The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was designed to address the issue of corporate governance and disclosure by various organizations. The provisions of the Act require oversight of the external auditors of public companies and increased criminal penalties for long-standing criminal procedures. The Act also aims to keep a check the obstruction of...
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was enacted to address the irregularities present in Corporate Governance mechanisms and corporate accounting practices in organizations. It establishes a new, independent board for the accounting industry, creates higher standards for corporate governance and audit committees and ushers in transparency in corporate transactions. The paper...
Medical-monitoring claims have been raised in a variety of situations including asbestos, landfill toxins, PCBs, prescription drugs, and tobacco. This paper addresses the basic elements of a medical-monitoring claim; its evolution in the state and federal courts; the scorecard of the states that do and do not recognize medical monitoring;...
WASHINGTON -- It shouldn't be necessary for the Supreme Court to tell the president that he can't have individuals taken into custody, spirited to a remote prison camp and held indefinitely, with no legal right to argue that they've been unjustly imprisoned - - not even on grounds of mistaken...
WASHINGTON, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Internews Network welcomes the news that a Russian court has deemed unconstitutional the criminal charges brought against the leader of a Russian media NGO. Manana Aslamazyan, head of the Russian-based Educated Media Foundation EMF, an organization that was the successor to Internews...
Intelligence Squared U.S., the Oxford style,three-on-three debate series sponsored by The Rosenkranz Foundation,announced the results of the final debate of its Spring 2008 season on themotion, "We should legalize the market for human organs." A sold outaudience at Asia Society and Museum, New York City voted 60% for the...
WASHINGTON -- The right of ordinary men and women to determine their own future, protected by the rule of law, lies at the heart of America's founding principles. As our country celebrates the 50th anniversary of Law Day, we renew our commitment to the ideals on which this great Nation...
Proceeds Benefit Future Bald Eagle Care & Preservation Efforts WASHINGTON, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Eagle images and emblems have graced United States coins since the founding of our nation. However, "Challenger," an internationally known Bald Eagle ambassador with nearly two decades of educational public service, has...
Nearly Ten Percent Admit to Driving Drunk Within the Past Month WASHINGTON -- American motorists blame other motorists for unsafe driving, despite the fact many admit to doing the same dangerous practices themselves, according to a new report out today by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. For...
Despite nearly 30 years of media campaigns detailing the dangers of drunken driving, almost one in 11 people admit to driving when they thought they were legally intoxicated, according to a survey released today by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. Of 2,509 adults surveyed, 9% said they...
iiBIG is pleased to announce that Dr. GeorgeDaly, Dean of Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, willserve as welcoming chairman of iiBIG's 2008 Indexing and ETF InvestmentCongress: Generating BIG Returns Through Quantitative & Risk ManagementStrategies, scheduled for September 15-16, 2008 at the GeorgetownUniversity Marriott in Washington, D.C. Attendees will...
ATTORNEYS Arnold Friede and Robert Nicholas (both McDermott,Will & Emery) say calls for an investigation into support for the American Heart Association AHA and American College of Cardiology are likely to convince other scientific groups not to speak out on issues of public concern. The two groups were criticized for...
To: TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Contact: ITSSD, +1-609-951-2222, info@itssd.org PRINCETON, N.J., March 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a shortarticle published today by the Washington Legal Foundation, USinternational trade and business lawyer Lawrence Kogan and RussianGovernment lawyer Yelena Bakulina highlight the common bases inRussian and US history that have triggered new thinking in...
Byline: Hsin-Yin Lee THE WASHINGTON TIMES The issue of sovereignty and American Indians is ever-changing, and experts on the issue fear it's become too susceptible to changes in political administrations. To address these and other issues, the nonprofit Foundation for...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Glenn Lammi of Washington Legal Foundation, +1-202-588-0302 WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The WashingtonLegal Foundation WLF today noted that the unconditional approvalof Googles $3.1 billion purchase of online advertiser DoubleClick bythe European Union Competition Commission is an importantdevelopment for those concerned about international comity onantitrust...
FOOD AND DRUG lawyers at a Washington media briefing in January contended that with Democrats controlling Congress and potentially taking the White House this year, drug companies' worst fears about federal and state legislation regulating drug promotion will become reality. They spoke at Washington Legal Foundation session titled Health Product...
The US Supreme Court has rejected a request from the Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs and Washington Legal Foundation that it hear an appeal of a court decision denying terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs outside of clinical trials. The FDA in January issued a...
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Victor Maldonado of Servicemembers Legal DefenseNetwork, +1-202-328-3244, ext. 123, vmaldonado@sldn.org Donation to Support Movement for Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Dont Tell' WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The estate of thelate Richard Ric W. Weiland, announced on Monday the creation of a$46-million endowment to be managed...
To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Larry Akey of the U.S. Chamber Institute for LegalReform, +1-202-463-5824 WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Statement of LisaRickard, President of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform,which submitted a statement for the record to the Delaware SpecialCommittee on Superior Court Asbestos Litigation on the increase...
ALTHOUGH we are sad for the outcome, we think the U.S. Supreme Court got it right Monday when it ruled that terminally ill patients have no constitutional right to be treated with experimental drugs. We have a difficult time finding constitutional ground on which to base...
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