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Union of Concerned Scientists: The Case Against Major Fossil Fuel Companies for Climate Fraud and Damages – “Dozens of states, counties, cities, and tribes across the United States and its territories are currently suing major fossil fuel companies for fraud, climate damages, or racketeering. This report assesses the wealth of documentary evidence behind these lawsuits, …
Data is Plural: “The Deportation Data Project, run by a team of academics and lawyers, “collects and posts public, anonymized U.S. government immigration enforcement datasets.” These include data from border apprehensions, deportations, Title 42 expulsions, ICE arrests and detentions, ICE-operated flights, and more. Some of the data files come directly from the government, while others …
CRS Legal Sidebar – The Alien Enemy Act: History and Potential Use to Remove Members of International Criminal Cartels, Updated April 2, 2025: On January 20, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order (E.O.) declaring a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to address the threat to U.S. national security …
The Verge: “After farmers filed suit, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has agreed to restore climate information to webpages it took down soon after President Donald Trump took office this year. The US Department of Justice filed a letter late last night on behalf of the USDA that says the agency “will restore the …
Ponemon Institute is pleased to present the findings of the 2025 Cost of Insider Risks Global Report sponsored by DTEX Systems. This is the sixth benchmark study conducted to understand the financial consequences that result from insider risks. Expanding on the 2023 edition, this latest report examines how organizations are funding their insider risk management …
CRS Legal Sidebar: Reorganization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Selected Legal Issues – “On March 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS, or the Department) announced a reorganization plan to consolidate several of its operating divisions and offices in accordance with an executive order. Among the changes, …
404 Media: “Late last night, House Republicans introduced new language to the Budget Reconciliation bill that will immiserate the lives of millions of Americans by cutting their access to Medicaid, and making life much more difficult for millions more by making them pay higher fees when they seek medical care. While a lot of attention …
Preserving Government Information. Past, Present, and Future by James A. Jacobs and James R. Jacobs. The book examines how preservation practices of the past affect the preservation of digitally published government information today, analyzes publishing and preservation data to characterize the current gaps in preservation, and looks to the future by charting a path to …
NCLS – Artificial Intelligence 2025 Legislation Updated March 22, 2025 – “AI—the use of computer systems to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as learning and decision-making—has the potential to spur innovation and transform industry and government. As AI advances and widespread adoption of these tools increase, government, business and the public are …
In Custodia Legis: Thursday, May 22, 2:00 p.m. “How to Handle AI? – Italian National Regulation in the Context of European Law” – A Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar. Join senior legal research analyst Dante Figueroa and senior researcher at the Italian Chamber of Deputies, Roberto D’Orazio for a Foreign and Comparative Law Webinar titled, …
EFF: “Encrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp are one of the best ways to keep your digital conversations as private as possible. But if you’re not careful with how those conversations are backed up, you can accidentally undermine your privacy. When a conversation is properly encrypted end-to-end, it means that the contents of those …
Vanity Fair – no paywall: As the administration pushes its “invasion” fantasy, the courts are providing a real-world check on presidential power. One of Donald Trump’s first executive orders, titled “Protecting the American People Against Invasion,” signaled where the administration was headed. By characterizing migrants as invading the United States, Trump could take actions only …
