Legal Research

Adult Education and Workforce Skills Report
From the National Commission on Adult Literacy, and courtesy of an announcement on UNC's Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity homepage: REACH HIGHER AMERICA, An economy that thrives in the new global environment! A workforce educated for jobs that pay...

Target Crime with Literacy
September is National Literacy Month and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) is targeting crime with literacy. Raising literacy rates in the community contributes toreducing crime and lowering re-offending...

Article in Sunday's NYT's about the new literacy
In case you missed it, the Sunday NYT's had a great front page article discussing the impact of computers on children's literacy. Among other points, the article noted that the definition of literacy may need to be reworked in the...

BLAWG REVIEW #176
Today, September 8th, is International Literacy Day.  We typically think of the 3 Rs (reading, writing and ‘rithmetic) as a minimum requirement for literacy yet millions of people throughout the world are still denied this basic education...

Willis on Financial Literacy Education
Lauren E. Willis (Loyola Law School Los Angeles) has posted Evidence and Ideology in Assessing the Effectiveness of Financial Literacy Education (Journal of Consumer Affairs, Vol. 42, May 2008) on SSRN...

Financial Literacy Education Under Attack: Mans Search for Meaning
As a provider of financial literacy education, I read with great interest Professor Lauren Willis? recent article Against Financial Literacy Education. It is a creative, must-read for anyone interested in the subject and adds greatly to the literature in this...

USCIS
faces class action lawsuit for allegedly denying visas to adult children of immigrant families

Adult Care
Friendship Care Assisted Living ordered to pay $20,000 fine for facility violations and negligence.

Explicit E-Mail
Adult website fined $413,000 in explicit e-mail matter.

Honda Issues Massive Recalls in US and Canada
Honda Issues Massive Recalls in US and Canada

Pms-Phenobarbital 60 Mg
Health Canada Issues Recall

Ezetrol, Canada
allegedly can cause heart attack or stroke in patients using it.