Categoria: Notícias

  Chinese police have accused a British executive in drugs maker GlaxoSmithKline's China unit of ordering his salespeople to bribe doctors and hospital officials to use the company's products.   Wednesday's announcement marks the first time a foreign employee in China of British-based GSK has been accused in connection with the bribery allegations against the company.   In a statement carried by the official Xinhua news agency, police in the central city of Changsha said Mark Reilly was accused of pressing his sales team to bribe doctors, hospital officials and health institutions. It said that resulted in "illegal revenue" of billions of yuan.   The statement said Reilly and two Chinese executives also were accused of bribing government officials in Beijing and Shanghai.   In April the GSK whistleblower Jarek…

  The country's most senior judges have blamed cuts in legal aid for a surge in unrepresented claimants, outbreaks of courtroom violence, additional litigation and increased costs.   In a written submission to MPs, the Judicial Executive Board implies that the Ministry of Justice's policies aiming to reduce the legal aid bill may have been counter-productive.   The board comprises the most senior judges in England and Wales, including, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, the Master of the Rolls, Lord Dyson, the president of the Queen's Bench, Sir Brian Leveson, and the president of the family court, Sir James Munby.   Their evidence has been sent to the Commons justice select committee which is looking into the effect of changes introduced by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012.…

"We're going to close the blinds temporarily," the Oklahoma corrections officer told those in the witness room, when Clayton Lockett's execution started to go terribly wrong. None of those outside could see what happened during the almost 45 minute-long botched execution, and the "shuttered blinds" became a metaphor for the modern administration of the death penalty. Behind the curtain, "unknown drugs" and "untested protocols" were used "behind a wall of secrecy," said Lockett's lawyer Cheryl Pilate. Challenges to such secret protocols have been brought in a range of states, including Georgia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas; one federal judge in a recent dissent [PDF] argued the state cannot simply hide "behind the hangman's cloak." But following that botched execution the Oklahoma Court of Appeals approved a six-month stay of executions to at least review the…

  The patent system is intended to incentivize invention and the spread of knowledge. As part of dispatching this task, patent laws require that patents be described clearly—the statutory term is "definiteness"—to ensure that later inventors can read those patents and build upon them. How strongly the law will adhere to the demand for definiteness and how strongly the patent system will protect those later inventors, are the central issues in the case Nautilus v. Biosig Instruments, heard before the Supreme Court on April 28, 2014.   A patent, seen simply, is a legal instrument that encircles a portion of the space of human activities, placing a fence defining what infringes the patent. Throughout history, one point has been made central: that fence, called a "patent claim," must be clearly drawn to serve…

  La Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) participará en un análisis coordinado para examinar las condiciones de privacidad de las aplicaciones móviles más populares, y en concreto sobre la recopilación y el uso de la información personal que recogen.   Este ejercicio de análisis, en el que también participan, entre otras, las Autoridades de Protección de Datos de Alemania, Canadá, Francia, Italia o Reino Unido, se llevará a cabo entre el 12 y el 18 de mayo y se enmarca dentro de las acciones que desarrolla la Red Global de Control de la Privacidad (GPEN, por sus siglas en inglés).   La iniciativa, que en el caso español se articula como un plan de oficio, tiene como objetivo fomentar el cumplimiento de la legislación sobre protección de datos…

  The U.S. House of Representatives voted to revive the tax credit for corporate research, expand it and make it permanent.   The 274-131 vote today follows calls to restore the credit by a coalition of companies including Texas Instruments (TXN) Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co.   The measure faces significant obstacles before it can become law, including a veto threat from PresidentBarack Obama. All except one Republican voted for the bill; Democrats were divided, with 62 in favor of it and 130 opposed.   The research credit was first enacted in 1981. Lawmakers said the lapse-and-revive cycle of the past 33 years has prevented companies from relying on it and thwarted its incentive effect.   “Businesses can’t grow and invest when the tax code is riddled with instability and uncertainty,” Ways and…

No último dia 21/4, o jornal Estado de Minas publicou o artigo Conduta Ambiental, de Fábio Medina Osório, que abordou a problemática dos Termos de Ajustamento de Conduta (TAC's) no âmbito do Direito Ambiental. Confira a íntegra abaixo.    

Le Conseil constitutionnel saisi par le Conseil d'État (décision n° 373999 et 374289 du 19 février 2014) d'une question prioritaire de constitutionnalité posée par les deux communes requérantes, déclare contraire à la Constitution l'article L. 5210-1-2 du code général des collectivités territoriales. Cet article relatif au rattachement à un établissement public de coopération intercommunale (EPCI) à fiscalité propre des communes isolées ou en situation d'enclave ou de discontinuité territoriale prévoit qu'il est procédé à ce rattachement par arrêté du représentant de l'État dans le département, après accord de l'organe délibérant de cet établissement public et avis de la commission départementale de la coopération intercommunale (CDCI) ainsi que, le cas échéant, du comité de massif. Seul un vote de la CDCI, à la majorité des deux tiers de ses membres, en…

  The supreme court said on Monday that prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity.   The court said in 5-4 decision that the content of the prayers is not significant as long as officials make a good-faith effort at inclusion.   The ruling was a victory for the town of Greece, New York, outside of Rochester.   In 1983, the court upheld an opening prayer in the Nebraska legislature and said that prayer is part of the nation's fabric, not a violation of the first amendment. Monday's ruling was consistent with the earlier one.   Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority, said the prayers are ceremonial and in keeping with the nation's traditions.   "The inclusion of a…

  El Tribunal Constitucional ha estimado parcialmente el recurso presentado por el Gobierno contra la imposición en Cataluña tanto del llamado “euro por receta” como de la tasa judicial.   En una sentencia de la que ha sido ponente el magistrado Fernando Valdés Dal-Ré, el Pleno declara la inconstitucionalidad del “euro por receta” y, por el contrario, avala la constitucionalidad de la tasa judicial.   Euro por receta El TC señala que en materia de sanidad, frente a lo que ocurre con otras competencias compartidas entre el Estado y las CC.AA., “el régimen de sostenimiento económico forma parte de la competencia básica del Estado”. La LOFCA (Ley Orgánica de Financiación de las Comunidades Autónomas) establece, además, que “el Estado garantizará en todo el territorio español el nivel mínimo de los…