Topic
Transparency
804 published works
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Finding TARP
By Ellen Podgor
The Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) emphasizes transparency, but it did take me some time to find the website that told me what…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Minor Kiva.org Scandal
Today's New York Times reports that Kiva.org, a darling of the social enterprise/venture philanthropy movement, has been called to task for a lack of transparency regarding its social investment model. …
LawSites
Gov 2.0: New Sites from DOJ, USPTO, GPO
Both the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently launched significantly redesigned Web sites, each with nods to Web 2.0 and social media. Around the…
Health Industry Washington Watch
FDA Transparency Task Force Meeting (Nov. 3, 2009)
The FDA Transparency Task Force is holding its second public meeting on November 3, 2009. This meeting will focus on: early communication about emerging safety issues concerning FDA-regulated products; disclosure…
Cam Law
Health care reform legislation 1,000 pages later
Health care reform legislation is so dense it may be impenetrable, legal authorities say. According to one report: The push for transparency has become a running congressional side debate in…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
How Transparent Are Class Action Outcomes?
By joetort
In a paper that I somehow missed, Bill Rubenstein (Harvard) and Nicholas Pace (RAND) demonstrate that class action outcomes are not transparent. The paper is called "How Transparent Are Class…
The Legal Watercooler
Social Networking, Social Media and Transparency
Bzzzzzzzzzzz. That sound you hear are the wheels spinning in my head. Or is it the bee in my bonnet. Or the new rant I feel coming on about being…
Health Industry Washington Watch
FDA Comment Solicitation on Enhancing FDA Transparency
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reopened its public comment period on ways the agency can enhance the transparency of FDA activities and decisionmaking. Specifically, the FDA will accept comments…
PropertyProf Blog
Lavine on Transparency and Accountability in New York’s Industrial Development Agencies
By propertyprof
Amy Lavine (Albany) has posted Getting Past the Prisoners' Dilemma: Transparency and Accountability Reforms to Improve New York's Industrial Development Agencies on SSRN. Here's the abstract:This paper discusses the pros…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Zambia—Restrictive NGO Legislation Introduced in Parliament
IRIN news service has reported that Zambia joined a growing list of countries seeking to restrict civil society through controversial legislation. Although one of the stated objectives of the Zambian…