By Elaine Donnelly
Extending sexual misconduct to combat units
Vermont Law School (VLS) is a private, American Bar Association accredited law school located in South Royalton, Vermont (a village of Royalton, Vermont). The Law School has one of the United States' leading programs in environmental law, and the Law School is currently (2009) ranked #1 in Environmental Law by U.S. News and World Report; in recent years, the school has been ranked #2 in 2008 and #1 in 2007 (never lower than #2 since rankings began in 1991, #1 ranked 12 times). The Law School offers several degrees, including Juris Doctor (JD), Master of Laws (LL.M) in Environmental Law, Master of Environmental Law and Policy (MELP) (formerly known as Master of Studies in Environmental Law (MSEL)), and dual degrees with a diverse range of institutions, including the University of Cambridge, the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. - Source: Wikipedia
By admitting that he used PEDs to dominate cycling and become one of the world's most marketable athletes, Lance Armstrong has weakened his defense in a series of lawsuits that could cost him more than $100 million — and may have provided an inadvertent blueprint for how to better deter high-profile athletes from doping. Forget public shame. Never mind competitive bans. Instead, get a lawyer. Then go after the money. .
On a baseball field, players back up teammates to limit the damage from errors. The Justice Department, embarrassed by an error that caused a mistrial of Roger Clemens last year, has added more prosecutors in hopes of containing any missteps as it seeks to convict the famed pitcher of lying to Congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs.
The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that reads like a manifest for Noah's Ark — from the melodic golden-winged warbler and slow-moving gopher tortoise, to the slimy American eel and tiny Texas kangaroo rat.
The Obama administration is taking steps to extend new federal protections to a list of imperiled animals and plants that reads like a manifest for Noah's ark -- from the melodic golden-winged warbler and slow-moving gopher tortoise, to the slimy American eel and tiny Texas kangaroo rat.
The Barry Bonds trial may have had a strange ending, but his lawyers still face a tough fight in clearing the slugger's name.
After years of investigation, three weeks of trial and millions of dollars spent pursuing Barry Bonds, federal prosecutors were back where they started Thursday _ deciding whether to try and prove the home run king's records were built with steroids and lies.
After years of investigation, three weeks of trial and millions of dollars spent pursuing Barry Bonds, federal prosecutors were back where they started Thursday _ deciding whether to try and prove the home run king's records were built with steroids and lies.
