Topic
Transparency
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Banking, Finance and Securities
CP14/17 Early implementation of the Transparency Directive’s requirements for reports on payments to governments
The FCA has published Consultation Paper 14/17: Early implementation of the Transparency Directive’s requirements for reports on payments to governments (CP14/17). The Transparency Directive (the TD) was amended by the…
The Right Coast
What Happens When Police Officers Wear Body Cameras – WSJ
Sometimes, like the moments leading up to when a police officer decides to shoot someone, transparency is an unalloyed good. And especially lately, technology has progressed to a point that…
PrawfsBlawg
The Supreme Court Needs to Pick Up The PACER
Main Monday, August 11, 2014The Supreme Court Needs to Pick Up The PACERThe Supreme Court is in recess, so it seems like a good time to raise a boring but…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
The Hidden Mini-Dissents in the Data Broker Report of Federal Trade Commissioner Wright
On May 27, the Federal Trade Commission issued a report on the data broker industry that found data brokers operate with a ”fundamental lack of transparency.” The commission unanimously recommended…
Pensions and Benefits
See through trustees?
Transparency and trust: two of the reasons why many pension plans have appointed professional independent trustees, or are considering doing so. But a Government paper focussing on transparency and trust…
Banking, Finance and Securities
Consultation Paper 14/12: Removing the Transparency Directive’s requirement to publish interim management statements
The FCA has published Consultation Paper 14/12: Removing the Transparency Directive’s requirement to publish interim management statements. CP14/12 is seeking views on its proposals to remove the requirement for issuers…
Nano and Other Emerging Chemical Technologies Blog
EC Posts Meeting Materials from Validation Workshop on Transparency Measures for Nanomaterials
The European Commission (EC) has posted materials from its June 30, 2014, validation workshop to discuss the preliminary results of the study supporting the impact assessment on transparency measures for…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
How to Hide Billions of Dollars in Charitable Giving – At Least for A While
Bloomberg Businessweek had a fascinating article in May detailing how three billionaires used a complex web of private foundations and limited liability companies to hide not their political activity (they…
Law Deans on Legal Education Blog
Dean Frank Wu: Winning Over Critics
This essay is by Dean Frank H. Wu, who is Chancellor & Dean of University of California Hastings College of the Law. This essay originally appeared on LinkedIn. I was chastened as a chief…
LawSites
Tweets Track Secret Edits to SCOTUS Opinions
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="450"] This recent edit tracked by @SCOTUS_servo was minor, but others are 'truly substantive.'[/caption] Last month, a collective "Really!?" rolled through the U.S. legal community when Harvard…