Category «Congress»

Law Library of Congress Report Examines Economic Espionage Laws in Selected Countries

In Custodia Legis: “A recently published Law Library of Congress report, Economic Espionage Laws, “addresses economic espionage laws and the regulation of fraudulent filing of corporate, import-export, and banking documentation” in sixteen countries. The report consists of a comparative summary followed by individual country surveys for sixteen countries. The countries surveyed are Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, …

Subjects: Congress, E-Records, Economy, Education, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Trump found the holes in our election laws. Congress is trying to patch them.

Vox: “The human mind is ingenious. It can create towering works of art and make remarkable scientific discoveries. It is, as we saw in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, also capable of inventing new ways to undermine American democracy by abusing our existing election laws, and turning orderly presidential elections into anarchy and …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

Congress may force election deniers to get a lot more creative

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

The Insurrection Bar to Office: Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment

CRS Legal Sidebar – The Insurrection Bar to Office: Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment Updated September 7, 2022: “In the aftermath of the events of January 6, 2021,in and around the U.S. Capitol, there have been calls for accountability for those who participated, as well as for those who may have helped instigate it. …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

Introducing the Congress.gov API

In Custodia Legis – September 6, 2022 by Margaret Wood and Andrew Weber. “Congress.gov is a fantastic source of legislative information, and a marvelous source for investigating specific legislation and exploring the legislative history of a bill. Congress.gov also contains large amounts of data and various users have expressed interest in having additional access to …

Subjects: Congress, E-Records, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

Politico’s new German owner has a ‘contrarian’ plan for American media

Washington Post: “Months after his company bought Politico, Mathias Döpfner stood atop Axel Springer’s 19-story headquarters, gazing out at the double row of cobblestones that mark the outline of the demolished Berlin Wall, and explained his global ambitions. “We want to be the leading digital publisher in democracies around the world,” he said. A newcomer …

Subjects: Congress, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Before the Presidential Records Act of 1978, presidents owned their papers

Washington Post: Now all presidents, including Donald Trump, must turn them over to the National Archives. “Until the 1970s, former presidents could do pretty much whatever they wanted with their presidential papers. That often was a problem. Some papers “were purposely destroyed, while others fell victim to chance destruction,” concluded a 1978 congressional study. “Others …

Subjects: Congress, Education, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation

A new US data privacy bill aims to give you more control over information collected about you – and make businesses change how they handle data

Via LLRX – A new US data privacy bill aims to give you more control over information collected about you – and make businesses change how they handle data – With rare bipartisan support, the American Data and Privacy Protection Act moved out of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce by a …

Subjects: Congress, Digital Rights, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy

The Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant: A Legal Introduction

Follow up to previous posting, Trump Had More Than 300 Classified Documents at Mar-a-Lago, which included links to government documents pertaining to the FBI search and NARA’s repeated requests to secure the return of classified government documents, please see CRS Legal Sidebar The Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant: A Legal Introduction, August 23, 2022: “The Federal Bureau …

Subjects: Congress, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 20, 2022

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, August 20, 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: Congress, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Health Care, Internet, Privacy, Search Engines

Upcoming US Law Webinars – September 2022

In Custodia Legis – “As much of the country returns to school in September, and the legislative summer recess comes to a close, the Law Library will be marking the month with more webinars on U.S., comparative, and foreign law topics. In September, the Law Library’s orientation webinar will give attendees an overview of the …

Subjects: Congress, Education, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

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