Criminal Law

The Canadian Border and Criminal Convictions (Part 3 - Rehabilitation)
There are three ways to enter Canada if you have a criminal conviction: Deemed Rehabilitation, Streamlined Rehabilitation and Approval Rehabilitation. As most posts on this site, this is an overview...

Reexamination Certificate Issued on Goodenough Patent
As a follow-up to my March 5, 2009 post, the Reexamination Certificate has issued on the '640 patent in the Hydro-Quebec v. Valence Technology case. Thanks to the reader who forwarded me the Certificate (Download '640 Reexamination Certificate Issued).

Rehabilitation Following Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
The hardships, frustrations and rewards associated with rehabilitation following a severe traumatic brain injury are discussed in an article in today's New York Times, Coaching the Comeback...

Special Brain Injury Supplement
The editors of Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation have announced a special supplement to the December issue, highlighting traumatic brain injury (TBI). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is the official journal of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation...

New L&C Law Scholarship: The Ruse of Rehabilitation
Rebecca Johansen, The Ruse of Rehabilitation: The Supreme Court?s Misconception of Coercion in Sexual Offender Rehabilitation Programs, 12 Lewis & Clark Law Review 763 (2008) It appears the Supreme Court could use a lesson in psychology...

Conviction of a crime and employment pursuant a Certificate of Relief from Disabilities or a Certificate of Good Conduct
Conviction of a crime and employment pursuant a ?Certificate of Relief from Disabilities? or a ?Certificate of Good Conduct?Camulaire v Board of Education, NYS Supreme Court, [Not officially reported]In May 1996 Arnold Camulaire applied to the New York City Board of Education for a teaching license and listed a criminal conviction on his application form...

Bush Administration
class action settlement ensures Medicaid beneficiaries can continue to purchase prescription drugs at minimum cost when they become eligible for Medicare.