Accurate, Focused Research on Law, Technology and Knowledge Discovery With Daily Postings Since 2002
CRS – Cybersecurity Issues and Challenges: In Brief. Eric A. Fischer, Senior Specialist in Science and Technology. December 16, 2014. “The information and communications technology (ICT) industry has evolved greatly over the last half century. The technology is ubiquitous and increasingly integral to almost every facet of modern society. ICT devices and components are generally interdependent, and disruption of one may affect …
“The H.3 release [Release Date: December 29, 2014] provides data on aggregate reserves of depository institutions, including required reserves, total reserves, reserve balances maintained, interest paid on reserve balances maintained, nonborrowed reserves, and borrowings by depository institutions from the Federal Reserve’s discount window. The release also provides data on the monetary base, which includes currency …
Lamparello, Adam, City of Los Angeles v. Patel: The Upcoming Supreme Court Case No One is Talking About (December 27, 2014). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2543157 “Focusing solely on whether a hotel owner has a reasonable expectation of privacy in a guest registry is akin to asking whether Verizon Wireless has a reasonable expectation of privacy …
Shapiro, D., Dundar, A., Yuan, X., Harrell, A., Wild, J., Ziskin, M. (2014, July). Some College, No Degree: A National View of Students with Some College Enrollment, but No Completion (Signature Report No. 7). Herndon, VA: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. “Over the past 20 years, more than 31 million students have enrolled in college …
News release: “T-Mobile has agreed to fully refund its customers for unwanted third-party charges it placed on their phone bills, a practice known as mobile cramming, paying at least $90 million to settle a Federal Trade Commission lawsuit filed earlier this year. In addition to the full refunds T-Mobile is providing, which will resolve the FTC’s …
“As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau today projected the United States population will be 320,090,857 on Jan. 1, 2015. This represents an increase of 2,334,187, or 0.73 percent, from New Year’s Day 2014, and 11,345,319, or 3.67 percent, since Census Day (April 1) 2010. In January 2015, the …
