Word: legalism
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...only takes one to sue. That's why on Feb. 4. the House Financial Services committee met to talk about making a law to shield servicers from such lawsuits. The law, first proposed by real estate and law professors at Columbia University, would create a so-called legal safe harbor, and ostensibly kick up modification efforts. The professors believe this to be the case because they've observed that firms that directly own mortgages are more successful at modifying them than are the companies servicing them for others. (Read the proposal from America's realtors on how to revive...
...without any of the other distractions like classes, extracurriculars, or journal-work,” said Law School student government president and third-year student David K. Kessler ’04. “But there are still some problems.” Several student organizations, including the Legal Aid Bureau, conduct workshops in the week before classes begin to orient their new members. Under the new schedule, training will now conflict with firm interviews. But student group leaders doubted that the changes will impose a significant burden on their plans next year. “I imagine...
...Ekman is most compelling when he looks to his own research and experiments, and to ongoing work in the field. But this makes up only a small portion of the book. The chapter on polygraphs, their use by federal agencies and their place in the American legal system is particularly comprehensive, but the underlying conclusion that polygraphs are generally more reliable in the detection of lies than behavioral clues undermines the whole first half of the book and fails to make substantial ties with this foregoing section outside of that comparison.While Ekman’s core ideas are interesting...
...Sara Sinal who co-authored a July 2008 article on religion-based medical neglect in Southern Medical Journal. "It is suspected that many deaths go unreported and unrecognized, particularly in closed communities." Former Christian Scientist Rita Swan, executive director of the nonprofit Children's Health Care Is A Legal Duty, estimates that since the 1980s 300 children have died of "religion-based medical neglect" in the United States. Shawn F. Peters, author of the 2007 book When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law calls the situation an unfolding tragedy. "Americans treasure religious liberty...
Europe's euphoria over Barack Obama is fading fast. As Congress wrangles over the President's $819 billion stimulus package, a "buy American" clause has the European Union threatening legal action and retaliatory sanctions and opening up the prospect of an explosive trade war. (See pictures of the world reacting to Obama's Inauguration...