IRS Investigation Spotlights Need for Inspectors General

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Lowering DWI Limit Could Save Lives, Says UB Research Professor

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Texas Tech Expert: Monsanto Ruling Won't Have Affect on Consumers

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Supreme Court Decision Closes Loophole in Monsanto’s Business Model

The Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion in Bowman v. Monsanto holds that farmers who lawfully obtain Monsanto’s patented, genetically modified soybeans do not have a right to plant those soybeans and grow a new crop of soybeans without Monsanto’s permission. “The Court closed a potential loophole in Monsanto’s long-standing business model, prevents Monsanto’s customers from setting up ‘farm-factories’ for producing soybeans that could be sold in competition with Monsanto’s soybeans, and it enables Monsanto to continue to earn a reasonable profit on its patented technology,” says Kevin Collins, JD, patent law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis

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Lingering, Residual Doubt Could Tip the Scales at Arias Death Penalty Hearing

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Experts Needed: Kidnapping Victims Rescued in Ohio, Pentagon Sexual Assault Report, Escalating Syrian Civil War

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Contracted Prisons Cut Costs Without Sacrificing Quality

Research from Temple University’s Center for Competitive Government finds that privately operated prisons can substantially cut costs while performing at equal or better levels than government-run prisons.

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Pharmacy Organization's Statement on HELP Committee Proposed Pharmaceutical Compounding Bill

ASHP is encouraged by provisions in draft legislation released today by the Senate HELP Committee to address regulatory gaps in the oversight of compounding outsourcers. The draft bill creates a boundary between traditional pharmacy compounding and defines a new entity, “compounding manufacturer.”

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Increasing Surveillance a Dangerous Reaction to Boston Bombings, Says Privacy Law Expert

In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, some people are calling for an increase in surveillance cameras throughout U.S. cities. “This would be a mistake,” says Neil Richards, JD, privacy law expert and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. “It would be dangerous to our civil liberties, and it would be bad policy.” Richards gives his personal reaction to the Boston bombings and offers three reasons why increasing the number of surveillance cameras would be an unnecessary response to recent events in a CNN opinion piece, “Surveillance State No Answer to Terror.”

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Should Doctors Be Involved in the Concealed-Weapons Permit Process?

UNC's Dr. Adam Goldstein and colleagues discuss in the New England Journal of Medicine medical, ethical, and legal concerns about physician involvement in concealed weapons permits. They argue that standards, protocols and new policies are needed for physicians to adequately assess a patient’s physical or mental competency in concealed-weapons permitting.

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