PAL set to complete e-ticketing in '07.
THE country's flag carrier, Philippine Airlines (PAL) will be on target with the 2007 deadline for electronic ticketing (e-ticketing) services set by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the highest association of airlines. Roberto B. Diaz de Rivera, PAL assistant vice president for Corporate E-business, said PAL...

Responding to terrorism: how must a democracy do it? A comparison of Israeli and American law.
INTRODUCTION Terrorism has become commonplace in the world today. (1) In the past decade, the United States was, for the first time, the victim of terrorist attacks on its own soil. (2) Conversely, the State of Israel has been engaged in a perpetual struggle with terrorism since...

The latex allergy crisis: proposing a healthy solution to the dilemma facing the medical community.
I. INTRODUCTION II. HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF THE LATEX ALLERGY A. Prevalence of the Allergy B. Sources and Processing of Latex Products C. Latex Reactions D. Diagnosing Latex Allergies E. Current Issues Facing the Healthcare Worker 1. Continuing Workplace Exposure 2. Exposure Outside of the Workplace 3. The Healthcare...

Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die: the story of the Transatlantic Common Aviation Area.
The Transatlantic Common Aviation Area (TCAA, also known as the Common Transatlantic Aviation Area, CTAA, or simply the Common Aviation Area, CAA) (1) is a revolutionary idea in the field of international aviation, seeking to move beyond the framework that has dominated the industry for over half a century....

Performance-based management at the U.S. Transportation Security Administration: the agency shares its experience with comprehensive performance measurement as a method of putting innovation into practice, highlighting the requirements, challenges, and successes of creating results-based government.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) serves as a model of innovation in its performance measurement and management activities. While it is a new agency that continues to evolve, it has held innovation as a core value since the beginning--and performance measurement and management as the method to identify appropriate...

The war on energy: why the United States and the international community need cohesive energy infrastructure security policy.
I. INTRODUCTION II. THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE A. The Past and Present 1. Colombia's Fight to Save a Pipeline 2. Creative Energy Terrorism in Chechnya 3. The War ... on Energy Infrastructure ... in Iraq B. The Future ... It's Shocking 1....

Foreign relations and federal questions: resolving the judicial split on federal court jurisdiction.
ABSTRACT The federal circuit courts have disagreed concerning a fundamental issue of federal court jurisdiction: whether cases that may implicate or involve the "foreign relations" of the United States, but do not otherwise raise a more traditional "federal question" under federal law, may be removed from state...

Aviation seeks new security tools: biometrics is seen as one solution with the potential to substantially improve today's glaringly inadequate security standards. (Air Transport & General Aviation).
On November 20, after much Congressional wrangling, US President Bush signed into law America's new Aviation and Transportation Security Act, which is aimed at preventing, or at least minimising, future terrorist attacks. While covering all modes of transportation, the Act is primarily focused on airport and aircraft security which,...

Chicago Lawyer Robert A. Clifford, Chair of ABA Section of Litigation For 2001-02.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago personal injury lawyer Robert A. Clifford will become chair of the American Bar Association Section of Litigation at the section's annual "Passing-of-the-Gavel" luncheon, to be held Monday, Aug. 6, from 12:30 to 2:15 p.m. at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, Crystal Ballroom....

Steel Hector & Davis' Sherwin P. Simmons Receives 2001 Distinguished Service Award From American Bar Association.
ABA's Section of Taxation Honors Simmons' 45 Years of Contributions to the Tax System MIAMI, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Sherwin P. Simmons, senior partner and chair of the tax group of the Florida-based law firm Steel Hector & Davis, has been presented with...