Week in Review: April 7-April 11
Stories
- Frank Kendall, an observer from Human Rights First who is blogging from Guantánamo Bay, posted his expectations for the trip, and attended his first military commission hearing.
- An analysis of recent preemption cases involving pharmaceutical companies.
- An interview with Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins.
- What will happen to detainees if Guantánamo Bay is closed?
- An ex-convict rehabilitation bill was signed into law on Wednesday.
- New evidence that the Bush Administration planned and approved details of the interrogations of al Qaeda suspects by the CIA.
- Videos of internal Wal-Mart corporation meetings have been made available for purchase by their former video production company, which has proved a boon to lawyers suing Wal-Mart.
- The Bush administration has increasingly employed “deferred prosecutions” of U.S. corporations accused of criminal liability.
- A New York law firm has banned BlackBerry devices at major meetings.
Resources
- A live webcast from a symposium on the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v. Texas, held April 11th and 12th.
- A paper presented by Naomi Cahn, Professor of Law at George Washington University School of Law and June Carbone, Professor of Law at the University of Kansas-Missouri School of Law, entitled, “Deep Purple: Religious Shades of Family Law.”
- This week’s congressional activities.
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