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Case: Herring v. United States Hearing Date: Oct. 7 Background: Bennie Dean Herring was arrested in Coffee County, Alabama after trying to pick up his impounded car from his local police station. While he was at the station, the county investigator asked for a check for warrants in Herring's name. While none were found in Coffee County, the warrant clerk learned that there was a warrant on Herring in a neighboring town. He was subsequently arrested and faced additional charges for drugs and a gun possession. Minutes after his arrest, though, Coffee County police learned that the warrant...
Case: Wyeth v. Levine Hearing Date: Nov. 3 Background: Diana Levine of Vermont used the anti-nausea drug Phenergan, manufactured by pharmaceuticals giant Wyeth, via intravenous injection as had been approved by the FDA. The drug came into contact with Levine's arterial blood, causing gangrene; most of her arm eventually had to be amputated. Though Wyeth had recommended "extreme care" in the use of Phenergan intravenously, the Supreme Court of Vermont ruled that Wyeth could have, and should have, prohibited the use of Phenergen through IV on its labels. Wyeth was not barred from making labeling changes...
Case: Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations Hearing Date: Nov. 4 Background: In 2004, the FCC tightened its policy regarding expletives that had made it on-air during live broadcasts, prohibiting "single uses of vulgar words" where it had previously made allowances for "isolated and fleeting" incidents. The Commission cited three incidents as examples: Fox's 2002 and 2003 broadcasts of the Billboard Awards and NBC's 2003 broadcast of the Golden Globes. In 2006, the FCC issued an "omnibus order" reiterating its ban on single-use violations. Fox complained to the Second Circuit Court, citing the First Amendment...
...students—including prospective entrepreneurs in the fields of medical engineering and health care strategy—received this year’s HBS Life Sciences Fellowships, the school announced last month. The award, which was established this past January, provides first-year MBA students who have a background in the life sciences with a one-year, $20,000 grant. The grant does not affect the winners’ eligibility for need-based financial aid from the Business School. Michael T. Derse, one of this year’s recipients who graduated from Stanford in 2004 with a degree...
...didn’t I think of that? (Note to those thinking of improving your social life by trying this: while dancing, be sure not to drop your baby on the flo’.) Not to be outdone by these facetious puppets, Kanye himself putters around in the background of the video, occasionally offering up some back-up to the Puppet Master-Flex. But his presence only leads one to wonder why he would follow up his glow-out extravaganza playing background rapper number one in a puppets-gone-wild video—not to mention why he might think...