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Transparency
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Banking, Finance and Securities
ESMA updates document on waivers from MiFID pre-trade transparency requirements
By Lucy Dodson (UK), Hannah Meakin (UK)
Under MiFID operators of regulated markets (RMs) and multilateral trading facilities (MTFs) must make public the current bid and offer prices and the depth of trading interests in respect of…
Food Safety News
FDA, FSIS slow the info flow; only one 2016 meeting reported
By Dan Flynn
It looks like top officials at both the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have fallen behind in the transparency department.…
Food Safety News
Publisher’s Platform: My New Hero, Walmart’s Frank Yiannas
By Bill Marler
Last week I had the honor to speak at the Michigan State University (MSU) Food Safety Program (for those who follow me on Instagram, I took a ferry, car, train…
Focus on Regulation
Open Government National Action Plan aims to increase transparency in government over the course of 2016-2018
By Julia Marlow, Scott Macpherson
Following a Conservative manifesto commitment in 2015 to increase transparency in government, the Cabinet Office has published the UK Open Government National Action Plan 2016-2018. This is the third National…
Media Law Prof Blog
Manes on Online Service Providers and Surveilliance Law Transparency
Jonathan M. Manes, Yale Law School Information Society Project, has published Online Service Providers and Surveillance Law Transparency at 125 Yale Law Journal Forum 343 (2016). Here is the abstract.The…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Missouri must release names of providers of lethal injection drugs, court says
The Guardian's Ed Pilkington reports that a local Missouri judge has ordered the state to disclose the names of two pharmacies that provided it with lethal injection drugs. The article states in…
Food Safety News
Even if GMOs are safe, mandatory labeling is a good idea
In November 2015 the FDA approved the first genetically engineered salmon as fit for human consumption, paving the way for genetically modified organisms to become a regular part of the American diet.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
State judge in Missouri decides state DOC purposely violated state law to avoid execution drug disclosure
Main March 23, 2016State judge in Missouri decides state DOC purposely violated state law to avoid execution drug disclosureAs reported in this local article, headlined "Missouri Corrections Department Violated Sunshine…
Corporate and Securities Law
Brokaw Act to Increase Transparency of Activist Hedge Funds
Sunshine in Missouri
Shine on, shine on, There is work to be done in the dark before dawn
By Jean Maneke
While my passion for sunshine has not waivered, it seems like time to work on this blog becomes harder and harder to find. But given that this is Sunshine Week,…