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Sentencing Law and Policy
County budget woes forces a official jail break in Ohio
Main January 12, 2015County budget woes forces a official jail break in OhioA helpful reader altered me to this remarkable local story from Ohio, headlined "Summit County releases 72 inmates…
Capital Thinking
114th Congress Prepares for Busy Appropriations and Budget Season; Republicans Announce Shift to “Dynamic Scoring”; Expected Budget and Appropriations Committee Leadership
Legislative Activity 114th Congress Prepares for Busy Appropriations and Budget Season Legislators are gearing up for a busy agenda at the start of the 114th Congress, including several key appropriations…
From the Ground Up
HOA Budgets Do Not Include Assessments
The Washington Homeowner Association Act, Chapter 64.38 RCW, requires the homeowner members to approve an annual budget of revenues and expenditures proposed by the board of directors. If the budget…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Documenting modern state investments in schools and prisons
Main November 1, 2014Documenting modern state investments in schools and prisons As reported in this Huffington Post piece, headlined "States Are Prioritizing Prisons Over Education, Budgets Show," a new analysis…
Inside Privacy
President Obama Signs Executive Order Aimed at Protecting the Security of Consumer Financial Transactions
By Ashden Fein and Randall Friedland On Friday, President Obama signed an Executive Order directed at securing consumer transactions and sensitive data, improving consumer identify theft remediation, and better securing…
Connecticut State & Local Tax Alert
Connecticut Tax Developments 2014 – Legislative Session: Dark Clouds on the Horizon
By David O. Bigger, Ray Casella, Alan E. Lieberman, Louis B. Schatz
The recently concluded 2014 legislative session of the Connecticut General Assembly finished with the enactment of a flurry of budget and tax legislation that was significantly influenced by eroding state…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Testimony of Chair White on “Oversight of the SEC’s Agenda, Operations and FY 2015 Budget Request”
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Insider “Joe FedCourt” rails against federal “defenders sucking up all the oxygen” in budget fights
Main April 29, 2014Insider "Joe FedCourt" rails against federal "defenders sucking up all the oxygen" in budget fightsLate last week, I received a remarkable email from someone calling himself/herself "Joe…
OSHA Law Blog
OSHA’s FY 2015 Budget Request
President Obama recently issued the Department of Labor’s budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2015. As part of the budget request to Congress, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Commissioner Stein on the PCAOB
On February 5, 2014 at an SEC Open Meeting in Washington D.C., Commissioner Kara M. Stein delivered a Statement on the Commission’s Consideration of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Proposed 2014…