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Protecting Classified Information and the Rights of Criminal Defendants: The Classified Information Procedures Act

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Protecting Classified Information and the Rights of Criminal Defendants: The Classified Information Procedures Act, Edward C. Liu, Legislative Attorney; Todd Garvey, Legislative Attorney – April 2, 2012

  • “The Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) provides criminal procedures that permit a trial judge to rule on the relevance or admissibility of classified information in a secure setting. It requires a defendant to notify the prosecution and the court of any classified information that the defendant may seek to discover or disclose during trial. During the discovery phase, CIPA authorizes courts to issue protective orders limiting disclosure to members of the defense team that have obtained adequate security clearances, and to permit the government to use unclassified redactions or summaries of classified information that the defendant would normally be entitled to receive. If classified information is to be introduced at trial, the court may allow substitutes of classified information to be used, so long as they provide the defendant with substantially the same ability to present a defense and do not otherwise violate his constitutional rights. Among the rights that may be implicated by the application of CIPA in a criminal prosecution are the defendant’s right to have a public trial, to be confronted with the witnesses against him, and to have the assistance of counsel. CIPA may also be implicated by the obligation of the prosecution to provide the defendant, under Brady v. Maryland, with exculpatory information in its possession, and to provide the defendant with government witnesses’ prior written statements pursuant to the Jencks Act.”

    • EPIC: Facebook Offers Revised “Download Your Information” Option

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    EPIC: “The New York Times reported that Facebook would provide users with a downloadable archive containing many types of data that the company stores about users. Although the new archive contains more user information than Facebook first offered in 2010, Max Schrems, the German law student and founder of Europe v. Facebook, said that Facebook… Continue Reading

    FTC Orders Alcoholic Beverage Manufacturers to Provide Data for Agency's Fourth Major Study on Alcohol Advertising

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    News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has required 14 major alcoholic beverage advertisers to provide information for the agency’s fourth major study on the effectiveness of voluntary industry guidelines for reducing advertising and marketing to underage audiences by beer, wine, and distilled spirits manufacturers. For the first time, the agency will request information on Internet… Continue Reading

    New GAO Reports: Crop Insurance, Defense Health Care, Export Promotion, USPS

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    Crop Insurance – Savings Would Result from Program Changes and Greater Use of Data Mining, GAO-12-256, Mar 13, 2012 Defense Health Care, Applying Key Management Practices Should Help Achieve Efficiencies within the Military Health System, GAO-12-224, Apr 12, 2012 Export Promotion – The Export-Import Bank’s Financing of Dual-Use Exports, GAO-12-628R, Apr 12, 2012 U.S. Postal… Continue Reading

    Peer review of supervisory authorities' implementation of stress testing principles

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    Peer review of supervisory authorities’ implementation of stress testing principles, April 2012 “Stress testing is an important tool used by banks to identify the potential for unexpected adverse outcomes across a range of risks and scenarios. In 2009, the Committee reviewed the performance of stress testing practices during the financial crisis and published recommendations for… Continue Reading

    The Wealth Report 2012 – A Gobal Perspective on Prime Property and Wealth

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    The Wealth Report 2012, Knight Frank, April 2012 “Never before have wealth creation, economic risk and politics been so closely intertwined with the performance of prime residential and commercial property markets. Drawing on insight from Knight Frank, Citi Private Bank and other leading commentators, The Wealth Report 2012 pulls together all these strands and explains… Continue Reading

    Rapid credit growth and international credit: Challenges for Asia

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    Rapid credit growth and international credit: Challenges for Asia by Stefan Avdjiev, Robert N. McCauley and Patrick McGuire, Bank for International Settlements. Working Papers No 377, April 2012 “Very low interest rates in major currencies have raised concerns over international credit flows to robustly growing economies in Asia. This paper examines three components of international… Continue Reading

    How Important Is Asset Allocation to Financial Security in Retirement?

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    How Important Is Asset Allocation to Financial Security in Retirement? by Alicia H. Munnell, Natalia Sergeyevna Orlova, Anthony Webb – Center for Retirement Research, Boston College “Financial advice tends to focus on financial assets, but other levers may be more important for most households. This paper proceeds in three stages. The first section reports a… Continue Reading