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Soaps damaging sex organs?
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:44:54 GMT -

A nonprofit environmental group has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claiming the agency failed to regulate toxic chemicals found in "antimicrobial" soap and other personal care products.

A leg up
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:35:11 GMT -

Dr. Griffin Coates said when his patients walk out of his office he and his wife often get hugs.

Employment / Labor Law News

Business workshop
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:15:30 GMT -

Gay employees are now entitled to unpaid leave to care for a partner's sick child.

Labor policy changes you should know about
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:10:43 GMT -

Construction crews work at a site along Interstate 294 near Chicago. Recent developments in construction labor policy will change the labor practices of construction contractors who work on federal projects.

Environmental Law News

Dive to Lake Champlain tug now set for the spring
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:20:40 GMT -

Plans to check out a sunken tug boat in Lake Champlain for potential fuel leakage won't happen until the spring.

oil spill, morrow lake, morrow dam, oil
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:06:02 GMT -

U.S. Rep. Fred Upton questioned a report by a top aide to Gov. Jennifer Granholm that oil in the Kalamazoo River had breached the Morrow Dam in Comstock Township.

Corporate / Securities Law News

It's a TARP! Fin-Reg Exempts SEC from Transperency Requirements -- By: Daniel Foster
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:35:06 GMT -

"No one will know until this is actually in place how it works." With each passing day, Senator Dodd's appraisal of the Democrats' Fin-Reg bill get truer and truer.

Financial 'Reform' Bill Has Provision Exempting SEC...
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:20:44 GMT -

Fox Business is reporting that the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill that President Obama signed recently includes a provision that exempts the Securities and Exchange Commission from responding to Freedom of Information Act requests.