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...plus financial and personal counseling. Unlike past lump-sum payments, the new compensation will be paid out in a mix of monthly payments, with an upfront lump sum and an annuity that can be passed on through a recipient's estate. The new law also sets up an investigative panel, the Tim Cole Advisory Panel on Wrongful Convictions. (Read about how the tide is shifting against the death penalty...
Exactly 222 years after the U.S. Constitution was signed, David H. Souter ’61—who stepped down from the Supreme Court this June—joined a panel of legal-minded Harvard professors yesterday in celebrating the nation’s founding document with a lively debate about its relevance.Souter has garnered a reputation for steering clear of the public limelight, preferring instead to retire to Weare, N.H., to the small farmhouse that was home to his parents and grandparents.But on the anniversary of the 1787 signing of the Constitution (and his 70th birthday), Souter, sporting...
Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter '61 appeared yesterday at a Constitution Day panel discussion titled "The U.S. Constitution: What Should We Celebrate and What Should We Criticize...
...Obama Administration on the issue for many months. Bills have been introduced in the House and Senate that, if passed, would allow merchants to negotiate their interchange fees directly with banks and credit-card networks. The Senate's version, introduced by Senator Richard Durbin, even calls for a panel of three electronic-payment-system judges to step in if merchants fail to reach a negotiated agreement...
...Medicare Baucus has held down the fiscal impact of his legislation by proposing to cut a hefty $500 billion in Medicare costs. The bill claims to do this by trimming a lot of fat out of the system and setting up an independent, nonpartisan panel that will take away Congress's power to set Medicare payment policies and reimbursement rates. But, most controversially, the bill takes a big chunk of money from the Medicare Advantage program, which essentially subsidizes insurers. "We are committed to working with policymakers and stakeholders to find savings in the Medicare program, including Medicare Advantage...