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Privatisation
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Environmental Law Prof Blog
Environmental Consultants and Environmental Law
If you’ve practiced environmental law, you’ve probably worked with environmental consultants. Environmental controversies often involve engineering, science, and planning, and lawyers navigating these controversies routinely interact with technical specialists like…
Aviation & Airport
The Privatization of Air Traffic Control Vigorously Opposed by General Aviation Groups
By Barbara E. Lichman, Ph.D., J.D.
In an unusual divergence of opinion between aviation related organizations concerning progress in the operation and development of the national air traffic system, the Airline Owners and Pilots Association (“AOPA”),…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Cashing in on Convicts: Privatization, Punishment, and the People”
Main June 28, 2017"Cashing in on Convicts: Privatization, Punishment, and the People"The title of this post is the title of this notable new paper by Laura Appleman available via SSRN.…
China Law Insight
金杜助力吉林奇峰化纤股份有限公司完成私有化
By King & Wood
作者：金杜律师事务所 金杜律师事务所作为香港法及中国法律顾问，协助吉林市拓普贸易有限公司及其附属公司吉林纤维有限公司完成对吉林奇峰化纤股份有限公司（“奇峰化纤”）的私有化，交易金额达4.75亿港元。奇峰化纤H股已于今天在香港联交所摘牌。 King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has acted as Hong Kong and PRC counsel to Jilin Top Trading Co. Ltd. and its subsidiary Jilin Fiber Co., Limited on the…
The Right Coast
United Flight 3411 Why People Hate Capitalism. They’re Wrong. | National Review
That is not the only possible model. New Zealand, for example, privatized its airports some years ago, and the results have been pretty good, especially when compared with the performance…
The Right Coast
When Public Goes Private, as Trump Wants: What Happens? | by Diane Ravitch | The New York Review of Books
The New York Times recently published a series of articles about the dangers of privatizing public services, the first of which was called When You Dial 911 and Wall Street…
DLA Piper Latin America – Law Blog
BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW PACKAGES OF MEASURES TOWARDS PRIVATIZATION OF PROJECTS AND ASSETS
By Caio Gabra
With the conclusion of former President Dilma Roussef’s impeachment procedure, the government of President Michel Temer announced, on September 13, its first set of infrastructure projects to be privatized, whether…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Will Private Immigrant Detention End?
DHS Secretary Jeh JohnsonThe Department of Justice recently announced that it would stop using private contractors for prisons. Will the federal government follow suit with respect to immigrant detention?The Department…
ImmigrationProf Blog
The Problem With The DOJ’s Decision To Stop Using Private Prisons
There are many news reports on the Department of Justice's announcement today that it will stop outsourcing federal prisons to private prison companies after their current contracts expire. (See Kit Johnsons…
Aviation & Airport
Congressional Stalemate Persists over Air Traffic Control Privatization as FAA Reauthorization Deadline Approaches
The integration of cutting-edge aviation technology such as commercial drones and the modernization of our national airspace system are just a couple of the pressing aviation issues hanging in the balance…