Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery With Daily Postings Since 2002
News release: “In response to charges by the Federal Trade Commission, a federal judge has ordered the defendants behind a deceptive robocall scheme to pay a total of $30 million in civil penalties and give up more than $1.1 million in ill-gotten gains for violations of the FTC Act and the Telemarketing Sales Rule. The …
Census – Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems: 4th Quarter 2011 “This quarterly survey provides national summary statistics on the revenues, expenditures and composition of assets of the 100 largest state and local public employee retirement systems in the United States. These 100 systems comprise 89.4 percent of financial activity among …
Revolution @State: The Spread of Ediplomacy, Fergus Hanson, March 2012 “The US State Department has become the worlds leading user of ediplomacy. Ediplomacy now employs over 150 full-time personnel working in 25 different ediplomacy nodes at Headquarters. More than 900 people use it at US missions abroad. Ediplomacy is now used across eight different program …
“The Digital Media Law Project (DMLP), hosted at Harvard Universitys Berkman Center for Internet & Society, is pleased to announce the publication of its Guide to the Internal Revenue Service Decision-Making Process under Section 501(c)(3) for Journalism and Publishing Non-Profit Organizations. With the journalism industry in a state of flux, there are a growing number …
“The 1940 census records were released by the US National Archives April 2, 2012, and brought online through a partnership with Archives.com. This website allows you full access to the 1940 census images, in addition to 1940 census maps and descriptions. Please visit Getting Started to determine the best way to begin your search. Find …
Measurement, Governance and Long-term Investing, World Economic Forum USA Inc., March 2012 “This report focuses on the first of those obstacles measurement and governance. It discusses in depth issues related to the estimated US$ 2.4 trillion invested in illiquid assets, which can be subject to substantial distortions and misallocations resulting from inadequate measurement. Traditional …
Property markets and financial stability, BIS Papers No 64, March 2012 “The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) jointly organised a workshop on property markets and financial stability in Singapore on 5 September 2011. The workshop aimed to bring together academics and researchers at central banks, regulatory agencies and …
“Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz released the agencys 2012 Annual Highlights today at the spring meeting of the American Bar Associations Section of Antitrust Law in Washington, DC, recognizing the agencys continued efforts to protect consumers and promote competition. The Highlights, published in an online format for the first time this year, focus on …
Fiscal Policy Pays for Itself, Stimulus was the Right Call – Unusual Times Call for Unusual Measures – Stimulus Should be Used Again Now “With monetary policy out of ammunition, policymakers should aggressively turn to fiscal policy, which may do so much good for the economy that it virtually pays for itself, according to a …
Buzz in the Blogosphere: Millions More Bloggers and Blog Readers, March 8, 2012 “Blogs are sometimes overlooked as a significant source of online buzz in comparison to social networking sites, yet consumer interest in blogs keeps growing. By the end of 2011, NM Incite, a Nielsen/McKinsey company, tracked over 181 million blogs around the world, …
The Plaintiffs Bar Goes Digital – An Analysis of the Digital Marketing Efforts of Plaintiffs Attorneys & Litigation Firms, January 2012 “The U.S. tort system cost $264.6 billion in 2010, fueled in part by the plaintiffs bar’s constant pursuit of new clients and cases. Like any big business, the plaintiffs bar is committed to clever …
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies – Implementing PortfolioStat, March 30, 2012 – Steven VanRoekel, Federal Chief Information Officer “PortfolioStat will be a new tool that agencies use to assess the current maturity of their IT portfolio management process, make decisions on eliminating duplication, augment current CIOled capital planning and investment control …
