by the El Reportero’s staff
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the American Immigration Law Foundation (AILF) is joined by more than 130 immigrants’ rights organizations, law firms, and lawyers from across the country in calling for Attorney General Eric Holder to reverse a last-minute legal decision issued by outgoing Attorney General Michael Mukasey.
Mukasey’s legal opinion unraveled decades of precedent guaranteeing due process to people facing life-changing consequences – namely, deportation.
AILF is submitting a letter to Attorney General Holder asking him to vacate and reconsider Mukasey’s legal opinion in Matter of Compean, 24 I & N Dec. 710 (A.G. 2009).
In that decision, Mukasey declared that there is no legal or constitutional right to a lawyer in removal proceedings, therefore, people have no right to complain or request a new hearing when their lawyer is incompetent. For decades, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and most federal courts have operated under the principle that people DO have such rights.
Bayer to launch $20-ad campaign to correct misleading information
After running a deceptive campaign about oral contraceptive, Bayer Corporation was required to pay for its mistake by running a campaign to correct the misleading assertions.
The Attorney General’s Office obligated the company to spend $20 million publically to correct it.
According to an Attorney General’ statement, Bayer’s deceptive ad campaign led young women to believe that its oral contraceptive would cure symptoms for which it was not approved for use,” Attorney General Brown said. “This judgment modification forces the company to stop making those claims and spend $20 million correcting misleading assertions about the product.”
Bayer claimed the drug could treat symptoms related to premenstrual syndrome (PMS), and acne, in addition to anxiety, tension, irritability, moodiness, fatigue, headaches, and muscle aches. None of these claims have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Stanford to open a new outpatient facility
Stanford is opening a stunning new outpatient center in Redwood City on February 17.
The new facility will house its dermatology, sleep, orthopedics, digestive health, pain management and imaging programs. Stanford has taken every step to ensure the top of the line patient care Stanford is known in a healing environment convenient to patients in the peninsula, East Bay, South Bay and San Francisco, according a written statement.
In addition to the leading edge technology and Stanford physicians, this new facility boasts superior patient service with kiosks helping patients in multiple languages, a complimentary business center, free parking and easy access to public transit – and most critically – an ability to take care of all of your medical needs in one spot. Some of the incredible physicians associated include medical director of Stanford’s famed Sleep Clinic, Clete Kushida, MD and Ortho legend William Maloney, MD.
The opening of Redwood City, is really just the beginning of the new Stanford Medicine. They have purchased an additional 35 acres in Redwood City, which will become their North Campus and as you know in 2011 will break ground on an entirely new hospital in Palo Alto. http://outpatient.stanfordhospital.com/.
