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Federal Government, State of Hawaii, and City and County of Honolulu Agreement Will Address Vulnerabilities That Led to Waikiki Sewage Spill (Popularity:  )
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The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Hawaii Attorney General's Office, and the Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) have reached an interim agreement with the City and County of Honolulu (CCH) that will correct the most significant problems in Honolulu's wastewater collection system. This settlement resolves a civil enforcement action that the United States and the state have filed against CCH. "Today's settlement shows a commitment by ...
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Two Former St. Louis Area Police Officers Plead Guilty to Federal Civil Rights Charge (Popularity: )
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Former Velda City, Mo., police officer Lewis McGee and former detective Mark Winger both pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to violate the civil rights of a jailed man. According to the plea agreements, on July 31, 2006, Winger and McGee, while acting in their capacities as law enforcement officers, conspired to physically assault the victim who was being detained at the Northwoods Police Department. While McGee held the victim on ...
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Portland State President to Be New CEO of Law School Admission Council (Popularity: )
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Daniel O. Bernstine, who has been President of Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, for the last decade, will be the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Law School Admission Council (LSAC) starting July 1, 2007. President Bernstine was Dean of the University of Wisconsin Law School from 1990 to 1997. LSAC, whose members include law schools across the United States and Canada, owns the Law School Admission ...
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Two Indicted and Arrested on Charges of Supplying Indian Government With Controlled Technology (Popularity: )
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A South Carolina man and woman have been indicted and arrested on charges of supplying the Government of India with controlled technology without the required licenses, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division, and Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, announced today. Parthasarathy Sudarshan, 46 and Mythili Gopal, 36, both of Simpsonville, S.C., were arrested on Friday, March 23, 2007, and had ...
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Justice Department to Monitor Elections in Florida (Popularity: )
The Justice Department today announced that on March 13, 2007, it will deploy Department personnel to monitor municipal general elections in the cities of Miramar and Hallandale in Broward County, Fla., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act. A Civil Rights Division attorney will coordinate the federal activities and maintain contact with local election officials. Both cities have an obligation to provide all election information, ballots, and voting assistance ...
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Novartis committed to making Galvus® available for patients with type 2 diabetes after US regulators issue "approvable letter" (Popularity: )
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* Novartis confident in safety and efficacy of Galvus as a once-daily oral treatment for patients with type 2 diabetes, over 8,000 patients in clinical trial program * US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requests additional data, including a clinical study in patients with renal impairment * Discussions to continue with the FDA to obtain final US approval for Galvus Basel, February 26, 2007 - Novartis announced today that it ...
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Federal Judge Orders Labor Department to Answer for Eight-Year Delay in Requiring Employers to Pay for Safety Equipment (Popularity: )
A United States Court of Appeals ordered the Department of Labor (DOL) to respond in 30 days to a suit requesting the court to order OSHA to implement a long-delayed standard that would require employers to pay the costs of protective clothing, lifelines, face shields, gloves and other equipment used by an estimated 20 million workers to protect them from job hazards. The United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and ...
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Watson and GlaxoSmithKline Settle Lawsuit Over Wellbutrin Xl(R) (Popularity: )
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Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that it has reached a settlement with GlaxoSmithKline on outstanding patent litigation related to Wellbutrin XL(R) (bupropion hydrochloride) extended-release tablets 150mg. In December 2005, Andrx Corporation filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against GlaxoSmithKline alleging that Glaxo's Wellbutrin XL(R) 150mg product infringed Andrx's U.S. Patent 6,905,708 (the '708 ...
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Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Acquires Banconsumer Service, Inc. (Popularity: )
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Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, part of the Wolters Kluwer Corporate & Financial Services division, today announced an agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Banconsumer Service, Inc. (BANCO), a leading provider of regulatory compliance-related documentation solutions in the Northeastern region of the United States. BANCO’s main offerings include pre-printed and electronic forms for the indirect lending market, as well as for the mortgage and home equity markets. With the ...
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Former NBA Veteran Jason Caffey Sued for Child Support in Georgia, Says Law Firm (Popularity: )
The following was released today by Randy Kessler of Kessler, Schwarz & Solomiany P.C.: Former NBA veteran and two-time NBA Championship winner Jason Caffey is being sued in Fulton County Superior Court for his failure to pay child support. The former University of Alabama standout and Atlanta resident owes an arrearage of close to $74,000.00 plus attorney's fees in excess of $5,000.00. For almost two years, Mr. Caffey has failed ...
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