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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
 HR Magazine: Dealing with drugs: keep it legal - employee drug-testing programs - includes related article on drug testing costs
A rash of lawsuits in the 1980s challenged the right of employers to conduct drug tests, but by now that issue has been resolved: Private employers may screen employees with preemployment testing, investigate accidents by testing those involved and conduct random drug tests.
You can administer drug tests to rehabilitated employees to make sure they're no longer abusing drugs or alcohol.
For preemployment screening, the ADA requires that medical exams not be done before the applicant has received a conditional offer of employment, but it specifically excludes drug tests.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3495/is_n3_v43/ai_20853291   (1375 words)

  
 FairTest: Letter on National Testing
Misuse would include using the results of these tests as a determinative criterion for making high-stakes decisions about a child's educational future, such as tracking or grade retention.
As organizations deeply committed to both excellence and equity in education, we have continued concerns about proposed national tests in reading and math.
Misuse also would include using tests as part of any decision- making process for which they have not been validated.
www.fairtest.org /nattest/jointlet.htm   (1375 words)

  
 Drug Testing Tips - NORML
Medically, the consensus of expert opinion is that drug tests are an inherently unreliable indicator of drug impairment (Consensus Report, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Journal of the American Medical Association, Nov. 8, 1985).
WASH YOURSELF OUT: The general strategy for passing urine tests is to increase your fluid intake and urine flow so as to dilute the concentration of drugs in the sample below the threshold of detection.
Mass drug screening violates the privacy of the majority of responsible employees in order to spot a minority of alleged drug abusers, many of whom are in fact not drug abusers at all.
www.norml.org /index.cfm?Group_ID=4934#wash   (2180 words)

  
 Drug Policy Alliance: Drug Testing
Drug Policy Alliance, together with the ACLU Drug Policy Litigation Project, and the National Advocates for Pregnant Women is involved in a variety of legal challenges to expansive drug testing policies and unreliable drug testing technologies.
The unreliability of many drug testing technologies is a matter of grave concern, particularly when the negative consequences that flow from positive drug tests are so enormous.
Drug testing is also a near universal feature of the criminal justice system in the United States, with most probationers and parolees required to undergo drug testing regardless of the nature of their underlying offense or history of drug use.
www.drugpolicy.org /law/drugtesting   (454 words)

  
 NCPA - Legal Issues - Drug Courts Seen As Effective
Drug use was found to be low among those enrolled in the program because participants must take frequent drug tests and meet regularly with drug court judges.
Drug offenders whose cases are routed through drug courts are less likely to be rearrested than those who are assigned to the normal justice system, according to a new study.
There are 688 drug courts operating around the nation and another 432 are planned, according to the Department of Justice's Drug Court Clearinghouse at American University.
www.ncpa.org /pd/law/pd060101b.html   (282 words)

  
 NFHS Sports Medicine: Drug Testing - LEGAL ISSUES: Options should be explored before starting student drug-testing program
However, if the parent happened to give the student any medication, and the student has no legal prescription for the medication, then the MRO must rule this test positive since a controlled drug was given and taken without the order of a licensed physician.
Costs: If each student is drug tested three times a year, at $50 per 13 tests, total program costs for five students per year would be approximately $7,500.
This is very important since medications like Tylenol with codeine could be prescribed legally for a student following a tooth extraction and that student having a drug test would be positive for opiates.
www.nfhs.org /scriptcontent/va_Custom/vimdisplays/contentpagedisplay.cfm?content_id=423   (1967 words)

  
 Legal Issues
Be warned, the legal version will be as expensive as Imitrex, probably more so, The reason being that it's a legal alternative, and is therefore less expensive than going to jail...
The surest way to get hallucinogens turned into a legal pill is if a large percentage of sufferers are using it already.
Even the extended employment drug tests used by most companies do not test for the presence of psilocybin or psilocin.
www.clusterbusters.com /legal.html   (1685 words)

  
 Alabama DWI LAWS
A skilled Alabama DUI defense attorney will be able to rebut these arguments, as there are many reasons why an innocent person might refuse these tests.
Since every Alabama DUI arrest triggers two separate cases, it is URGENT that you speak to an Alabama DUI defense attorney right away if you’ve been arrested for drunk driving in Alabama.
The prosecutor will also try to use your refusal to test against you in the criminal court case, arguing under Alabama DUI law that this is consciousness of guilt.
www.al-drunkdrivinglawyer.com   (1685 words)

  
 JS Online: Some consider discovery just a legal technicality
All that being said, legal scholars agreed Friday that the burden is on McVeigh to show that he might have been found not guilty or received a lighter sentence if his lawyers would have had the FBI documents.
Legal experts said the decision to stay McVeigh's execution was proper and is exactly what separates the United States from other countries.
Some said they considered the actions of the FBI to be a legal technicality that should have no effect on McVeigh's guilt and punishment.
www.jsonline.com /news/nat/may01/legal12s1051101.asp   (712 words)

  
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www.legalformgallery.com /release-form.htm   (712 words)

  
 Legal/drug tests and poppy seeds
This problem does not occur with hair analysis since its wide window of detection and permanent record of drug use ensure that the detection efficiency of the test is not compromised by the use of more effective cut-off levels guarding against passive endogenous drug exposure.
Drug testing by urine and hair analysis: complementary features and scientific issues.
"...The main concerns with urinalysis are endogenous evidentiary false positives caused by passive drug exposure, e.g., ingestion of poppy seed.
tafkac.org /legal/drug_tests_and_poppy_seeds.html   (213 words)

  
 emotional intelligence - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about emotional intelligence
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
The concept has been applied to business where it is suggested that the ability of managers to understand and manage their own emotions, and those of the people they work with, is the key to better business performance.
He argued that human competences such as self-awareness, self-discipline, and empathy are more important than qualities such as a high IQ, in life and in business.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /emotional+intelligence   (125 words)

  
 Legal Education & Research - The 'Lectric Law Library's Study of Law Study
We've collected, prepared, and edited tons of legal research guides, course/subject outlines, class tests and real-world info on legal education and being a lawyer.
Legal Education and Research - The 'Lectric Law Library's Study of Law Study
thinking of the thing it is attached to, then you have a legal mind.
www.lectlaw.com /study.html   (825 words)

  
 Legal Services Research Centre
LSRC projects have informed civil and criminal contracting, the development of the LSC's Funding Code, changes to the civil means tests, the development of the Community Legal Service, and the development and monitoring of LSC and Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) strategic targets.
The Legal Services Research Centre (LSRC), formerly the Legal Aid Board Research Unit (LABRU), is the independent Research Division of the Legal Services Commission (LSC).
The LSRC is currently working in seven project areas, in addition to providing general support to the Legal Services Commission's policy and operations functions.
www.lsrc.org.uk /index2.htm   (825 words)

  
 Dov Wisebrod, "Defining the Science in Scientific Creationism"
The principal legal argument is that the "opinion is not a model of judicial restraint."145 The definition of science was legally superfluous, since failure to pass any of the Lemon tests renders a statute unconstitutional.
The crucial legal issue in an assessment of the effect of public school instruction in scientific creationism is whether the theory can be taught in a manner that avoids indoctrination in religion.
The adaptation of scientific creationism to legal defeats creates ever more difficult issues, and it is easy to doubt the normative basis for a legal role in the conflict, but no choice is available.
www.catalaw.com /dov/docs/dw-scicr.htm   (825 words)

  
 Ethics
There are several sub-branches of applied ethics examining the ethical problems of different professions, such as business ethics, medical ethics, engineering ethics and legal ethics, while technology assessment and environmental assessment study the effects and implications of new technologies or projects on nature and society.
But it also depends on more general normative principles, such as the right of self-rule and the right to life, which are litmus tests for determining the morality of that procedure.
For example, the issue of abortion is an applied ethical topic since it involves a specific type of controversial behavior.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/ethics_1   (825 words)

  
 MIT OpenCourseWare Physics 8.962 General Relativity, Spring 2002 Home
Also discussed are differential geometry, gravitomagnetism, gravitational radiation, experimental tests of general relativity, black holes, and cosmology.
Your use of the MIT OpenCourseWare site and course materials is subject to the conditions and terms of use in our Legal Notices section.
This course covers the basic principles of Einstein's general theory of relativity.
ocw.mit.edu /OcwWeb/Physics/8-962Spring2002/CourseHome   (77 words)

  
 Packaging Today - Current industry news and reports
Brussels also wants EU rules to match international measuring standards developed by the global OIML institution, [the International Organisation of Legal Metrology].
With tests and interpretations of the law the same in all member states, manufacturers could look forward to significant cost reductions.
The process is part of the EU's SLIM programme [Simpler Legislation for the Internal Market] on streamlining national and EU laws into single European directives or regulations.
www.packagingtoday.co.uk /storyprint.asp?sc=31972   (212 words)

  
 1 No. 76: Sara Levin, et al. v. Yeshiva University et al.
The United States Supreme Court reversed, holding that under the Civil Rights Act, "practices, procedures or tests neutral on their face, and even neutral in terms of intent, cannot be maintained if they operate to freeze the status quo of prior discriminatory employment practices" ( Griggs,
Just as the lease provision in Hudson View did not turn on the marital status of the tenant, but instead validly limited occupancy to only those in a legal, family relationship with the tenant, AECOM's housing policy is restricted to those in legally
The lower courts held that defendant's policy was not suspect because it was keyed solely to educational achievement, and there had been no showing of discriminatory intent.
www.law.cornell.edu /ny/ctap/I01_0089.htm   (212 words)

  
 MIT OpenCourseWare Physics 8.962 General Relativity, Spring 2002 Lecture Notes
Your use of the MIT OpenCourseWare site and course materials is subject to the conditions and terms of use in our Legal Notices section.
» MIT OpenCourseWare » Physics » General Relativity, Spring 2002
Selected lecture notes to supplement the textbook are available below.
ocw.mit.edu /OcwWeb/Physics/8-962Spring2002/LectureNotes   (60 words)

  
 Fox, Bowman, Duarte - Leading DUI Defense Attorneys
Field sobriety tests are not mandatory and there is no legal obligation to submit to the tests under Washington Law.
Stalsbroten, permits a prosecutor to argue that the refusal to take field sobriety tests is evidence of "consciousness of guilt" despite the fact that there are many good reasons to refuse to take the field tests.
None of these tests is a scientific measure of intoxication and there is no scientific research to justify use of such tests.
www.foxbowmanduarte.com /arrest_fieldtest.html   (60 words)

  
 New Techniques and Technologies of Surveillance in the Workplace
Psychological tests general intelligence tests, aptitude tests, performance tests, vocational interest tests, personality tests and honesty tests - many of which are electronically assessed - raise a great many issues of privacy, control and fairness.
In Britain and the United States, there are few legal constraints on surveillance, unlike the laws of Austria, Germany, Norway and Sweden (among others), under which employers are obliged to seek agreement with workers on such matters.
While employers assert that all surveillance is justified, it is clear that not all uses of monitoring are legitimate.
www.amicus-itpa.org /juneconf3.shtml   (7056 words)

  
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To cover fully the aspects of consumer attitudes, two series of tests were undertaken: in one series of tests smokers were given cigarettes to smoke In both one piece and conventional HL packs, but no reference was made, in placing the packs, to any difference in con- struction between them.
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www.library.ucsf.edu /tobacco/batco/OCR/500/504.txt   (1283 words)

  
 Lawyers
Law students often acquire practical experience by participating in school-sponsored legal clinic activities; in the school’s moot court competitions, in which students conduct appellate arguments; in practice trials under the supervision of experienced lawyers and judges; and through research and writing on legal issues for the school’s law journal.
In 2004, law school graduates in 52 jurisdictions were required to pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), which tests their knowledge of the ABA codes on professional responsibility and judicial conduct.
Several States require registration and approval of students by the State Board of Law Examiners, either before the students enter law school or during their early years of legal study.
www.bls.gov /oco/ocos053.htm   (3518 words)

  
 BioSyn: DNA Testing, Paternity Testing, Paternity Tests, DNA Tests, DNA Paternity Testing
We provide private and legal DNA tests and other familial relationship DNA analyses using state of the art equipment and the most current DNA testing techniques.
The DNA testing laboratory of Paternityweb.com, a division of Bio-Synthesis Inc. is a leading provider of paternity tests and many other familial relationship DNA testing services.
This state-of-the-art instrumentation allows us to perform high-resolution DNA-based paternity tests, while adhering to the strictest of quality control and quality assurance guideline of regulatory agencies in regards to DNA tests.
www.paternityweb.com   (570 words)

  
 R v Jones [2002] UKHL 5
Furthermore, the judge did not "think it helpful to deal in refinements of rather complicated legal tests which may or may not arise at some time in the future for consideration when the language of the section appears clear and workable, notwithstanding that its application in individual cases may give rise to argument." (paragraph 38).
THE NZLS gained audience as an intervener in Legal Services Agency v G (unreported, High Court Wellington, 30 April 2002, AP 190/01) on the grounds that it was to the benefit of the public and practitioners to clarify what is meant by "manifestly unreasonable" when the Legal Aid Review Panel (LARP) applies the test.
Under ss54(1) and (3) of the Legal Services Act 2000, aided people and listed providers may apply to LARP for a review of a Legal Services Agency (LSA) decision on the grounds that the decision is "manifestly unreasonable" or "wrong in law".
www.nz-lawsoc.org.nz /lawtalk/583Manifestly.htm   (537 words)

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