Contractors and the Law
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Details of the role civilian contractors played in the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq sparked fresh debate yesterday about the effectiveness of laws and rules meant to govern workers hired to support the military. -The Washington Post
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Â· Proposal to rid law of 'common prostitute' termÂ· New offence of causing trouble in hospitals
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Prosecutors reached a $458 million settlement with contractors over tunnel defects that caused a fatal 2006 accident Â but a small contractor that isn't involved in the agreement says it unfairly spares the most responsible party from criminal charges.
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Business & money: New rules to protect tenants from unscrupulous landlords and letting agencies could be on the way
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At the core of this issue is whether or not US producers suffered a &#39;material injury&#39;. According to US trade law, punitive duties for countervailing and anti-dumping may only be put in place if
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Though communications protections exist, the law is fuzzy regarding internet and e-mail activity. Watch out for the legalization of digital mind readers tracing internet users' thoughts and interests, and trampling privacy rights in the process.
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IT contractor neither as bad off, nor as cheap, as it might seem.
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Oral arguments bring questions about whether the current legal standard, opposed by some high-tech firms, is much too permissive.
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STANFORD, CALIFORNIA - On Monday, the same day the California Senate passed a bill that would ban state agencies from contracting services out to companies that use overseas labor, opponents and proponents of offshore outsourcing clashed during a conference at Stanford University.
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RAND is not unique among government contractors in continuing to do business with the government after being found in violation of labor law.
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Walking on thin ice? The terms of Microsoft's End User License Agreement (EULA) for its upcoming Vista operating system raises the conflict between two fundamental principles of contract law. The first, and more familiar, is that parties to a contract can generally agree to just about anything, as long as what they agree to doesn't violate the law and isn't "unconscionable".â¦
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The "L.A. Law" state strikes again.
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Some years ago, I got a job doing network support for the District Attorneyâs office in a large city that shall remain nameless. When I arrived, the network was a mess! Malware was rampant, Internet and WAN connections were saturated, and users were constantly complaining about slow computers and network performance. Even so, my attempts to enforce a mindful security policy were met with fierce resistance. The attitude among the legal staff was, âThis is my computer and my network; youâre just a computer janitor.â
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'Stop crippling us, we're not tax dodgers' IT contractors are up in arms about government legalisation that will overhaul income splitting arrangements among individuals following a landmark case that Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) lost.â¦
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A Boeing subsidiary's legal woes bring to light one factor weighing on valuations for defense contractors.
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By Leigh Hornbeck and Kenneth C. Crowe II, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Feb. 6--QUEENSBURY -- In law, there is only fact, not what could have been or should have been.
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Concerned about mortgage fraud and predatory lending practices, many states have toughened their laws by requiring loan officers or originators to undergo extensive background checks and show proof of professional experience and training. Still, attracted by the lucrative mortgage business, many ...