Legal ruling may put endangered species in danger
Ecologists and philosophers across the nation are protesting a new and narrowed definition of "endangered species." In a letter sent Monday to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and the House Committee on Natural Resources, they warn that the new definition—spelled out in a legal opinion from the Solicitor of the U.S. Depa...IRS ruling could speed healthcare technology adoption
Internal Revenue S...Supreme Court ruling seen as blow to WARF stem cell patents
The answer is yes, according to the California consumer watchdog organization that is challenging the patents, but that's not necessarily a consensus opinion. The nation's high cou...Patent ruling doesn't tarnish Wisconsin's stem cell leadership
...California group says ruling weakens WARF's stem cell patent
regarding its stem cell patent, but a spokesman for the Wisconsin foundation said its recent $1 million jury reward in the Xenon Pharmaceuticals case demonstrates its ability t...Ruling enforces international trademark electronic filing requirements
In the case, , the Trademark Trial and Appeal B...Televisions ruling baby's world!
A new research by psychologists at the Tufts University in Boston has revealed that children as young as 12 months old are influenced by emotions displayed on television. They also use emotional information picked up from adults around them to make decisions. Donna Mumme, assistant professor of psychology at Tufts University, and her team tested //babies, showing actors reacting on a v...Ruling: HIV victim exempted from disclosing condition to partner
The Wellington District Court, New Zealand, has ruled that HIV-positive people don't have to disclose their condition to their sexual partners if condoms are used. Justin Dalley was charged with criminal // nuisance after not disclosing to his female partner his HIV positive status before they engaged in protected vaginal sex and unprotected oral sex. However, Judge Susan Thomas today...Ruling On Non Disclosure Of HIV Positive Status Is Not Ethical
You may expect your partner to inform you of his/her HIV status, but as far as law goes, you don't have a legal stand on this. Even horrifying is the fact that you have to rely on the quality of condom to protect you // from the virus. The Wellington District Court, New Zealand, dismissed the charges of criminal nuisance against Justin Dalley, who was charged with criminal nuisance aft...Supreme Court Ruling On Health Care Not Respected. Alleged Physician
Jacques Chaoulli, a physician who emerged victorious in a historic Supreme Court case around a year ago says that the Quebec government has not complied with the ruling providing expanded access to private care//. 'Almost all services are still going to be prohibited from any (private) coverage. It’s a violation of the judgment. Just for political expediency, many Quebecers are going...12 Chinese Firms Appeal Against Court Ruling On Viagra
Twelve Chinese pharmaceutical firms, who produce cheap imitations of Viagra have launched an appeal against a court ruling protecting US drug giant Pfizer's patent rights // in the world's most populous nation which has some 80 million impotent men. In a last-ditch effort to protect their investment in Viagra-style drugs, the firms yesterday handed their appeal to the Beijing High Peo...