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  1. U.S. v. Bygrave, 46 M.J. 491 (1997).

    This is a United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces decision affirming the aggravated assault conviction of a man who transmitted HIV to a consensual sexual partner to whom he had previously disclosed his HIV status. Relying on U.S. v. Joseph, t ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  2. Emergency Message 97-171, Continuing Disability Review (CDR) Screen-Outs, Social Security Administration

    EM-97-171 is an Emergency Message that the Social Security Administration (SSA) issued and distributed as a "One Time Emergency Instruction." The goal was to "screen out" certain cases from Continuing Disability Review (CDR) assessment ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  3. Efficacy of Risk Reduction Counseling to Prevent Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Mary L. Kamb et al., 280 JAMA 1161

    This paper discusses one of the first studies to report that interactive HIV/STD counseling leads to a reduction in the incidence of such STDs as gonorrhea, chlamydia, and syphilis (and, by inference, HIV). From 1993 to 1995, Project RESPECT, in collabora ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  4. What About Money? Effect of Small Monetary Incentives on Enrollment, Retention, and Motivation to Change Behaviour in an HIV/STD Prevention Counselling Intervention: The Project RESPECT Study Group, M.L. Kamb et al., 74 Sexually Transmitted Infections 253

    This paper discusses a study in which small monetary incentives were found to enhance recruitment and retention in an HIV/STD prevention counseling intervention program. The Project RESPECT Study Group invited men and women attending five urban STD clinic ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  5. United States v. ABC Nursery, Inc., Complaint, United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, U.S. Department of Justice

    The U.S. Department of Justice filed this complaint on behalf of a woman whose nephew was denied placement in a child care center in violation of title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The child was originally offered a place at the cente ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 3/31/2016 10:22am

  6. An HIV Advocate's View of Family Court: Lessons from a Broken System, Lauren Shapiro, 5 Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy 133 (1998)

    This article provides an overview of how the law at the time of publication treated HIV-positive parents involved in custody disputes in family court. The author, an attorney with South Brooklyn Legal Services, draws on her own experience representing cli ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 3/31/2016 10:21am

  7. State v. Bird, Amicus Brief, Supreme Court of Ohio, Lambda Legal

    Lambda Legal submitted this amicus brief on behalf of an HIV-positive defendant in an appeal of a criminal conviction for assault with a deadly weapon for spitting in a police officer's face. The brief argues that the defendant should not have been c ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm