Legal Commentary

Tell Cisco: Stop helping China abuse human rights!
Reports indicate that networking giant Cisco Systems, Inc., an American company based in Silicon Valley, has been knowingly selling Internet surveillance and censorship tools to the Chinese government for years...

China Not Fulfilling Its Human Rights Plan, Monitors Say
CNSNews: "The continued use of torture, illegal detention, censorship and other offenses means China has failed to deliver on its first human rights action plan, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday...

China-U.S. symposium on human rights, rule of law ends (People's Daily)
The first Sino-American Dialogue on Rule of Law and Human Rights ended Sunday in Nantong, a city in east China's Jiangsu Province. The two-day symposium was jointly organized by the China Foundation for Human Rights Development (CFHRD) and National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR) of the United States...

Blogging FOR China
New blog out there of which CLB readers should be aware. It's called Blogging for China and it usually takes a decidedly pro-China view on most issues. Though pro-China, it is not at all ridiculously so and that means it puts forth very well reasoned and thoughtful arguments and is duly respectful of opposing viewpoints...

Bush To Speak about Human Rights in China
US President George Bush will give a speech in Thailand today denouncing China's human rights record. The White House has released some of the speech already:?The United States believes the people of China deserve the fundamental liberty that is the natural right of all human beings...

CHINA: Chinas most famous dissident artist, Ai Weiwei, speaks out about the ordeal of his Detentio
CHINA: China’s most famous dissident artist, Ai Weiwei, speaks out about the ordeal of his Detention.

Baseball Players Named in Mitchell Report
Major League Baseball Players using Performance Enhancing Drugs

Sex Offender Lists
Registries by State and County

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

Discrimination
Federal laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or disability

Civil / Human Rights
alleging violations of basic human and civil rights.

US Federal Government
allegedly violated the niversal Declaration of Human Rights by deporting undocumented parents of US born children.

China Green Agriculture, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
China Green Agriculture, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.

Infant Formula From China
FDA Warns it May be Contaminated Melamine

Refco
Ex-CEO Gets 16 Years