Topic
Transparency
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China Law Vision
Five Years On: SAIC’s Anti-Monopoly Law Enforcement Review
By AnJie Broad
Authored by Michael Gu (michaelgu@anjielaw.com), Moon Wang (wanglingling@anjielaw.com) 1. Overview On July 29, 2013, the 5th anniversary since the Anti-Monopoly Law (“AML”) came into effect, the State Administration for Industry and…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
President Opens Up on Surveillance
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
President Obama today announced a new effort at transparency and oversight in government surveillance programs. WaPo reports here; here's the transcript.President Obama said that he directed his national security team…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Invites Comments on Release of Physician-Specific Payment Data
On August 6, 2013, CMS released a request for public comment on how the agency can promote greater transparency regarding physician-specific Medicare payment information. CMS is seeking input on the…
Cruise Law News
Cruise Line “Voluntary” Crime & Man-Overboard Disclosures: Royal Caribbean’s Data Is Incomplete and Misleading
By Jim Walker
Yesterday Royal Caribbean and a couple of other cruise lines "voluntarily" posted a limited amount of data on their websites regarding cruise crimes and disappearances of people from cruise ships.…
Colorado Homeowners Association Law
Recording Meetings – Should We or Should We Not?
Does your Board record its meetings, either with audio recordings or video recordings? Do you allow members who are present to record meetings? Do you know? Do you care? With…
Colorado Homeowners Association Law
With Few Exceptions – Open HOA Board Meetings Are Not Optional
Early last week, I participated as a volunteer for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Community Associations Institute on the HOA Line 9 which is hosted by 9 News with the assistance of the Chapter. This…
Pension Risk Matters
Economic Indicators to Include Focus on Pensions
In what most people would call a significant announcement, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis ("BEA") will begin measuring economic growth this summer by taking pension finance into account. According…
Consumer Finance Monitor
What is the CFPB thinking? An update from PLI’s 18th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute
Last week, I had the opportunity to hear several high-ranking lawyers with the CFPB speak at PLI’s 18th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute in Chicago. As an initial matter, the…
Food Safety News
Senators Ask FDA to Be More Transparent with Food Animal Antibiotics Data
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators this week asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to be more transparent when they publish data regarding the use of antimicrobial drugs in…
Focus on Regulation
Dutch Sunshine Act: Financial relations between pharmaceutical companies and healthcare professionals will be made public in the Netherlands in April
By Hein van den Bos, Frederique Reijntjes
As of 10 April 2013, the transparency register regarding financial relations between pharmaceutical companies and healthcare professionals in the Netherlands will go live. Through the register, anybody from patients and…