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Transparency
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Government Contractor Compliance & Regulatory Update
OFCCP ISSUES FIRST DIRECTIVE UNDER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
By Connie Bertram, Guy Brenner, Emilie Adams
Since the beginning of the Trump Administration, federal contractors have been waiting to see what changes the new administration would make to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”).…
Gov Con Employment Exchange
OFCCP Issues New Directive in Furtherance of Commitment to Increased Transparency
by Laura A. Mitchell and Christopher T. Patrick Under the leadership of new OFCCP Director Ondray Harris, the Agency has issued its first policy directive of 2018. Directive 2018-01, effective…
Technology Law Dispatch
German court issues important judgment on consent and transparency in Facebook case
The Regional Court of Berlin held in a judgment of 16 January 2018 (docket no. 16 O 341/15, German language version of the judgment available here) that Facebook’s default privacy…
Texas Bar Blog
President’s Update: State Bar Transparency & Other News
By Lowell Brown
[caption id="attachment_8341" align="alignleft" width="200"] Tom Vick[/caption] Editor's note: State Bar of Texas President Tom Vick sent the following message to members on Thursday. Starting Sunday, open government advocates will recognize…
Legal Profession Blog
Law Society Wrestles With Transparency v. Protected Information In Bar Proceeding
The Tribunal Hearing Division of the Upper Canada Law Society granted a motion of the Law Society to accept evidence without public disclosureThe open court principle is fundamental to our…
Banking, Finance and Securities
Investment Association calls for increased transparency in the use of FX last look
By Iona Wright (UK), Imogen Garner (UK)
The Investment Association (IA) has published a series of guidelines designed to ‘shine a light’ and address a number of concerns in the use of ‘Last Look’. Last Look is…
Legal Profession Blog
D.C. Bar Discipline Hearing Schedule
I am pleased to note that the web page of the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility has been updated to give public notice of upcoming scheduled bar disciplinary…
Banking, Finance and Securities
ESMA updates its MiFID II Q&As on transparency and market structures
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its MiFID II questions and answers documents (Q&As) on transparency issues under MiFID II and MiFIR. The pre-trade transparency waivers section…
The Right Coast
The Nunes Memo: Just an Opening Act | City Journal
Obama concealed his sharp-edged, Chicago-style machine politics under the rhetorical cover of progressivism. He was protected by a press corps that first enlisted in his administration and then fought to…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
CIPL Submits Comments to Article 29 WP’s Proposed Guidelines on Transparency
On January 29, 2018, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP submitted formal comments to the Article 29 Working Party on its Guidelines on Transparency.