Topic
Transparency
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Colorado Homeowners Association Law
The Advantages of Transparency
WLPP attorney Doug Stallworthy recently wrote a post on transparency in association boards. His thoughts follow. Transparency in decisions made by the board of a homeowners association fosters a sense…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Newspaper publisher sues CFPB for documents on headquarters renovation
We recently reported that the CFPB had issued its first Annual Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Report which provided statistical information for FOIA requests the CFPB received in FY 2013. …
Food Safety News
Idaho Governor Signs ‘Ag-Gag’ Bill into Law
By Dan Flynn
On Friday, Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter signed into law a controversial bill to protect animal production facilities from outside interference. The law took effect with the governor’s signature. Otter…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Compound Sentence: States keep mum on where lethal injection drugs are made”
Main February 25, 2014"Compound Sentence: States keep mum on where lethal injection drugs are made"The title of this post is the headline of this article in the March 2014 issue…
GlobalTort
Garlock and Asbestos Bankruptcy Makes NPR
By Kirk Hartley
Asbestos bankruptcy on NPR - the story is not very analytic or useful, but the topic is out there. Note especially NPR's label: the "murky world of asbestos litigation." As…
Colorado Homeowners Association Law
Proposed Transfer Fee Bill Rewritten to Require Transparency
While folks were understandably concerned about an onerous transfer fee bill proposed by Representative Jeanne Labuda (D-Denver), and some even publicly announced that introduction and passage of the bill was…
Technology Law Dispatch
The implementation of the French transparency regulation: first good news?
By Christine Nielsen Czuprynski
This post was written by Daniel Kadar. French health care companies have faced hard times over the past months with their new transparency obligations. They have been required to declare…
Law Deans on Legal Education Blog
UF Dean Candidates
As reported by our friend Dan Filler of the Faculty Lounge http://www.thefacultylounge.org/2014/01/battling-to-keep-the-florida-law-dean-search-open.html the University of Florida has disclosed a list of candidates for the deanship there:http://fora.aa.ufl.edu/Provost/Pages/Search-Committee-Dean-UF-Law/CandidatesI am not sure that…
The Faculty Lounge
Battling To Keep The Florida Law School Dean Search Open
The University of Florida is searching for a new law dean. Like every dean search committee, this one prefers to maintain confidentiality for as long as possible in the process.…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
UPDATE: SDNY amends related-case rule to increase transparency over case assignments
Earlier this week, I noted the South District of New York's recent change to the related-case rule. Judge Nancy Gertner offers this intriguing comment regarding the change as it relates…