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Monthly Archives: September 2008

New on LLRX.com – E-Discovery Update: Producing Spreadsheets in Discovery

E-Discovery Update: Producing Spreadsheets in Discovery – 2008 In spite of great financial investment to produce these documents in a way that satisfies competing litigation needs of authenticity and full native functionality, litigants continue to disagree on a production format for these documents, according to Conrad J. Jacoby. Continue Reading

Addressing Misconceptions About The Consumer Price Index

“The Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Federal Government’s principal measure of inflation at the retail level, is one of the most-watched economic statistics in the world. Its prominence means that it receives a high level of scrutiny and analysis. Some questions that have been asked recently by journalists and other commentators about the index are:… Continue Reading

CDC: National, State, and Local Area Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19–35 Months

CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 5, 2008: National National, State, and Local Area Vaccination Coverage Among Children Aged 19–35 Months – United States, 2007. “Maintaining high vaccination coverage and continued attention to reducing current poverty disparities is needed to limit the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases among children. According to 2007 National Immunization Survey… Continue Reading

What is the economic outlook for OECD countries? An interim assessment

“Financial market turmoil, the bursting of the housing bubble and high commodity prices continue to weigh on global economic growth, according to OECD’s latest interim economic assessment of the G7 countries. Banks have recognized most of the losses and write-downs related to the sub-prime mortgage market but the eventual extent of the financial disruption is… Continue Reading

SEC Charges Two Wall Street Brokers in $1 Billion Subprime-Related Auction Rate Securities Fraud

News release: “The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged two Wall Street brokers with defrauding their customers when making more than $1 billion in unauthorized purchases of subprime-related auction rate securities…The SEC alleges that Julian Tzolov and Eric Butler misled customers into believing that auction rate securities being purchased in their accounts were backed by… Continue Reading

Social Security IG: Social Security Administration's Enterprise-Wide Infrastructure Contract

The Social Security Administration’s Enterprise-Wide Infrastructure Contract, A-14-08-18014, September 2, 2008. “On September 28, 2005, SSA entered into a contract with Northrop Grumman to address hardware, software, maintenance and technical support of the Agency’s Enterprise-Wide Network. The contract has an estimated value of $153.2 million for 60 months from September 28, 2005 through September 27,… Continue Reading