Other Business Crime
This is FindLaw’s collection of Other Business Crimes articles, part of the Litigation and Disputes section of the Corporate Counsel Center. Here you will find information on important matters such as how a Federal Grand Jury works, and what to do if you are a crime victim. You’ll also find information on the diverse cultural makeup of many communities and whether or not cultural plurality requires the criminal justice system to modify its approach, particularly in handling recent immigrants. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.
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Other Business Crime Articles
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The Neuropsychologist in Minor Brain Injury Cases
It was more than fifteen years ago that a local Massachusetts woman unable to obtain services for her daughter who had sustained a closed head injury in a motor vehicle accident founded what became the National Head Injury Foundation and has ...
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The New Y2K Act
Introduction As is now well known, for years computer programmers inputted only the last two digits of the calendar year using 1900 as the base. On January 1, 2000, computers with such programming may recognize "00" as the year 1900. This could lead ...
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The War Between Diversity and Religion and the No-Man’s Land for Employers
Employers pushing toward diversity in the workplace are now encountering push-back from employees on the religious right. These employees contend that diversity policies requiring them to "value" concepts with which they fundamentally disagree for ...
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The Year 2000 Problem: It’s Not Too Late To Avoid The Legal Bite Of The Millennium Bug
The Year 2000 Problem ("Y2K") or, as some call it, the Millennium Bug, has been widely publicized. While there is a broad spectrum of opinion about the severity of the problem itself, from the survivalists expecting Armageddon to those who dismiss ...
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To Wait, or Not To Wait!
After getting hurt in any situation, should you seek immediate medical attention or wait until your condition improves? Although most people would elect not to seek further medical treatment unless a serious medical condition eventually develops ...
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Trials and making a record in Arkansas
The record for appeal is constructed in the trial court. Arkansas is one of the worst states in finding "procedural default." That is, the Arkansas appellate courts will go out of their way to avoid deciding the merits of a case if an objection was ...
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U.S. Supreme Court Expands Daubert
Federal Rule of Evidence 702 reads "if scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact...a witness qualified as an expert...may testify thereto in the form of an opinion." Previously, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled ...
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Under 21 OUI Issues
The new OUI has created a separate, complex set of rules that affect drivers under 21 differently from their adult counterparts. These issues have come up more and more frequently lately, Use the following as a guideline in handling some of these ...
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Understanding Arizona’s “Super Extreme” DUI Law
Article provided by William Foreman, P.C. Please visit our Web site at www.williamforemanpc.net. The facts were clear, from the state legislature's point of view: Arizona had a serious problem with its drunk drivers. According to National Highway ...
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Vanessa Leggett Serves Maximum Jail Time, First Amendment-Based Reporter’s Privilege Under Seige
In order to enjoy the inestimable benefits that the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable evils that it creates.1 When a federal grand jury was convened to investigate the possibility of filing federal murder ...
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