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People who are considered ambitious attend the best colleges and universities, have prestigious careers and earn high salaries, but they don't necessarily lead more successful lives, according to new research by Timothy Judge, professor of management at the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business. The lead author of "On the Value of Aiming High: The Causes and Consequences of Ambition" forthcoming from the Journal of Applied Psychology, Judge seeks to create a better...

Chen Yi Liang, a former chemist with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has been sentenced to five years in prison for using his access to the agency’s drug approval process in an insider trading scheme. U.S District judge Deborah Chasanow preceded over the hearing against the former FDA chemist who was found guilty of insider trading on Monday. Liang, the retired FDA chemist, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony last fall, one for concealing trading activities and the other...

BELLEVUE, Wash., March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A federal court ruling in Maryland, that the Second Amendment right to bear arms extends beyond the home and that citizens may not be required to offer a "good and substantial reason" for obtaining a concealed carry permit, is a huge victory, the Second Amendment Foundation said today. Ruling in the case of Woollard v. Sheridan - a case brought by SAF in July 2010 on behalf of Maryland resident Raymond Woollard, who was denied...

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mark H. Ayers, President of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, today issued the following statement regarding the decision by U.S. District Court Judge Victoria Roberts to strike down a Michigan law that would have effectively prohibited the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) by state and local government entities: "Judge Roberts' decision, striking down Michigan's anti-project labor agreement law, was...

A US federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that law officers have the right to search a cellphone for its phone number without a warrant, following a recent Indiana case in which prosecutors used evidence that police found on cellphones during an arrest. Abel Flores-Lopez, the arrestee in that case, said police acted illegally when they searched his cellphone for its number. However, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit said in its ruling that even if searching a phone...

DETROIT, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A U.S. District Court judge on Feb. 29 struck down Michigan's "Fair and Open Competition in Governmental Construction Act" (Public Act 98, 2011). The ruling re-establishes the ability of local units of government in Michigan to enter into project labor agreements (PLAs) on public construction projects. Federal Judge Victoria Roberts ruled that PA 98, signed into law last July by Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, "impermissibly interferes with the...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) Today's ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon blocking implementation of new, graphic cigarette warning labels is not surprising given his earlier decision to issue a preliminary injunction against the warnings. Today's ruling is again wrong on the science and the...

LAKE BLUFF, Ill., Feb. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Bill Terlato of family-owned Terlato Wine Group again joins an elite group of leading chefs and food personalities during the finale of Top Chef: Texas. The Terlato Wines President & CEO will appear as a guest judge alongside the Top Chef regulars -- host Padma Lakshmi, head judge Tom Colicchio and judge Gail Simmons -- as well as chefs Emeril Lagasse and Hugh Acheson when the episode airs on Bravo, Wednesday, February 29, 2012....

Stan Lee Media, Inc. (“SLMI’s”) efforts to reclaim intellectual property rights in the popular-culture character “Conan the Barbarian” denied. New York, NY (PRWEB) February 20, 2012 Ganfer & Shore, LLP, a New York City law firm, has defeated an attempt by Stan Lee Media, Inc. (“SLMI”) to pursue claims against three persons presently or formerly associated with famed comic-book writer and editor Stan Lee, in an action filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central...

SEATTLE, Feb. 16, 2012 PRNewswire/ -- Today, attorneys representing owners of 2006-2008 Honda (NYSE:HMC) Civic Hybrids applauded five states that have asked the judge overseeing a proposed class-action settlement to grant the states more time to weigh the fairness of the agreement. Many class members have already objected that the proposed settlement is wholly inadequate in addressing the safety concerns and economic losses associated with the vehicles. The proposed settlement...