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Economist Intelligence – EIU: The EU has taken the lead with the strictest rules, which will have the biggest impact globally Chinese rules are also strict, but their impact is domestic, and geared towards keeping control and power with the ruling party The US favours innovation, and its political system hinders any attempt at regulation, …
Link to text of criminal indictment filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 08/01/23 in case number 1:23-cr-00257-TSC, includes for co-conspirators (news reports identify them as Rudy Giuliani; John Eastman; Syndey Powell; Jeffrey Clark, Kenneth Chesebro, and yet unknown.)…. “From on or about November 14, 2020, through on or about …
Source – Polarization Research Lab – Holding Trump Accountable Has Not Threatened American Democracy PhysOrg: “With a Fulton County indictment of former President Donald Trump possible at any time, law enforcement in Atlanta is bracing for potential violence, with orange barricades restricting access to the entrance of the county courthouse. With the anticipation of each …
Grist, Joseph Winters – A Q&A on the fashion industry’s toxic chemicals problem — and how we can protect ourselves. “Modern clothing is a technological marvel — it’s brighter than ever, more flame-resistant, more water-repellent. It’s also often toxic. The properties we’ve come to know and expect stem from fossil fuel-derived chemicals that, according to …
Grossman, Maura and Grimm, Paul and Brown, Dan and Xu, Molly, The GPTJudge: Justice in a Generative AI World (May 23, 2023). Duke Law & Technology Review, Vol. 23, No. 1, 2023, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2023-30, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4460184 “Generative AI (“GenAI”) systems such as ChatGPT recently …
CRS Report – Belts and Suspenders: Analysis of Large Bank Capital Standards, July 26, 2023: ” One way regulators ensure that banks operate in a safe and sound manner is by establishing capital requirements that banks must meet. Bank capital serves as a layer of protection against losses, and in doing so it promotes public …
“Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took a major step to increase transparency by posting 10 years of pesticide incident data on its website. Sharing this information advances EPA’s commitment to environmental justice and aligns with EPA’s Equity Action Plan by expanding the availability of data and capacity so the public and community organizations …
State of the UK Climate 2022 – published 27 July 2023. Annual publication which provides an up-to-date assessment of the UK climate. The 2022 report is published as a special issue [open access] of the International Journal of Climatology Volume 43, Issue S1 – Pages 1-82. Highlights of the 2022 report – The report reviews …
The New York Times [free to read]: “The deals have become highly lucrative for the justices, including for those who used court staff members to help research and promote their books. Only three months into Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s first Supreme Court term, she announced a book deal negotiated by the same powerhouse lawyer who …
In Custodia Legis – Mitch Ruhl, a paralegal specialist in the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service. “One of the challenges for any researcher tackling questions of constitutional interpretation is knowing where to start. The Congressional Research Service’s (CRS) Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation (or “Constitution Annotated”) serves …
In Custodia Legis: “Our new report, Restrictions on Land Ownership by Foreigners in Selected Jurisdictions, is available on law.gov. The report includes individual surveys of 39 jurisdictions with high gross domestic products. It includes a chart, a map, and a diagram to easily observe the results of individual reports. We found that five countries, namely …
Quartz: “The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants public companies to be more transparent and forthcoming about “material cybersecurity incidents,” the federal agency said yesterday (July 26). Its new rules, passed by a 3-2 vote, dictate companies must disclose details of incidents and their effect on the bottomline in a section of the Form …
