Topic
Transparency
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PropertyProf Blog
Watts on Who Should Own a Federal Judge’s Papers
By propertyprof
Kathryn Watts (Washington) has posted Judges and Their Papers (NYU Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Who should own a federal judge’s papers? This question has rarely been asked. Instead,…
HL Chronicle of Data Protection
FTC Releases Mobile Privacy Report and Announces Settlement with Mobile App Operator
By HL Chronicle of Data Protection
Today the FTC released Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency, a report containing recommendations for the mobile industry. The report encourages mobile app platforms to play a significant role…
Focus on Regulation
Moving FOIA forward: the Government gives its view
By Jamie Potter
In July, as described on this blog, the Justice Committee published a post-legislative report on the operation of the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA"). Last Friday, the Government published its…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Rethinking Sustainable Development, Environmental Law Collaborative Essay #1: Transparency in Support of Sustainability
Including only those activities over which individuals have substantial and direct control, emissions from individuals and households constitute 30-40% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions; individuals are responsible for an even…
Global Investigations & Compliance Review
New Anti-Money Laundering Initiative Aims to Improve Transparency
The Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service (“Rosfinmonitoring”) has set forth a draft law, introducing amendments to a number of legal acts and aimed at increasing the transparency of currency transactions…
Corporate and Securities Law
GAO Makes Recommendations to FSOC and OFR on Transparency
Health Industry Washington Watch
Aging Committee Hearing on Physician Payments Sunshine Act (Sept. 12)
On September 12, 2012 the Senate Aging Committee will hold a roundtable forum entitled “Let the Sunshine in: Implementing the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.” The ACA's Physician Payment Sunshine Act…
Environmental Law Prof Blog
Sometimes “compliance” just ain’t enough…process matters
This week residents living near the contentious nuclear power plant in Kudankulam, India, organized another protest. This time the protestors opposed clearance given to initial fuel loading as another step…
Health Law Prof Blog
Transparency and Personal Responsibility
The current issue of Health Affairs has an interesting piece in the Narrative Matters section about the relationship between taking personal responsibility for one’s own health care decisions and the…
Other
Client Service Lessons from a Landscaper
By Patrick Lamb
As I walked around my yard on Saturday, I realized that our decision to change landscapers was ill-advised. I hadn’t seen our account manager since the first walk-around in early…