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Articles in February, 2008 issue of AScribe Law News Service

• American Cancer Society Supports Menu Labeling Bill.
• Lawsuit Says Bus Company Violated San Francisco School District Contract: Laidlaw Provided Unsafe, Polluting Buses.
• Air-Traffic Expert: Major Reforms Needed to Fix the Industry.
• Vast Majority of Officers Oppose Allowing Gays to Serve Openly; New Poll Finds Only 22 Percent Support.
• Low-Income Americans Denied Voter Registration Opportunities as States Neglect Federal Voting Law, New Report Shows; Voting Rights Groups Send Intent to Sue Notices to Arizona, Florida for Non-Compliance With National Voter Registration Act.
• National Voting Rights Group Denounces Police Report's Attacks on Wisconsin Voter Registration Law: 'Report From Milwaukee Police Department Investigation Unit Is Misleading State on Efficacy of Election Day Registration'.(Report)
• Top Legal Minds to Discuss First Amendment; UC Davis Wants to Get People Talking About Free Speech.
• USC Annenberg Study Reveals Gender and Racial Imbalance in Oscar-Nominated Films; Characters in 'Best Picture' Category Are 73 Percent Male and 83 Percent White.
• RAND Study Finds Recidivism No Higher Among Deportable Immigrants Than Similar Nondeportable Immigrants.
• California State University, Northridge Professor Co-Authors Study That Finds Predatory Payday Lenders More Prevalent in Conservative Christian States.
• Mayor Bloomberg and OEM Commissioner Bruno Announce Winners of 'What If New York City ... ' Competition to Design Urban Housing for Use After a Disaster; Ten Winners Receive $10,000 to Further Develop Designs.
• New York State Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye Will Receive the First John Jay Medal for Justice.
• Episcopal Community Services Breaks Ground on New 'Green' Permanent Supportive Housing Site.
• Internet Contracts Lead to 'Unconscionable' Breach of Privacy Issues.
• University of Texas at El Paso Named Center of Excellence for Border Security and Immigration; $6 Million Grant to Focus on Long-Term Solutions.