killer who blamed rail crash wins ruling: A survivor of the Paddington train crash who said he had been turned into a killer by post-traumatic stress disorder has won the right to claim up to 2m in compensation. In a ground-breaking decision, the Court of Appeal ruled that Thames Trains and Network Rail were...; Articles 2008-06-26

Legal win for killer who survived rail crash: A survivor of the Paddington train crash who said he had been turned into a killer by post-traumatic stress disorder has won the right to claim up to 2m in compensation. In a ground-breaking decision, the Court of Appeal ruled that Thames Trains and Network Rail were...; Articles 2008-06-26
Court bans death penalty for child rape: WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court declared Wednesday that executions are too severe a punishment for raping children, despite the "years of long anguish" for victims, in a ruling that restricts the death penalty to murder and crimes against the state. The court's 5-4 decision struck down a...; Articles 2008-06-26
Exxon Valdez damages slashed: WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday slashed the $2.5 billion punitive damages award in the Exxon Valdez disaster to $500 million, a decision that could have broader implications for limiting how much courts can order businesses to pay. The decision was hailed by the business community...; Articles 2008-06-26
Korean Supreme Court Reverses Korean Patent Court Ruling That Upheld Validity of FormFactor Patent: FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM) announced theKorea Supreme Court issued an oral ruling finding that 12 claims ofFormFactor's Korean Patent No.252457 are invalid, and remanding the caseback to the Korean Patent Court for further proceedings consistent with theruling. The decision does not specifically address the remaining 48 claimsof Patent No....; Articles 2008-06-26
Walton loses appeal on ballot status in U.S. Circuit Court of: Rep. Juanita Walton is - still - off the ballot in the race to become the Democrat's candidate for senator of the 13th District. On Wednesday afternoon, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals summarily affirmed Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh's decision that Walton is...; Articles 2008-06-26
Missouri Supreme Court decisions narrow credibility attacks: If you're a criminal defense attorney, it just got a little harder to impeach an alleged victim. The Missouri Supreme Court this week narrowed the admissibility of prior false allegations from an alleged victim that doesn't come from their direct testimony. In two decisions...; Articles 2008-06-26
Missouri Supreme Court: Decisions narrow credibility attacks: If you're a criminal defense attorney, it just got a little harder to impeach an alleged victim. The Missouri Supreme Court this week narrowed the admissibility of prior false allegations from an alleged victim that doesn't come from their direct testimony. In two decisions...; Articles 2008-06-26
US Supreme Court rejects death penalty for child rapists: WASHINGTON AFP — The US Supreme Court narrowly ruled Wednesday that a man convicted of raping a child cannot be sentenced to death, saying capital punishment must be reserved for murder cases. By a one-vote majority of 5-4 the justices said the US constitution which prohibits "cruel and...; Articles 2008-06-25
Iran slams UK for lifting opposition ban: TEHRAN AFP — Iran on Wednesday condemned as a "disgrace" the decision by Britain to lift a ban on the main Iranian armed opposition group, the People's Mojehedin Organisation of Iran PMOI. "The British government's action regarding the group of monafeghin is a disgrace and utterly condemned," foreign...; Articles 2008-06-25
Workers' rights boosted by US Supreme Court: WASHINGTON AFP — The US Supreme Court this year made a number of key rulings on workplace discrimination which, unusually for the conservative court, mostly favored workers over their bosses. Last week, the US high court ruled in favor of several workers in a high-profile age discrimination lawsuit....; Articles 2008-06-25
US Supreme Court rejects death penalty for child rapists: WASHINGTON AFP — The US Supreme Court narrowly ruled Wednesday that a man convicted of raping a child cannot be sentenced to death, saying capital punishment must be reserved for murder cases. By a one-vote majority of 5-4 the justices said the US constitution which prohibits "cruel and...; Articles 2008-06-25
Physician groups fail to overturn midwifery law in Missouri: The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that physician associations have no standing to challenge the constitutional validity of a law allowing the practice of midwifery in Missouri. In a 5-2 decision, the Missouri Supreme Court reversed a Cole County Circuit Court decision that overturned House Bill 818...; Articles 2008-06-25
Missouri Supreme Court grants DNA test for inmate after 23 years: Huntley Ruff claims he's served more than two decades behind bars for a rape he didn't commit. But now with some help from Ellen Suni, dean of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Ruff finally has a chance to prove whether he really is innocent....; Articles 2008-06-25
New twist in tablets case: The Anti-Defamation League announced Tuesday that it has joined in a coalition brief, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to consider the church-state aspects of the case involving a religious group's desire to display a monument in a Pleasant Grove park. A request by the religious group Summum...; Articles 2008-06-25
Herbert to forward complaint: As soon as the polls closed Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert announced he was referring an elections complaint from state treasurer candidate Richard Ellis to the attorney general's office for further investigation. Ellis, who alleges his defeated GOP primary opponent, Rep. Mark Walker, R-Sandy, illegally offered him...; Articles 2008-06-25

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