Via Ashkan Soltani: “The Yale Law Journal Online (YLJO) just published an article that Ashkan Soltani co-authored with Kevin Bankston (first workshopped at the Privacy Law Scholars Conference last year) entitled Tiny Constables and the Cost of Surveillance: Making Cents Out of United States v. Jones. In it, we discuss the drastic reduction in the cost of tracking an individual’s location and show how technology has greatly… Continue Reading
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Article – The Prudential Regulation of Financial Institutions
The Prudential Regulation of Financial Institutions – Why Regulatory Responses to the Crisis May Not Prove Sufficient, by William White. Article published in the School of Public Policy – SPP Research Papers – University of Calgary – Volume 6 Issue 33 – October 2013. “It is now six years since a devastating financial and economic crisis rocked… Continue Reading
Women at high risk for breast cancer now to receive some drugs free under Affordable Care Act
HHS news release: “Based on a robust review of the evidence, an independent panel of experts known as the United States Preventive Services Task Force – or USPSTF – recently recommended that clinicians offer to prescribe chemo-preventive medications like tamoxifen or raloxifene for women who are at an increased risk (provided they are also at… Continue Reading
The State of the Banking Sector in Europe
OECD – Dirk Schoenmaker, Toon Peek – Duisenberg School of Finance, Netherlands. Jan 6, 2014. “This paper reviews the state of the banking sector in Europe. At the aggregate level, the empirical data suggest that the Baltics, Cyprus, Greece and Ireland, in particular, are hit by a strong decline in lending in the wake of the financial crisis.… Continue Reading
2014–15 Occupational Outlook Handbook
“The 2014–15 Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) was released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The OOH reflects BLS employment projections for the 2012–22 decade. The OOH is one of the nation’s most widely used sources of career information. It provides details on hundreds of occupations and is used by career counselors, students, parents, teachers, jobseekers, career changers,… Continue Reading
Gallup – Three in 10 in U.S. Own an Array of Consumer Electronics
“As electronics enthusiasts gather in Las Vegas for the International Consumer Electronics Show this week, a new Gallup analysis finds Americans falling into four groups according to their ownership levels of the electronic devices already available. At one end of the spectrum, 31% are “Super Tech Adopters,” who report broad ownership of the major computing… Continue Reading
Trends in transition from classical censorship to Intenet censorship: selected country overviews
Dr Constance Bitso, Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Road, Pretoria, South Africa; Prof Ina Fourie, Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Road, Pretoria, South Africa; Prof Theo Bothma, Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Road, Pretoria “Censorship is no longer limited to printed media and videos. Its impact is felt much more strongly… Continue Reading
Determinants of European Bank CDS Spreads in Times of Crisis
Samaniego-Medina, Reyes and Trujillo‐Ponce, Antonio and Cardone-Riportella, Clara and Parrado-Martínez, Purificación, Determinants of European Bank CDS Spreads in Times of Crisis (December 1, 2013). WP Funcas, No. 736. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2375715 “Since the beginning of the financial crisis, the credit default swap (CDS) spreads of the European banks have severely increased. This paper empirically… Continue Reading
The Concentration of Wealth in New York City
Changes in the Structure of Household Income by Race/Ethnic Groups and Latino Nationalities 1990 – 2010 – Laird W. Bergad, Distinguished Professor, Department of Latin American, Latino and Puerto Rican Studies, Lehman College, Ph.D. Program in History, Graduate Center. “This study examines the concentration of wealth in New York City between 1990 and 2010 using data on household income from… Continue Reading
Net Loss: The Killing of Marine Mammals in Foreign Fisheries
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC): “Few realize it, but nearly every foreign fish product sold in the United States enters the U.S. market in violation of federal law. from the cod and haddock that go into the fish sticks enjoyed by children to the sea bass served at fine restaurants, if it was imported, it probably entered this country… Continue Reading
Minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee, December 17-18, 2013
“The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on December 17-18, 2013. A summary of economic projections made by Federal Reserve Board members and Reserve Bank presidents for the meeting is also included as an addendum to these minutes. The minutes for each… Continue Reading
Public Report on the Independent Assessment Process for Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo
“The Global Network Initiative today released a public report on the independent assessments of founding companies Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo. The assessments looked at cases of government requests implicating the rights of Internet users, and found that each company is making a good faith effort to implement GNI’s Principles on Freedom of Expression and Privacy, and to… Continue Reading
