NLJ Top 250 Law Firms
‘NLJ 250’ Shows Strong Law Firm Growth Continuing – “The top 250 law firms gained 4 percent more lawyers; partnership numbers grew by 5 percent,” by Leigh Jones, The National Law Journal, November 13, 2006.
November 2006 Mayoral Election Results
U.S. Conference of Mayors: November 2006 Elections. To view all Mayoral election results since 1999 please click here.
Balance of Power Shifts Along with Agenda in Congress
The New Senate Chiefs, by Will Sullivan, Posted 11/10/06. Includes overviews of new committee chairmen for: Appropriations, Armed Services, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Budget, Energy and Natural Resources, Finance, Foreign Relations, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Intelligence, and Judiciary. Boston.com: Democrats may use probes to force policy shifts LA …
CBO's Economic Forecasting Record, November 2006
CBO’s Economic Forecasting Record, November 2006
Monetary Aggregates and Monetary Policy at the Federal Reserve: A Historical Perspective
Monetary Aggregates and Monetary Policy at the Federal Reserve: A Historical Perspective: Remarks by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke At the Fourth ECB Central Banking Conference, Frankfurt, Germany November 10, 2006.
Factsheet on U.S. Russia WTO Bilateral Market Access Agreement
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Factsheet on U.S. Russia WTO Bilateral Market Access Agreement, November 10, 2006.
TRAC Releases New Findings on FBI Prosecutions Post 9/11
Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC): “Federal prosecutors decline to prosecute 87% of FBI international terrorism referrals in FY 2006 … Despite increased agency staffing, prosecutions dropping across-the-board … Graphs and tables reveal changes in staffing and enforcement priorities since 1986.” New Findings: “Comprehensive Justice Department data documenting the enforcement actions of the FBI from 9/11/01 …
National Security Archive Posts The Robert Gates File
National Security Archive: “Bush administration nominee for Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates had a long career in government which showed a notable combination of ambition and caution, according to a new book by Archive senior analyst John Prados [Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2006)] which deals …
2006 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual
2006 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual, (effective November 1, 2006).
DHS Releases Reports on Immigration Statistics
Mapping Immigration: Legal Permanent Residents – “View maps showing the distribution of foreign nationals who became legal permanent residents of the United States between 1980 and 2004 by metropolitan area of residence and country of birth.” Profiles on Legal Permanent Residents: “Selected characteristics of immigrants who became legal permanent residents in 2005 by country of …
EU: Directive on Prevention of Use of Financial System for the Purpose of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing
Directive on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purpose of money laundering and terrorist financing (22 pages, PDF) Press release (PDF): “This measure is intended to combat money-laundering and terrorist financing. It covers many forms of financial transactions including those over 15,000 euros which raise suspicions of financial institutions and …
Lawyers Receiving Electronic Documents are Free to Examine 'Hidden' Metadata: ABA Ethics Opinion
Press release: “Lawyers who receive electronic documents are free to look for and use information hidden in metadata information embedded in electronically produced documents even if the documents were provided by an opposing lawyer, according to a new ethics opinion from the American Bar Association.”