Immunity

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Related Articles Improving defences at the portal of HIV entry: mucosal and innate Immunity. PLoS Med. 2008 Apr 1;5(4):e81 Authors: Shattock RJ, Haynes BF, Pulendran B, Flores J, Esparza J, PMID: 18384232 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ...

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Suspends criminal cases against PM, president and heads of both chambers of parliament while they are in office ...

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency asked a federal judge Wednesday for Immunity from lawsuits over potentially dangerous fumes in government-issued trailers that have housed tens of thousands of Gulf Coast hurricane victims. ...

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It’s been two weeks since the Senate’s cowardly vote to pass the FISA Amendments Act (FAA), caving in to the president’s demands. With this vote, Congress gave the president virtually all of the spying powers he has sought for so long, and delivered the one thing he demanded above all else: Immunity for his telecom buddies for their role in his illegal spying program. EFF fought long and hard to prevent passage of Immunity for the telecoms, and this vote was a serious setback for our case seeking to hold AT&T and the other telecoms accountable. But the fight is far from over. As we suggested in the immediate aftermath of the vote, Congress may have caved, but EFF has not . In the coming months and weeks, we will continue the fight against Immunity on multiple fronts. Here is a brief primer on what we are doing now to fight back against this unconstitutional bill: 1. New litigation against the government. We are bringing our many years of experience fighting illegal spying to bear on a new case – and this time, rather than holding private actors accountable, we will be taking on the government. For the moment we are keeping the details of this litigation to ourselves. But the goal is the same: to stop the wholesale surveillance of millions of Americans and restore our constitutional protections. 2. Constitutional challenges in Federal court. By interfering with the ongoing deliberations of the judicial branch of the government, the FAA ...

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Now everybody wants Immunity. It's been amazing and nauseating to watch the (arguably) worst administration in history covers itself with layers of Immunity, ranging from outright Congressional declarations of Immunity for Telecoms that helped W break Fisa law, to "executive privelege", to pardons, etc..   »  original news ...

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Continental Airlines, United Airlines and eight other Star Alliance member airlines today filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for... ...

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Stepparents can be shielded from lawsuits over negligent child supervision, but only if they're taking on the same responsibilities as a lawful parent. ...

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Stepparents can be shielded from lawsuits over negligent child supervision, but only if they're taking on the same responsibilities as a lawful parent, the state Supreme Court said Thursday. ...

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Air Canada today announced that together with other Star Alliance partners it has applied for antitrust Immunity in the U.S. as a first step toward creating a new joint venture with Continental Airlines, United Airlines and Lufthansa. ...

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency yesterday asked a federal judge to dismiss it from lawsuits filed over the formaldehyde-contaminated trailers provided to families displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Arguing on FEMA's behalf, the Department of Justice told the judge the agency should be entitled to Immunity from claims challenging its response to disasters. Becky Gillette -- director of the Sierra Club's formaldehyde campaign , which first sounded the alarm publicly about high levels of the cancer-causing chemical in the Katrina trailers -- blasted the agency's request, the Jackson Free Press reports : "The government should bear responsibility for harming these people. We tried to tell them early on that these trailers were testing positive for formaldehyde and it took them nearly two years before they even acknowledged a problem," Gillette said. "That’s two years that tens of thousands of families were exposed to excess levels of formaldehyde." Independent tests conducted by the Sierra Club in early 2006 revealed dangerously high levels of formaldehyde in housing provided to Katrina survivors, but FEMA was slow to respond to concerns. In fact, more than a year after the group released its findings, FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison testified before a House committee that he was unaware the trailers posed a health threat. The agency was also accused of suppressing health warnings due to liability concerns and interfering w ...

Source: www.topix.com --- 12 hours ago
By Phil Stewart ROME (Reuters) - The Italian parliament approved a law on Tuesday giving Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Immunity from prosecution, a victory for the conservative billionaire who has long complained of being hounded by "biased" prosecutors. Despite protests from the weakened centre-left opposition, the senate gave final approval for legislation halting criminal trials against Italy's top four elected officials, including Berlusconi, while they are in office. Critics said the measure was custom-designed to rid the 71-year-old media mogul of legal headaches, including a high-profile graft case against him and British lawyer David Mills in Milan. ...

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WASHINGTON — Twenty former U.S. attorneys, both Republicans and Democrats, urged a federal judge Thursday to intervene in a constitutional battle over whether two White House officials should be forced to testify before Congress about the firings of nine U.S. attorneys. ...

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by Special Correspondent Thea Lim Excuse me if I seem a bit dim, but this week I’m having trouble figuring out exactly what satire is. When satire takes the form of straight-up replication of offensive images and ideas, is it still satire? Or is it just imitation? And if it’s the case [...] ...

Source: www.telecomandtechnologylawblog.com --- 14 minutes ago
TLG SnapUPdate Podcast: ACLU Vows to Challenge FISA Immunity Provisions Washington, DC : The ACLU plans to challenge the FISA bill passed on July 9, 2008, by the Senate. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ("FISA") grants telecommunications companies, which helped the National Security Agency spy on Americans, retroactive civil Immunity from lawsuits   According to the New York Times, "the new FISA bill clarifies the scope of government intelligence activities, depending on the type and origin of the communication, and provides greater latitude to use technology to track foreign terrorism suspects overseas." The new version of the bill still requires a warrant to track Americans in the U.S., but does not require permission to track foreign citizens who are oversees, regardless of whether the surveillance passes through domestic-based communication networks. "If the overseas target is a U.S. citizen, a warrant would be required -- regardless of where and how the spying takes place." There have been multiple attempts over the past three years to revise the FISA bill. Sens. Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Chris Dodd (D-CT) co-sponsored an amendment to FISA that would have eliminated the retroactive Immunity provision from the bill. However, this, and two other modified bills were defeated on Wednesday. Instead, the Senate approved the FISA update by a 69-28 vote. Senator Barack Obama has come under scrutiny over the past few weeks for his ...

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Italy's parliament has given its final approval to a controversial Immunity bill put forward by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government. The bill was passed by 171 votes to 128 by the Senate. The lower house backed the measure earlier last month. ...