Via MuckRock – Challenging authority, one public records request at a time by Beryl Lipton: “While teens across the United States prepare to return to their cliques and classes, MuckRock would like to introduce inquisitive minds and aspiring rebels to the paper path toward challenging your school, town, and local government. Encourage increased clarity in your academics, transparency in your community, and civic participation in your country: file a public records request….”
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Daily Archives: September 4, 2016
The power of tweeting photos of flowers from around the world
Via GOOD – “Every Sunday since March 13, Alyssa Harad has been hosting the weekly Flower Report (#FlowerReport) on Twitter. Followers are invited to tweet photos of blossoms from their corner of the world using the hashtag, then Harad boosts each photo with a retweet. Harad, the Austin-based author of a memoir about her relationship to scent, Coming… Continue Reading
International Banking and Cross-Border Effects of Regulation: Lessons from France
Bussière, Matthieu and Schmidt, Julia and Vinas, Frédéric, International Banking and Cross-Border Effects of Regulation: Lessons from France (august 2016). DOCUMENT DE TRAVAIL N° 599. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2833842 “As part of the International Banking Research Network, the Banque de France contribution to the research project on prudential policy spillovers concentrates on the… Continue Reading
Economics, EQ, and Finance: the Next Frontier in Legal Education
Pierson, Pamela Bucy, Economics, EQ, and Finance: the Next Frontier in Legal Education (2016). 65 Journal of Legal Education 864 (2016); U of Alabama Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2833935. Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2833935 “This article discusses data collected in 2014 – 2015 through a survey of associate deans at 91 of 202… Continue Reading
New devices allow any vehicle to transmit alerts for help after accidents
WSJ.com – “…Devices like the Automatic Pro can bring almost any vehicle—even a jalopy you bought when *NSYNC was popular—into the smartphone age. They look like USB thumb drives and plug into the On-Board Diagnostics (OBD-II) port found in almost every almost every car sold in America since 1996. These ports are often hidden under… Continue Reading
Hacker “Guccifer” Sentenced to 52 Months in Prison
DOJ news release: “Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania, a hacker who used the online moniker “Guccifer,” was sentenced today to 52 months in prison for unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft…Lazar pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge James C. Cacheris of the Eastern District of Virginia on May 25,… Continue Reading
NYS DMV employs enhanced facial recognition technology to catch ID thieves
Ars Technica: “In January, the New York State DMV enhanced its facial recognition technology by doubling the number of measurement points on a driver’s photograph, a move the state’s governor says has led to the arrest of 100 suspected identity thieves and opened 900 unsolved cases. In all, since New York implemented facial recognition technology… Continue Reading
