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Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
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CBP to Collect DNA at Border
Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press, Jan. 6, 2020 "The U.S. government on Monday launched a pilot program to collect DNA from people in immigration custody and submit it to the FBI, with plans to expand nationwide. The information would go into...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 3 years ago
Immigration Law
Inside News
DOJ Proposed Rule: DNA-Sample Collection from Immigration Detainees
Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 204 / Tuesday, October 22, 2019 "The Department of Justice is proposing to amend regulations that require DNA-sample collection from individuals who are arrested, facing charges, or convicted, and from non-United...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 4 years ago
Immigration Law
Immigration Law Blog
USCIS Updates Policy Memo on DNA Evidence in Support of Sibling Relationships (Apr. 17, 2018)
USCIS, May 2, 2018 - "USCIS has updated its policy on the acceptance of DNA evidence supporting sibling relationships. This policy memorandum (PDF, 136 KB) permits officers to suggest and consider direct sibling-to-sibling DNA test results, and provides...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 6 years ago
Immigration Law
News Headlines
BIA on Sibling-to-Sibling DNA Testing: Matter of Ruzku, 26 I&N Dec. 731 (BIA 2016)
Matter of Ruzku, 26 I&N Dec. 731 (BIA 2016) - Direct sibling-to-sibling DNA test results reflecting a 99.5 percent degree of certainty or higher that a full sibling biological relationship exists should be accepted and considered to be probative evidence...
Larson's Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Mississippi: Evidence That Worker Was Subject of Murder Investigation Insufficient to Establish His Injuries Were Self-Inflicted
Evidence that an electrical line worker was under investigation for murder, that law enforcement officials had obtained a DNA sample from him a few days earlier, that he was not “acting as jovial as usual on the day of the accident,” that...
Jay Shapiro
over 9 years ago
Criminal Law and Procedure
Criminal Law and Procedure Blog
Maryland v. King: The Supreme Court Splits on DNA Collection from Defendants
Even the most casual observer of the Supreme Court recognizes that an opinion authored by Justice Scalia and joined by Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kagan is not common. And yet in Maryland v. King, it was this combination of Justices that dissented...
Randy J. Maniloff
over 12 years ago
Insurance Law
Insurance Coverage
Claim Chowder: Massachusetts High Court Shoots Down Continuous Trigger For Malicious Prosecution Claims
Significant Win for Insurers in DNA Exoneration Cases By Randy Maniloff, Partner, White and Williams LLP I closely follow coverage cases for DNA exoneration claims. I’ve been involved in a few of these claims and also happen to find them compelling...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Environmental Law and Regulation
Seaweed and licorice may help improve the immune system of swine, decreasing the need for antibiotics
As noted in prior posts, antibiotics are used not only to treat disease in animals, but also to prevent disease and to stimulate growth. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry has lead to the rapid development...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Public Health and Safety
More Studies are Focusing on the Types of Bacteria that are Part of all Humans
Prior posts have noted that a) for every 1 human cell there are 10 bacteria in or on our bodies; b) these bacteria are key to the digestion of our food, production of necessary nutrients, and disease prevention; c) the nature of our diet influences the...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 10 years ago
Environmental
Fish and Wildlife
Evolutionary Change Is Just That, Change, and Change Often Is a Mixed Bag and More Complex Than Anticipated
There is an unfortunate tendency to conceive of evolutionary change as causing an adaption to a selection factor that marks an improvement in addressing the environment in which the selection factor exists. Were it only so simple. Change may be an improvement...
Thomas H. Clarke, Jr.
over 11 years ago
Environmental
Fish and Wildlife
The Columbian and Woolly Mammoth may be one highly variable species
What is interesting about genetic analysis is the way it has the potential to upset otherwise well-established classifications of animals. A good example is the Mammoth, Ice Age beasts well known to one and all. Although they both roamed North America...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 11 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
Faces of immigration: DNA test reunites family
"The day Hoang left Vietnam with her new Vietnamese-American fiancé, she knew it would take a while before she'd get the chance to petition for her 10-year-old son Dat Le to join her in the United States. While she expected a long...
Daniel M. Kowalski
over 10 years ago
Immigration Law
Outside News
From Fingerprints to DNA: Biometric Data Collection in U.S. Immigrant Communities and Beyond
"The collection of biometrics—including fingerprints, DNA, and face-recognition ready photographs—is becoming more and more a part of society. Both the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
Melissa Ritti
over 9 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Gene Patent Dispute
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on April 15 appeared skeptical of claims that native DNA is patentable during oral arguments in a case closely watched by the medical community and biotech industry ( The Association for Molecular...
John M. Castellano
over 11 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
John Castellano On Williams v. Illinois: Supreme Court to Decide Admissibility Under Confrontation Clause of Expert Testimony of DNA Results
In Williams v. Illinois , the Supreme Court is poised to consider a critical Confrontation Clause issue that may determine the admissibility of DNA test results in thousands of prosecutions across the country. In this commentary, John Castellano, a 28...
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