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Seven New York Hospitals Face Suit Over $50 Million Medicare Fraud

Bob Kraft
January 06, 2009 18:07

The AP (1/6, Bauman) reports, "Four hospitals in New York state paid kickbacks to get more patients into their drug treatment programs, which billed Medicaid for services that weren't standard or necessary and lacked state certification, lawsuits allege" and "another hospital paid people to search...

Obama Announces Nominees For Four Top Department Of Justice Posts

Bob Kraft
January 06, 2009 17:57

From the American Association for Justice news release:President-elect Barack Obama yesterday named four individuals to top DOJ positions. Media reports indicated the most controversial pick was Indiana University law professor Dawn E. Johnsen, selected by Obama to head the Office of Legal Counsel....

whither the implications of china’s desire to eliminate porn?

Thomas C. Chow
January 06, 2009 17:55

Like everyone else, I saw the headlines from this article at CNN entitled “ Report: China targets Web sites with ‘porn’ content“: China has released a blacklist of 19 major online portals and Web sites, including Google and Baidu, that it claims provide and spread...

Texas - A State Of Neglect

Bob Kraft
January 06, 2009 14:58

I was born and raised in the Great State of Texas, and have never been outside its borders for more than about a week at a time. I've been enormously proud to be a Texan, but not so much in recent years as in the past. For the last dozen years or so Texas has become a meaner state in which to live....

Three Notable Developments Across the Pond

Mark Bennett
January 05, 2009 16:43

1. Anti-Social Behavior Orders (ASBOs) From the Home Office’s website: Anti-social behaviour orders (ASBOs) are court orders which [sic] forbid specific threatening or intimidating actions. An ASBO can ban a person from: threatening, intimidating or disruptive actions spending time with...