Switzerland Encourages Its Banks to Cooperate with New Program Which Will Require Significant Financial Penalties and Information Sharing from Banks That Aided Secret Account Holders Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. The Department of Justice today announced a program that will encourage Swiss banks to cooperate in the department’s ongoing investigations of[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Medical Marijuana Advocates Cautious About “New” Policy on Federal Marijuana Enforcement
Advocates: “DOJ should drop all medical marijuana cases and vow to stop obstructing policy makers” Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. The U.S. Justice Department issued a press release earlier today, announcing a memorandum from Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole that detailed a similar policy on recently adopted laws in the[Read More…]
NFL, Retired Players Resolve Concussion Litigation; Court-Appointed Mediator Hails ‘Historic’ Agreement
Thousands of Retirees and Families to Benefit; Medical Testing, Research, Compensation and Promotion of Safety All Part of Agreement CALIFORNIA—(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2013. Former United States District Judge Layn Phillips, the court-appointed mediator in the consolidated concussion-related lawsuits brought by more than 4,500 retired football players against the National Football League[Read More…]
BREAKING NEWS: White House Will Allow Marijuana Legalization Laws to Proceed in Colorado and Washington
Historic Breakthrough in Struggle to End Marijuana Prohibition Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. Attorney General Eric Holder informed the governors of Washington and Colorado today that the Department of Justice will allow the states to implement their ballot initiatives that legalized the production, distribution, and sale of marijuana for adults. Deputy[Read More…]
FBI: Former State Prison Guard to Serve 43 Years in Prison for Child Exploitation, Child Pornography Crimes
Springfield, IL-(ENEWSPF)- U.S. District Judge Richard Mills this afternoon sentenced former Illinois correctional officer Steven L. Carson, of Hillsboro, Illinois, to serve 520 months (43 years, four months) in federal prison, to be followed by a lifetime term of supervised release. Carson pleaded guilty in February 2013 to charges that[Read More…]
New York City Comptroller Releases Report Calling for the Establishment of a Medical Marijuana Program
Report Shows that 100,000 Seriously Ill New York City Residents Could Benefit from Medical Marijuana; Patients, Healthcare Professionals, and Advocates Call on State Legislature to Pass Compassionate Care Act Immediately NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2013. Today, New York City Comptroller John Liu released a report calling on the state legislature to[Read More…]
Gitmo Lawyers Respond to Transfers
New York–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. In response to the announcement today that the United States has transferred two men from the prison at Guantánamo Bay to Algeria, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement: We welcome the resumption of voluntary transfers from Guantánamo. This is an important step[Read More…]
Oregon’s Governor Kitzhaber Announces West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel
Salem, OR–(ENEWSPF)–August 29, 2013. Governor Kitzhaber announced yesterday that Oregon is joining with the state of California to establish a new panel to focus on the extent, causes, and effects of ocean acidification and hypoxia along the Pacific coastline. The West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel will bring[Read More…]
Roosevelt University Real Estate Gala to be Held November 7
CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2013. On November 7, C. Michelle Panovich, principal and executive vice-president, Mid-America Asset Management, Inc., will receive the Lifetime Industry Leadership Award at the 12th annual Real Estate Gala hosted by the Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate at Roosevelt University. Christopher G. Kennedy, chairman of Joseph P.[Read More…]
New Dual Degree Opportunity for Roosevelt University’s College of Pharmacy Students
Schaumburg, IL—(ENEWSPF)—August 29, 2013. Students at Roosevelt University’s College of Pharmacy in Schaumburg who are studying for the three-year, year-round Doctor of Pharmacy degree will have an opportunity beginning in the fall to simultaneously earn a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Elmhurst College. The special dual-degree agreement reached in[Read More…]
