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Brits vs. Americans: Who’s Better Prepared to Weather a Recession? Richard Lloyd, The American Lawyer, March 24, 2008: “Traditionally, U.S. firms have benefited from the sheer size of the domestic U.S. economy, the American penchant for pursuing litigation at all costs and large bankruptcy proceedings that provided a seemingly endless gravy train for law firms. …
Exclusive TowerGroup Research Report: Bank Tech Spending in 2008: “Though banks IT budgets are likely to shrink if economic conditions worsen, demand for technologies that improve efficiency and integration, client engagement, and security and fraud management will continue, according to TowerGroup research.”
RL34404 – Border Searches of Laptops and Other Electronic Storage Devices, March 05, 2008 Summary: “The Fourth Amendment generally requires a warrant to support most searches and seizures conducted by the government. Federal courts have long recognized that there are many exceptions to this general presumption, one of which is the border search exception. The …
“In celebration of Sunshine Week, the National Security Archive’s Mexico Project publishes today a new study of Mexico’s transparency law: FOI in Practice: Measuring the Complexity of Information Requests and Quality of Government Responses in Mexico. The study represents the first comprehensive analysis of the Mexican freedom of information law: what information requesters have sought …
News release: “Members of Generations X and Y, acknowledging that they need to pick up the slack when it comes to planning for their futures, are thinking about retirement and have defined financial goals according to a report released today by the Divided We Fail group (AARP, Business Roundtable, National Federation of Independent Business and …
CRS Report RS22826 – Impact of Rising Energy Costs on Older Americans, March 04, 2008 Summary: “Energy-related expenditures include spending for utilities and fuel to operate, heat, and cool homes and spending for gasoline and motor oil for private transportation. Energy prices to consumers have increased 70% between 2000 and 2007, driven largely by growth …
