Topic
Transparency
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GovCon & Trade
New FOIA Guidelines Favor Transparency
By Todd Overman
In a memorandum circulated during “National Sunshine Week” celebrating the importance of open government, Attorney General Merrick Garland directed heads of executive agencies and departments to favor transparency and disclosure…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
DOJ Moves Toward Transparency – Will it Include Discovery?
By Ellen Podgor
AG Garland announced a new policy this week in a press release titled, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Issues New FOIA Guidelines to Favor Disclosure and Transparency . The actual policy…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
ESMA: Updated guidance on the annex to ESMA opinion determining third-country trading venues for the purpose of transparency under MiFIR
On 14 March 2022, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published guidance on the annex to its opinion determining third-country trading venues for the purpose of transparency under the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
"The Constitutional Guarantee of Criminal Justice Transparency"
The title of this post is the title of this notable new article now available via SSRN authored by Aliza Cover. Here is its abstract: This article identifies and explores…
Real Estate Insights
The new economic crime bill – greater transparency of property ownership in the UK?
By Alistair Graham, Sam Eastwood, Chris Roberts
The tragic events in Ukraine have caused Western governments to take various steps to cause economic damage to the Russian state, Russian companies and Russian nationals. In coordination with other…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
AFM special publication on sustainability transition
By Nikolai de Koning, Floortje Nagelkerke (NL)
On 28 February 2022, the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, the AFM) published a special publication containing the key take-aways from its round table meetings that…
Artificial Intelligence Technology and the Law Blog
Transparency, Recommender Systems, and a Missed Opportunity for Lawmakers
Social media companies may be feeling relief after Indiana lawmakers dropped a transparency requirement from a proposed state consumer privacy bill, SB358, which in its introduced form contained the following…
Pensions and Benefits
Pensions Dashboards – It Is Getting Real
As a consumer, I am a big fan of the concept of dashboards. A brilliant idea. As a lawyer advising pension plan trustees, I am looking forward to helping my…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Do Firms Redact Information from Material Contracts to Conceal Bad News?
By Dichu Bao, Yongtae Kim, Lixin (Nancy) Su
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulates and monitors companies to increase transparency and protect investors. The securities laws consider the companies’ interests and allow them to make requests to…
Legal Profession Blog
Ode To Ohio: With A Coda
As readers may know, I believe that maximum transparency is the best way to provide reasonable assurance that bar discipline is imposed fairly and absent the influence of what the…