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Mon Aug 13, 2012 9:45pm IST

Adolescents in states with strict laws regulating the sale of snacks and sugary drinks in public schools gained less weight over a three-year period than those living in states with no such laws, a new study has found. The study, published Monday in Pediatrics, found a strong association between healthier weight and tough state laws [...]

J.C. Penney Co. (JCP) Chief Executive Officer Ron Johnson is finding it harder to convince bondholders than stockholders that his plan to turn around the fourth- largest department-store chain is “on track.” After the Plano, Texas-based company reported a loss that exceeded analysts’ estimates on Aug. 10 and withdrew its annual profit forecast, J.C. Penney’s [...]

Nevada Gold Casinos Inc. (NYSE MKT: UWN) has appointed Branko Milosevic as general counsel. Olivia Pulsinelli Web producer- Houston Business Journal Email  | Twitter Nevada Gold Casinos Inc. (NYSE MKT: UWN) said Monday it has appointed Branko Milosevic as general counsel. After joining Houston-based Nevada Gold in 2006, Milosevic served as the company’s corporate counsel since [...]

CHICAGO (AP) — Laws strictly curbing school sales of junk food and sweetened drinks may play a role in slowing childhood obesity, according to a study that seems to offer the first evidence such efforts could pay off. The results come from the first large national look at the effectiveness of the state laws over [...]

Mon Aug 13, 2012 8:45pm IST

<!– –> Tweet – A A A + Written by Wendy Gatlin <!– –> (Elon, NC)  –  Elon University School of Law announced plans today to open an Elder Law Clinic that will begin serving clients in the school’s fall 2012 semester. Law students participating in the Elder Law Clinic will provide free legal counsel [...]

Laws strictly curbing school sales of junk food and sweetened drinks may play a role in slowing childhood obesity, according to a study that seems to offer the first evidence such efforts could pay off. The results come from the first large national look at the effectiveness of the state laws over time. They are [...]

J.C. Penney Co. (JCP) Chief Executive Officer Ron Johnson is finding it harder to convince bondholders than stockholders that his plan to turn around the fourth- largest department-store chain is “on track.” After the Plano, Texas-based company reported a loss that exceeded analysts’ estimates on Aug. 10 and withdrew its annual profit forecast, J.C. Penney’s [...]

Another law dean blows the whistle. Law School Deans, rise. At some point, the deans of law schools will have to stand up and stand against the way universities use law schools as cash cows. At some point, law deans are going to have to tell their bosses that university programs cannot be funded on [...]