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Entries from March 31st, 2005

Time to find lesson in Schiavo tragedy

March 31st, 2005 · No Comments

Issues in Eldercare Law
By Attorney Helene V. Wenzel
Terri Schiavo raises complex and emotionally laden issues concerning who has control of continuity and quality of a life. As an Elder Law attorney, I am all too aware that such scenarios are becoming more common as our population ages and people’s lives can be and are [...]

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Tags: Columnists · Estate Planning · General

Schiavo dies, 13 days after feeding-tube removal

March 31st, 2005 · No Comments

Paul O’Donnell, a Roman Catholic monk and advisor to Terri Schiavo’s parents, said the 41-year-old died at the Hospice Home Woodside, where she had been receiving care. The announcement came at 9:50 a.m.

Her haunting right-to-live, right-to-die case fragmented her family and polarized her nation. Schiavo died 13 days after her feeding tube was removed. [...]

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Technology companies rally against MGM

March 30th, 2005 · No Comments

WASHINGTON - Time Trax Technologies announced Tuesday that it has submitted an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court, along with several emerging technology companies and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), in support of Grokster. The Supreme Court will continue hearing the case, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) v. Grokster, today.

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Tags: General · Intellectual Property

Supreme Court extends protection of whistleblowers

March 29th, 2005 · 210 Comments

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court expanded the scope of a landmark gender equity law, ruling Tuesday that it shields whistleblowers who accuse academic institutions of discrimination based on sex.

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Schiavo’s health declines while parents take fight to Washington

March 28th, 2005 · No Comments

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) — Supporters of Terri Schiavo’s parents planned last-chance efforts in Florida and Washington on Monday aimed at winning the life-and-death fight to have the brain-damaged woman’s feeding tube reinserted.
Schiavo, who hasn’t had water or nutrients in 11 days, is likely to die by week’s end, doctors have said.

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Texas summit reaches agreement on security, trade

March 23rd, 2005 · 3 Comments

WACO, Texas (Reuters) - President Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico papered over trade and immigration disputes on Wednesday as they agreed to improve security and unify business practices to confront competition from Asia.

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Creatine seizure verdict upheld in ADA suit

March 23rd, 2005 · 147 Comments

A Pennsylvania federal judge has refused to overturn a $159,000 jury verdict in an ADA suit by a man who said he was denied the right to return to work for 20 months after having two seizures brought on by taking creatine, a nutrition supplement, because his employer believed he had a “serious epileptic condition.”

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Appeals panel refuses to order Schiavo feeding

March 23rd, 2005 · 142 Comments

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — By a 2-1 vote, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined early Wednesday to order the reinsertion of Terri Schiavo’s feeding tube.

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Muslims reach settlement with Dell on prayer at work

March 22nd, 2005 · 133 Comments

(AP) Muslim contract employees at a Dell Inc. plant in Nashville settled a dispute related to prayer in the workplace, according to a national Islamic civil rights advocacy group in Washington.

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Judge rules for Schiavo’s tube to stay out, parents appeal

March 22nd, 2005 · 9 Comments

A federal judge this morning refused to order Terri Schiavo reconnected to a feeding tube. Her parents quickly filed an appeal. The Florida woman’s situation has gained attention from around the world. President George W. Bush has come under fire from European commentators for intervening to prolong the life of a brain-damaged woman [...]

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