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Transparency
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Media coalition sues Arizona on First Amendment grounds seeking more info on executions
Main October 26, 2014Media coalition sues Arizona on First Amendment grounds seeking more info on executionsAs detailed in this article from The Guardian, the "secrecy imposed by Arizona on the…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Imaginary threats move small town police chief to double down on crazy
The Daily Beast's Cliff Schecter has this truly incredible story, which begins: Looking for a nexus of the cartoonish, the irresponsible and the absurd that helps sum up our current…
China Law Update Blog
More Transparency- New Enterprise Information Disclosure Rules Take Effect
China has recently passed new laws requiring enterprises to disclose important information which the public can access. On October 1, 2014, new rules came into effect, Provisional Rules on Enterprise…
Banking, Finance and Securities
Q&A – Reporting Annex IV transparency information to the FCA
The FCA has updated its questions and answers on reporting transparency information (the Q&A). The Q&A is intended to provide information to alternative investment fund managers about: who is required…
Global Policy Watch
Inversion Transactions Addressed in Treasury Notice
On Monday, September 22nd, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) published Notice 2014-52 (the “Notice”) announcing their intention to issue regulations that would address…
Corporate and Securities Law
GAO Says FSOC Needs to Improve Transparency, Accountability, and Collaboration
Focus on Regulation
Cabinet Office publishes consultation on draft regulations on the statutory register of lobbyists under the Lobbying Act
By Julia Marlow, Elina Eriksson
In a consultation published yesterday, the Cabinet Office is seeking views on draft regulations relating to the statutory register of lobbyists that was introduced by the recently enacted Transparency of…
Competition chronicle
Competition Bureau Publishes Draft Guidelines for the Production of Electronically Stored Information
By Jack Yu
On August 26, 2014, the Competition Bureau (the “Bureau”) published draft Guidelines for the Production of Electronically Stored Information (the “Draft Guidelines”) for public consultation. The Draft Guidelines sets out…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CBO issues cost estimates for three House bills to promote greater CFPB transparency and accountability
This past June, the House Committee on Financial Services reported a series of bills intended to promote greater transparency and accountability at the CFPB. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently…
Food Safety News
Food Industry Association Plans to Make GRAS More Transparent
By Lydia Zuraw
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) is taking steps to make food additives more transparent. The trade organization, representing more than 300 food, beverage and consumer product companies, says their five-part…