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The Legality of Web “Blacklists”, by Julie Hilden “The controversial website LitiPages.com has created a list of patients who have filed medical malpractice cases, and of those patients’ attorneys. Litipages.com encourages physicians to avoid treating listed patients – at least when it comes to “elective” procedures. It also encourages patients who’ve lost their cases to …
The Constitution in Crisis: With 26 Laws Implicated by Administration Misconduct, It’s Long Past Time for Real Checks and Balances, by Rep. John Conyers, Jr., August 1, 2006 (26 pages, PDF)
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia press release: “The following web pages link to all 1,202 exhibits admitted into evidence during the trial of U.S. v. Moussaoui, with the exception of seven that are classified or otherwise remain under seal. This is the first criminal case for which a federal court has provided access …
Final Rule: Safe Harbors for Certain Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Health Records Arrangements Under the Anti-Kickback Statute, pre-publication copy – to be published in August 8, 2006 Federal Register. (133 pages, PDF) Related references: CMS press release, Physician Self-Referral Exceptions for Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Health Records Technology, August 1, 2006
Press release: Conyers Calls for Limits on Presidential Pardons; Cites Need to Ensure Pardons Do Not Thwart Investigations of Administration Misconduct Related postings on Plame CIA leak, investigation and indictment
Financial Restatements: Update of Public Company Trends, Market Impacts, and Regulatory Enforcement Activities, Full text GAO-06-678, and Highlights, July 24, 2006. “While the number of public companies announcing financial restatements from 2002 through September 2005 rose from 3.7 percent to 6.8 percent, restatement announcements identified grew about 67 percent over this period. Industry observers noted …
U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations hearing – Tax Haven Abuses: The Enablers, The Tools & Secrecy: “The Subcommittee’s…August 1st hearings will present case histories on the use of offshore trusts and corporations to circumvent U.S. tax, securities and anti-money laundering laws. Witnesses for the upcoming hearing will …
“The Open Government Guide is a complete compendium of information on every state’s open records and open meetings laws. Each state’s section is arranged according to a standard outline, making it easy to compare laws in various states.”
“On 15 May 2006 the General Council decided to make public all official documents issued under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT). Many of these documents did not exist electronically, and have been scanned to create a digital archive. This is a work in progress cataloguing is not completed, and refinements to …
Pew Research Center: Online Papers Modestly Boost Newspaper Readership Maturing Internet News Audience Broader Than Deep, Released: July 30, 2006. “A decade ago, just one-in-fifty Americans got the news with some regularity from what was then a brand new source the internet. Today, nearly one-in-three regularly get news online…The rise of the internet has also …
Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark Office, July 25, 2006: “Hearings open to the public will be posted in advance on the respective websites of the BPAI and the TTAB. The posting will contain the time, date, hearing room, and proceeding number set for a particular hearing session. Due to last minute cancellations or …
From the LC Country Studies Program, a new country profile of Mexico, added July 26, 2006 (27 pages, PDF).
