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News release: “The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today published a revised policy regarding the administration of relationships with primary dealers intended to provide greater transparency about the significant business standards expected of primary dealers and to offer clearer guidance on the process to become a primary dealer. The revised policy takes into consideration …
Brand-Name Prescription Drug Pricing: Lack of Therapeutically Equivalent Drugs and Limited Competition May Contribute to Extraordinary Price Increases, GAO-10-201, December 22, 2009 Corporate Crime: DOJ Has Taken Steps to Better Track Its Use of Deferred and Non-Prosecution Agreements, but Should Evaluate Effectiveness, GAO-10-110, December 18, 2009 2009 Tax Filing Season: IRS Met Many 2009 Goals, …
News release: “At an event today in Columbus, Indiana, Secretary Chu announced the selection of nine projects totaling more than $187 million to improve fuel efficiency for heavy-duty trucks and passenger vehicles. The funding includes more than $100 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and with a private cost share of 50 percent, …
Securities and Exchange Commission Litigation Release No. 21371 / January 11, 2010 – Securities and Exchange Commission v. Bank of America Corporation, Civil Action No. 09-6829 (JSR) (S.D.N.Y.): “The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it seeks to charge Bank of America with failing to disclose extraordinary financial losses at Merrill Lynch prior to …
Follow up to previous postings on government implementation of whole body scanning technology at airports, news that EPIC has posted more than 250 pages of documents it obtained in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit concerning body scanners. The documents, released by the Department of Homeland Security, reveal that Whole Body Imaging machines can record, …
Estimated Premiums for “Bronze” Coverage Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Letter to the Honorable Olympia Snowe, January 11, 2010 “This letter responds to your request for additional information about expected premiums under that proposal for policies that would meet the minimum requirements necessary to avoid paying a penalty for not having insurance. …
News release: “In the letter, Cuomo seeks detailed information regarding bonus allocations from eight of the nations largest financial institutions: Bank of America; Bank of New York Mellon; Citigroup; Goldman Sachs; J.P. Morgan Chase; Morgan Stanley; State Street; Wells Fargo.” Related postings on financial system
Annual Report PandaLabs 2009 “The last 12 months really have marked a turning point in the history of IT security. This has been for several reasons, yet without doubt the main one has been the way in which criminal organizations have consolidated underground business models. In 2009, hackers have made more money than in any …
[Federal Register: January 8, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 5)] [Notices][Page 1060-1062] – Draft Guidance for Industry on Planning for the Effects of High Absenteeism to Ensure Availability of Medically Necessary Drug Products; Availability – The draft guidance encourages manufacturers of medically necessary drug products (MNPs) and components to develop contingency production plans in the event …
Project for Excellence in Journalism – How News Happens: A Study of the News Ecosystem of One American City, January 11, 2010. “The study, which examined all the outlets that produced local news in Baltimore, Md., for one week, surveyed their output and then did a closer examination of six major narratives during the week, …
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 …
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 …
