Category «Legal Research»

SEC Publishes Data on Public and Private Offerings, Municipal Advisors, Transfer Agents, and Securities-Based Swap Dealers

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) published a new report on security based swap dealers (SBSDs) and updated statistics and data visualizations on initial public offerings (IPOs), follow-on registered offerings, corporate bond offerings, Regulation A offerings, Regulation Crowdfunding offerings, Regulation D offerings, municipal advisors, transfer agents, SBSDs, and asset-backed …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Securities Law

What is the cost to Americans of the War in Iran?

Via Ben Amata, Government Information Librarian, University Library, California State University, Sacramento: “Neither DOD nor the Whitehouse are providing budgetary information at their websites, to Congress, or to the public on the Iran war costs. Some in Congress are commenting. https://www.congress.gov/119/crec/2026/03/18/172/49/CREC-2026-03-18-pt1-PgH2587-4.pdf https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-172/issue-50/house-section/article/H2609-6?hl=iran+war&s=1&r=1 https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-172/issue-42/house-section/article/H2452-5?hl=iran+war&s=1&r=18 See also – NPR – How much is the Iran war costing …

Subjects: Censorship, Congress, Defense, Economy, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research, Libraries

ICE Seeking Office Space in Over 40 States

Project Saltbox: An RFI released today details ICE’s plans to rent co-working space for over 300 personnel nationwide ICE is seeking co-working space for over 300 personnel nationwide, according to market research released earlier today. In the request, the agency outlines their need for flexible workspace (private offices and/or workstations). ICE is specifically looking for vendors …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Government, E-Records, Economy, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

DOJ R.I.P. A district judge pronounces last rites on the once honorable Department.

Harry Litman, Talking Feds Substack – “A district judge pronounces last rites on the once honorable Department. New Jersey District Court Judge Zahid Quraishi said something from the bench on Monday that DOJ alumni have been warning about for a year. Pushed to the breaking point by DOJ’s repeated flouting of orders from the entire …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Donald Trump must stop soon. His ill-considered conflict risks descending into chaos

The Economist no paywall: “…In this war, Israel’s aim is clear: to demolish the threat posed by Iran’s regime. By contrast, Mr Trump and his cabinet have offered a mess of shifting assertions—about Iran’s missiles, nuclear weapons, regime change, following Israel’s lead, a “feeling” Iran was about to attack and settling scores after decades of …

Subjects: Copyright, Defense, Economy, Financial System, Legal Research

Trump’s plan to shut down weather and climate center triggers lawsuit

Ars Technica: “On Monday [March 16, 2026], a consortium that oversees the US’s premier atmospheric research center announced it was suing the Trump administration over plans to shut it down. The National Center for Atmospheric Research, or NCAR, provides a home for interdisciplinary and collaborative research focused on anything atmospheric. Many of the country’s leading …

Subjects: Climate Change, Courts, Education, Environmental Law, Legal Research

Soon owning will be impossible

Marco Lardelli – “A few weeks ago, stock prices for SaaS (Software as a Service) companies have dropped significantly. It seems that many people expect AI to be capable of writing such tools at very low cost soon. But these events could be only forerunners for much bigger things yet to come. What happens on …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

GOV UK Report and impact assessment on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence

Report and impact assessment on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence – A report and impact assessment on the use of copyright works in the development of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, published under Sections 135 and 136 of the Data (Use and Access) Act. Published 18 March 2026 Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (web-optimised PDF) Ref: …

Subjects: AI, Copyright, Government Documents, Legal Research

Archive directory unlocks secrets of world’s knowledge repositories

“For the first time, journalists and researchers have a searchable directory of over 1,500 of the world’s knowledge repositories. The new publication is from Newsjunkie.net, the data-journalism resource known for its “Who’s Behind the News” reporting. Guide to Public Archives II, a fully revised and expanded directory of the world’s artifact and document repositories, is …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, E-Government, E-Records, Education, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Censorship and repression: Proton VPN’s end of year report 2025

The past year marked another challenging one for democracy and internet freedom. A notable trend was the increasing willingness of authoritarian governments to damage their own economies and the livelihoods of citizens by implementing total internet shutdowns. Most notable, however, was the increasing threat to internet freedom in Western democracies by-and-large considered “free.” From age …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Privacy

Democracy Report 2026 – Unraveling The Democratic Era

Sweden’s V-Dem Institute Democracy Report 2026 Executive Summary – Democracy in the World 2025 – Democracy is back to 1978 levels for the average global citizen. The gains of the “third wave of democratization”, starting 1974 in Portugal, are almost eradicated. The level of democracy for the average citizen in Western Europe and North America …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

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