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Transparency
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Will a commitment to “transparency and the rule of law” extend to DOJ in the new administration?
Main January 21, 2009Will a commitment to "transparency and the rule of law" extend to DOJ in the new administration?This report from CNN about commitments and comments made by President…
Asset Search Blog
Former President Bill Clinton’s $500,000 Speaking Engagement
By Fred Abrams
A search for hidden assets is sometimes actually a quest for greater transparency. A financial transfer lacking transparency may delay investigators trying to unravel a fraud. A lack of transparency…
InsureReinsure
UK: FSA Releases Feedback Statement 08/7 on Transparency, Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest in the Commercial Insurance Market (Statement)
The Statement issued by the FSA sets out its continued interest in improving transparency in the mediation of commercial general insurance and the management of conflicts of interest (click here…
Sunshine in Missouri
You think the silence buys you time To make things clearer in your mind But I can’t live in the dark …
By Jean Maneke
A reporter called yesterday to discuss that a city manager had held a closed meeting with the city council to discuss the details of a proposed tax increase for…
Litigation & Trial
BailoutSleuth: Watch Your Money Go To Wall Street and Their Lawyers
Mark Cuban has a new project, BailoutSleuth, "to help ensure that the [bailout] process, including the selection and compensation of contractors, is as transparent as possible." I am shocked and…
Securities Law Prof Blog
SEC Announces Agenda for Transparency Roundtable
The SEC announced the agenda for Wednesday’s roundtable on providing more transparency to investors that will include discussion of lessons from the current credit crisis. Among other issues, panelists will…
Pension Risk Matters
Reader’s Comment About Transparency
Wendy Fried writes the following in response to the September 26, 2008 post entitled "Would Better Disclosure Have Helped WaMu Shareholders?" "It's pretty hard to say without knowing what really pushed…
Pension Risk Matters
Would Better Disclosure Have Helped WaMu Shareholders?
According to a September 25, 2008 press release from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC Seeks More Transparent Disclosure for Investors"), pundits will gather in Washington, D.C. on October…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Judge Weinstein Unseals Zyprexa Documents
By joetort
Noting that "Lilly's legitimate interest in confidentiality does not outweigh the public interest in disclosure," Judge Jack B. Weinstein unsealed formerly confidential documents on links between Zyprexa, obesity, and high…
The FOIA Blog
Monday Rant: Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac-FOIA May Have Been a Cheaper Way To Go
By Scott Hodes
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has seized control of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae--I'm not sure how it all works but I think there would have been a way…