Word: legalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would Giuliani really harm an important cultural institution that serves an otherwise art-starved neighborhood? Sure. By week's end, staff members were uttering his favorite words: "No negotiation." It's unclear, however, whether the mayor actually has the legal authority to refuse a check to an entity promised one in the budget he signed. The case will doubtless end up in court. There are constitutional issues too: the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the government cannot penalize artists solely because their work is disagreeable...
Berkeley's Varian mentions a more specific problem: "constructing a legal infrastructure for contracting and doing business in cyberspace which requires standards for things such as digital signatures, time stamping, antitrust, taxes, content regulation, intellectual property, privacy, jurisdiction, liability." The industry needs uniform standards covering all these issues, he says, and "it's very naive to think [federal and state] governments aren't going to play a significant role in setting such legal rules...
LAWYERS FOR ALL Is your company one of the increasing number that offer prepaid legal plans through payroll deductions? Set up like HMOs, the plans use networks of lawyers to handle estate planning, real estate transactions and other basics. (Divorce is extra.) Some examples: Hyatt Legal Plans, owned by MetLife, charges $13.50 a month; Legal Club of America provides free and discounted services for $8 a month...
Prosecutors have the authority to decide whether or not LeFave must return to prison immediately or if the legal team should be given time to come up with alternative solutions...
...particular, she is committed to the National Organization for Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund and to Music for Marlboro, a local music festival in Marlboro...