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“The Induced Earthquake Database (TIED) is the largest and most up-to-date database of earthquakes proposed to have been induced or triggered by human activity. The data are freely available to view online or can be downloaded in Microsoft Excel format for your own analysis. We endeavour to keep the database up to date and accurate. …
News release: “The United States Department of Justice today filed a civil complaint in the Eastern District of New York against Barclays Bank PLC and several of its United States affiliates (together, Barclays), alleging that Barclays engaged in a fraudulent scheme to sell residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) supported by defective and misrepresented mortgage loans. As …
Ohm, Paul and Reid, Blake Ellis, Regulating Software When Everything Has Software (November 16, 2016). George Washington Law Review, Vol. 84, No. 6, 2016. Available for download at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2873751 “This Article identifies a profound, ongoing shift in the modern administrative state: from the regulation of things to the regulation of code. This shift has …
Gerding, Erik F., Disclosure 2.0: Can Technology Solve Overload, Complexity, and Other Information Failures? (August 1, 2016). Tulane Law Review, Vol. 90, No. 5, 2016. Available for download at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2889598 “In recent years, securities law scholars have either renewed an old attack on mandatory issuer disclosure or questioned the effectiveness of securities disclosure in …
Bray, Samuel L., Form and Substance in the Fusion of Law and Equity (December 23, 2016). Available for download at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2889633 “This essay considers the fusion of law and equity through the lens of translation. It begins by showing that translations vary along two dimensions. First, a translator might follow the lead of the …
Profs. Philip Hackney and Brian Mittendorf – The Conversation: “Earlier this month, we learned that the Donald J. Trump Foundation admitted to acts of self-dealing in its most recent IRS filing. But what is self-dealing and, more significantly, what does it mean for the president-elect as he deals with his many conflict of interest issues …
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