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Buy Side WSJ

“At Buy Side from WSJ, our editors, writers and contributors are committed to selecting products and services that will improve your daily life. Our goal is to save you time and money with thoroughly researched recommendations to make decisions and transactions easier. We are separate from The Wall Street Journal news staff, which is not …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Health Care

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 23, 2022

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, July 23, 2022 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, ID Theft, Privacy, Social Media

Roe V. Wade Under Attack: Choosing Procedural Doctrines Over Fundamental Constitutional Rights

Grossi, Simona, Roe V. Wade Under Attack: Choosing Procedural Doctrines Over Fundamental Constitutional Rights (April 2022). Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2022-04, 13 ConLawNOW 39 (2022), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4096417 “This Article details the Texas litigation on abortion rights in and out of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2021 and …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

33 problems with media

ZeroHedge – One of the hallmarks of democratic society is a healthy, free-flowing media ecosystem. In times past, that media ecosystem would include various mass media outlets, from newspapers to cable TV networks. Today, the internet and social media platforms have greatly expanded the scope and reach of communication within society. Of course, journalism plays a …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

The scope and extent of literature that maps threats to species globally: a systematic map

Ridley, F.A., Hickinbotham, E.J., Suggitt, A.J. et al. The scope and extent of literature that maps threats to species globally: a systematic map. Environ Evid 11, 26 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13750-022-00279-7: “Human activities are driving accelerating rates of species extinctions that continue to threaten nature’s contribution to people. Yet, the full scope of where and how human …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law, Knowledge Management, Search Engines, Transportation

Restrictions on Contraception Could Set Women Back Generations

The New Yorker – “When the current Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization last week, overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion that sent chills through almost anyone who takes the personal freedoms of modern life for granted. …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Economy, Health Care, Legal Research, Medicine, Privacy

The fight between authors and librarians tearing book lovers apart

Washington Post: “At the start of the pandemic, teachers and librarians pleaded with a prominent nonprofit to make it easier for kids at home to check out books from its digital library. The organization, called the Internet Archive, agreed. While it traditionally loaned out its more than a million digital books one at a time …

Subjects: Copyright, Courts, Digital Rights, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

AP-NORC poll: 2 in 3 in US favor term limits for justices

AP: “About 2 in 3 Americans say they favor term limits or a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices, according to a new poll that finds a sharp increase in the percentage of Americans saying they have “hardly any” confidence in the court. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lopez-Leon, S., Wegman-Ostrosky, T., Perelman, C. et al. More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sci Rep 11, 16144 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95565-8 “COVID-19 can involve persistence, sequelae, and other medical complications that last weeks to months after initial recovery. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to identify studies assessing the long-term …

Subjects: Health Care