The Sacramento Bee – May 10, 2012 – A California proposal aimed at curbing sex slavery and other forms of human trafficking has qualified for the November ballot. The initiative increases penalties for human trafficking violations, …
KSL News Radio – Salt Lake City – SALT LAKE CITY — How accurate is eyewitness testimony? A Weber State University professor’s research sheds some light on how racial bias may weigh in to the …
Cal/OSHA launched its 2012 heat illness campaign aimed at preventing worker deaths and illnesses due to heat exposure at outdoor workplaces. Cal/OSHA already started…
UPI – May 10, 2012 – BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 9 (UPI) — Iranian lawyer Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, who has defended political and human rights activists condemned to death, has himself been sentenced to nine years …
There are times when estate planning and small business law cross over. The family limited partnership is one of those times. It’s a vehicle used by small businesses to manage the continuity of their business and to effectively plan for the future. So, what is a family limited partnership and how can it help a small business? The family limited partnership is a tight partnership that’s held within a family. It’s run by members of one family. Just like any partnership, it falls under the laws of partnership, both under state law and taxation law. It’s a limited partnership,…
New York City’s health inspectors are on a rampage. A bagel seed rampage, that is. And your city may be next. B&B Empire Bagel Cafe was reportedly fined $1,650 for allowing sesame and poppy seeds to fall onto the floor while its bagels were being made. They weren’t reusing the seeds, but merely allowing them to accumulate on the floor until they had finished seeding and baking the bagels. Few think the bagel seed fine is fair. The owner definitely doesn’t think so, and according to the New York Post ,
The New Jersey “tanning mom” accused of child endangerment has been banned from a chain of tanning salons , the New York Daily News reports. Tanning mom Patricia Krentcil denies she took her 5-year-old daughter into a tanning booth, which is unlawful in New Jersey for a child under 14. Public attention and ridicule have led one tanning-salon chain to bar Krentcil from its premises. But is it legal to ban a particular customer from your business? Generally, yes, if you’re a private business owner and you’re not discriminating against someone because of a protected trait. Such traits include…
More than 1.5 million people have petitioned Dilma Rousseff to reject a bill that may lead to further destruction of the Amazon
GA: New NRA-Funded Shotgun Range Opens
Groupers, a family of fishes often found in coral reefs and prized for their quality of flesh, are facing critical threats to their survival.
