Fortune: “There’s a new player in the world of freelance marketplaces. It’s called Braintrust and, like incumbents TaskRabbit and Upwork, it provides a website to connect contract workers and firms looking to hire them. But Braintrust stands out for a number of reasons—including its high profile clients. Since launching in 2018, the San Francisco startup… Continue Reading
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Get A Comfortable Chair: Permanent Work From Home Is Coming
NPR – “Indefinite. Or even permanent. These are words companies are using about their employees working from home. It’s three months into a huge, unplanned social experiment that suddenly transported the white-collar workplace from cubicles and offices to kitchens and spare bedrooms. And many employers now say the benefits of remote work outweigh the drawbacks.… Continue Reading
Coronavirus Researchers Are Dismantling Science’s Ivory Tower One Study at a Time
Wired – “…We decided to formally launch our effort with a weekend hackathon. Other groups had organized similar events to develop diagnostic tests and help with the shortage of medical equipment, so why not do the same for research? From the beginning, we knew we’d have to shake up the usual way of doing things.… Continue Reading
The Pandemic Pushed Clerkship Hiring to Zoom and Law Students Liked It
Law.com – “Remote clerkship interviewing went so well last week that some law school career services officials hope it remains an option even after COVID-19 subsides…” Continue Reading
Conducting Research on Federal Real Property: A Guide to Selected Resources
CRS report via LC – Conducting Research on Federal Real Property: A Guide to Selected Resources, June 22, 2020: “This report is designed to introduce congressional staff to selected sources published by the General Services Administration (GSA) that may be useful in conducting research on federal real property—land, buildings, and structures owned, operated, or leased… Continue Reading
Telework Still Reigns As NYC Firms Cleared To Reopen Offices
Law360 – “New York City kicked off the second phase of its reopening plan Monday, freeing many companies to bring employees back into the office, but some law firms say ongoing coronavirus concerns are holding them back. “We’re in no rush to reopen in New York,” said Richard Hans, the head of DLA Piper‘s Manhattan… Continue Reading
Second Great Depression. At least 4 major factors are terrifying economists and weighing on the recovery.
The Atlantic: “The American economy is reopening. In Alabama, gyms are back in business. In Georgia, restaurants are seating customers again. In Texas, the bars are packed. And in Vermont, the stay-at-home order has been lifted. People are still frightened. Americans are still dying. But the next, queasy phase of the coronavirus pandemic is upon… Continue Reading
Research Finds Salary History Bans Help Women And Black Workers
Forbes – “The persistence of the pay gap for women and minorities has called for new policies and research in recent years as pressures mount across industries hoping to level the playing field. A new study at Boston University, released this week, might point to one solution: salary history bans. Many who study labor law believe that… Continue Reading
Federal Reserve announces FraudClassifier Model to help organizations classify fraud involving payments
Federal Reserve Board: “The Federal Reserve today published the FraudClassifier model—a set of tools and materials to help provide a consistent way to classify and better understand the magnitude of fraudulent activity and how it occurs across the payments industry. The model was developed by the Fraud Definitions Work Group, which was comprised of Federal… Continue Reading
NYC Law Firms Officially Cleared for June 22 Reopening, Cuomo Says
Law.com: “New York City is the last part of the state to enter phase two of the reopening plan, but the move is still a dramatic turnaround for a city once at the epicenter of the nation’s COVID-19 crisis. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday confirmed that New York City law firms would be able to… Continue Reading
The Covid-19 Vaccine Should Belong to the People
The Nation – The US government has the authority under existing law to break patent monopolies. “…The idea that some people would not receive a vaccine was once unthinkable. In a now legendary story, Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine in 1955—and then gave it away for free. An interviewer once asked Salk who owned… Continue Reading
2035 Report – Renewable Energy Costs & Our Clean Electricity Future
“The United States can deliver 90 percent clean, carbon free electricity nationwide by 2035, dependably, at no extra cost to consumer bills and without the need for new fossil fuel plants, according to a study released today from the University of California, Berkeley. The study also finds that without robust policy reforms, most of the… Continue Reading
