Day archives: January 10th, 2010

New on LLRX.com – Wrongful Conviction and Attorney-Client Confidentiality

Wrongful Conviction and Attorney-Client Confidentiality: Interpreting Rule 1.6(b)(1) of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct in the context of wrongful convictions is complicated by evidentiary and practical considerations surrounding the potential use of such information. This article by Ken Strutin examines resources about several notable cases and the scholarly literature analyzing different approaches to …

Subjects: Legal Research

OECD Composite Leading Indicators, January 2010

News release: “OECD composite leading indicators (CLIs) for November 2009 provide stronger signals of recovery than in last month’s assessment. Troughs in the underlying reference series – the index of industrial production – for all major seven countries, except Canada and the United Kingdom, are also visible, and the CLIs for all major seven countries …

Subjects: Government Documents

Commentary: New Deal Denialism

New Deal Denialism, Eric Rauchway, Dissent Winter 2010 “From the start of the current economic crisis, commentators have compared the ongoing unpleasantness to the crash of 1929, with the implication that we might soon begin to suffer a version of the Great Depression if we did not avoid the errors of our predecessors. Right-wing and …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Joint Forum Release of Review of Differentiated Nature and Scope of Financial Regulation

News release: ” This report, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, The Joint Forum, Review of the Differentiated Nature and Scope of Financial Regulation Key Issues and Recommendations, January 2010, analyses key issues arising from the differentiated nature of financial regulation in the international banking, insurance, and securities sectors. It also addresses gaps arising from the …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents

Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission Report, November/December 2009

Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Report on the Situation of Economic and Social Rights in Afghanistan – IV Qaws 1388 (November/December 2009) “This report aims to assess the status of economic and social rights in Afghanistan in the year 1387 (2008/09). In this report we measure the national and international obligations of the Government with …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents

Search Engine For Combined Senate and House Health Bills

“The House of Representatives HR 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act together with the Senate Patient Protection and Affordable Care bill as amended and passed December 24, 2009 are presented here in searchable form. This is provided as a public service. MarpX is a precision search engine uses the “Words Close Together” method of …

Subjects: Congress, Legislation, Search Engines

Rand Policy Brief – The Potential Impact of House Health Reform Legislation

“Health reform as set forth in legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in November would cut the number of uninsured Americans to 24 million by 2019 (a 56 percent decrease) and increase personal spending on health care by about 3.3 percent cumulatively between 2013 and 2019, according to an independent assessment released today …

Subjects: E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

China May Assume Role as China likely 2009 World Leader in Exports, Auto Sales

MarketWatch: “New data this week showed China continued its ascent into economic superpower status, rising above Germany as the world’s top exporter and overtaking the U.S. in domestic auto sales, according to reports. China exported $957 billion worth of goods in the first 10 months of 2009 compared with $917 billion by Germany, according a …

Subjects: Government Documents

CareerCast.com's 2010 Jobs Rated report – Ranking 200 Jobs From Best to Worst

“CareerCast.com’s 2010 Jobs Rated report offers a comprehensive analysis of 200 different jobs – from Accountant to Zoologist – giving each a unique ranking based on factual analysis and hard data, not guesswork. If you’re entering (or re-entering) the job market and want to avoid selecting the wrong career, our rankings can help you make …

Subjects: Knowledge Management