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...population estimate for the city and claims that the murder rate is lower. No one really knows the exact population. But whatever the number, the forces at work in New Orleans change daily, so it is hard to predict the future. For example, last month, under threat of a lawsuit by the National Rifle Association, police began redistributing guns that had been confiscated as an emergency measure after Katrina. So far, 47 out of a stockpile of 942 have been returned. FEMA assistance is expected to drop in the next several months, which could also incite crime. Meanwhile, 300 N.O.P.D...
Litigious parents are also to blame for the tough line. After Elizabeth Shin died in 2000 in a dorm-room fire at M.I.T. within hours of threatening to kill herself, the sophomore's parents filed a $27 million lawsuit against her psychiatrists, as well as her house master and a dean of student life, for failing to take adequate precautions. (They had scheduled an appointment to see her the following day.) When a judge last year refused to throw out the suit, alarm bells went off in administrative offices across the country. "To hold a university liable for simply trying...
...said that the union has not succeeded in scheduling a hearing for his complaint, but that his lawsuit would be heard in court...
...said that the union has not succeeded in scheduling a hearing for his complaint, but that his lawsuit would be heard in court...
...holders of similar patents to target other drug makers with infringement claims. Signaling of the NF-kB molecule—the process at issue in Ariad’s dispute—is used by more than 200 compounds, including aspirin, according to Science magazine. Perhaps anticipating a future lawsuit, biotech company Amgen last week filed a pre-emptive motion asking a Delaware court to find Ariad’s patent invalid. The Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based firm also sought a ruling that its drug products do not infringe on the patent. Eli Lilly will contest the verdict by asking...