The US Food and Drug Administration said Friday that new rules requiring wholesalers to be able to track prescription drugs will take effect in December. The rules stem from the Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987 , a law aimed at combating drug counterfeiting . The FDA has so far been unable to fully enforce [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Friday to allow two anti-abortion health care groups to intervene in a California lawsuit regarding the federal Weldon Amendment , which prohibits federal money from going to federal, state and local governments that discriminate against health care service providers not offering abortion services. The California [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Kent Roach of the University Toronto Faculty of Law says that proceedings against the 17 Canadian men and youths recently charged with terrorism-related offenses in Ontario will put Canada's new Anti-Terrorism Act to its first real test… The arrest of twelve adults and five youths on terrorism charges in Toronto has resulted [...]
Memorandum of Points and Authorities filed as amicus curiae in connection with a Motion for Return of Property filed by Rep. William Jefferson, May 25, 2006, Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the US House of Representatives, Office of General Counsel, June 7, 2006 . Read the full text of the motion .
Report to the President, Death of Milan Babic, Judge Kevin Parker, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, June 8, 2006 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
American Council on Education v. FCC, United States Court of Appeal for the DC Cirucit, June 9, 2006 . Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday upheld the Federal Communication Commission's ability to require broadband Internet companies and Internet phone service providers to comply with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) , which requires telecommunications companies to allow law enforcement officials access to their networks. CALEA [...]
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry on Friday signed SB 1800 , a law which enlarges the scope of the death penalty to cover a second or subsequent sexual offense against a child under the age of 14. Similar child molestation statutes have been enacted by Florida, Louisiana and Montana, and the South Carolina governor signed a [...]
The Vatican has filed an appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking to overturn this week's decision by a district court judge to allow a clergy abuse lawsuit to proceed that names the Holy See as a defendant. US District Judge Michael Mosman refused to dismiss a clergy sex abuse [...]
Republican Governor Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of criminal conspiracy, official misconduct and political discrimination stemming from an investigation into the governor's hiring practices . Fletcher's attorney entered the not guilty plea on behalf of Fletcher while he vacationed in Florida. Franklin District Judge David Melcher set a tentative trial [...]
