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Corporate safety compliance; OSHA, ethics, and the law.
9781420066470 Corporate safety compliance; OSHA, ethics, and the law. Schneid, Thomas D. CRC / Taylor & Francis 2008 315 pages $89.95 Hardcover Occupational safety and health guide series T55 ...

Chance for a new start.
Byline: The Register-Guard In many respects, almost nothing is the same as it was in 2002 when McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center filed an antitrust suit against PeaceHealth. The dramatic changes over the past six years undoubtedly played a positive role in last week's settlement of that bitter and...

Federal Court Enjoins Enpath from Sales and Marketing of Its ViaSeal and FlowGuard Products.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-23 August 2008-Federal Court Enjoins Enpath from Sales and Marketing of Its ViaSeal and FlowGuard Products(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Following a unanimous jury verdict that Enpath's ViaSeal and FlowGuard devices infringe key patents held by Pressure Products, a Federal District Court in Texas...

EPA stalls action on tackling U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.
Despite a 2007 U.S. Supreme Court decision giving the Environmental Protection Agency broad powers to address greenhouse gas emissions and other threats to clean air, the agency recently decided not to expand its regulatory efforts. On July 11, EPA officials released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...

Court pro business? Not so fast.
A highly watched Supreme Court case has added uncertainty to the finality of insurer-administrators' employee benefits denials. Ending its 2007-2008 term, a divided high court ruled that an insurer that both decides and pays benefits has a conflict of interest that may be weighed by a federal court in...

Airport closure called a 'project' for environmental review purposes.
Denial of a conditional use permit renewal is a "project" requiring review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the Third District Court of Appeal has ruled. The court ruled for the owner of an airport in Sacramento County whose application for a conditional use permit (CUP)...

Judge asked to find error in firefighter request; Legal residency questioned.
Byline: Scott J. Croteau SHREWSBURY - A legal battle over whether the son of former Fire Chief Gerald LaFlamme lived in town when he took the firefighters exam two years ago continues, as the town filed a complaint in court recently. The town is asking...

COURT REJECTS TWO MEDTRONIC PATENTS.
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX), Natick, Mass. has announced that the U.S. District Court of Marshall, Texas found two patents of Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE:MDT) unenforceable for inequitable conduct during the prosecution of the patents before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A jury had previously found that...

Elk Creek Dam: What a boondoggle.
Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Doug Larson Anyone seeking a perfect example of an outrageous pork barrel project should consider the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Elk Creek Dam in the Rogue River Basin. For nearly 20 years, the dam has been sitting unfinished, its deteriorating, roller-compacted concrete...