Sasha Chavkin (ProPublica) via Chronicle of Higher Education – “The Education Department has enacted a crucial reform on behalf of borrowers who become disabled, issuing new rules this month that will make it easier for those borrowers to get their federal student loans forgiven. The rules, which the department has not publicly announced, for the… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2012
Prudentials biennial study on the Financial Experience & Behaviors Among Women
Financial Experience & Behaviors Among Women “Our 2012-13 study found that women are increasingly the primary breadwinners of many households. They are more likely to be single than a generation ago, either as a result of being widowed or the decision to remain single, marry later or divorce. This is increasingly the case for women… Continue Reading
Secrecy News Posts New CRS Reports on Privacy
Privacy: An Abbreviated Outline of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping, October 9, 2012. “This report provides an overview of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).” Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping, October 9, 2012. Privacy: An Abridged Overview of the Electronic… Continue Reading
List of State Anti-Price Gouging Laws
List of State Anti-Price Gouging Laws by Michael Giberson “Here is Michael Giberson’s current list of states with anti-price gouging laws, noting the date of the initial price gouging law, reference, and occasionally a link to the law or an added note. At the end of the table is a list of resources Ive used… Continue Reading
Deloitte – Risk, data and the supervisor
Risk, data and the supervisor The clock is ticking…: “This paper provides a Deloitte perspective on the recent Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) consultative document Principles for Effective Risk Data Aggregation and Risk Reporting. We present a point of view on the regulatory drivers for change within the industry, the implications for banks and… Continue Reading
Writing an escalation contract using the Consumer Price Index
Writing an escalation contract using the Consumer Price Index, by Malik Crawford and Kenneth J. Stewart, Consumer Price Index program “Each year thousands of people write contracts with escalation clauses that are tied to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Escalation contracts call for an increase in some type of payment in the event of an… Continue Reading
Business Employment Dynamics Summary
“From December 2011 to March 2012 gross job gains from opening and expanding private sector establishments were 6.9 million, an increase of 26,000 from the previous quarter, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over this period, gross job losses from closing and contracting private sector establishments were 6.1 million, a decrease of 399,000… Continue Reading
The Study on the Functioning of the European Trade Mark System
Knaak, Roland, Kur, Annette and Von Mühlendahl, Alexander, The Study on the Functioning of the European Trade Mark System (November 1, 2012). Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property & Competition Law Research Paper No. 12-13. Available at SSRN “As an element in the comprehensive evaluation of European trade mark law currently undertaken by the European… Continue Reading
New surveys indicate sea change in legal research billing costs to clients
Rachel M. Zahorsky, ABA Journal: “More and more billing partners are knocking research costs off invoices before theyre even submitted to clients, legal consultant Rob Mattern of Mattern & Associates recently told me…This trend is apparent at firms that negotiate deals with research providers but historically havent passed along discounts they received to their clients,… Continue Reading
Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions
CRS – Federal Laws Relating to Cybersecurity: Discussion of Proposed Revisions. Eric A. Fischer, Senior Specialist in Science and Technology, November 9, 2012 “For more than a decade, various experts have expressed increasing concerns about cybersecurity, in light of the growing frequency, impact, and sophistication of attacks on information systems in the United States and… Continue Reading
60 percent of America's biggest cities are now smoke-free
News release: “Thirty of Americas 50 largest cities are now covered by laws that prohibit smoking in all indoor areas of private workplaces, restaurants, and bars, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By late 2000, only one of the 50 largest U.S. citiesSan Jose, Calif.was covered by such a… Continue Reading
Connecting to Opportunity: Access to Jobs via Transit in the Washington, D.C. Region
Connecting to Opportunity: Access to Jobs via Transit in the Washington, D.C. Region, Martha Ross and Nicole Prchal Svajlenka, November 8, 2012. “Findings – An analysis of the public transit systems serving the Washington, D.C. region finds that: Nearly 90 percent of residents in the Washington region live in neighborhoods with access to transit coverage… Continue Reading
