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For decades, the practice of motor carriers arranging for freight to be transported by independent owner-operators—i.e., independent contractors who drive their own trucks—has been ubiquitous. [read post]
14 May 2021, 6:57 am by Patrick A. Malone
” An expert panel from the academies, after deep research and in issuing a 448-page report, has expressed disappointment that policy makers seemingly ignored the 1996 recommendations of its independent, nonpartisan sister group, the respected Institute of Medicine. [read post]
Accusations of illegal home invasions, executions, and illegal seizures have prompted a request from the spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, that prosecutors conduct an independent and impartial investigation into the operation. [read post]
13 May 2021, 5:01 am by Laurence Helfer, Molly K. Land
The Oversight Board is partly to blame for this criticism, having described itself as “an independent grievance mechanism to address disputes in a transparent and principled manner. [read post]
12 May 2021, 9:03 pm by Richard DiNapoli
Allen says that the OFR should move out of the Treasury Department into a fully independent role. [read post]
12 May 2021, 4:29 pm by INFORRM
While the sector needs to embrace new technologies, Ofcom’s approach raises awkward questions about whether it still believes in public service broadcasting institutions. [read post]
12 May 2021, 9:45 am by Jane Turner
Her mother was “an incredible woman, highly educated, independent, highly ethical, an economist, and she received a posting in Brussels, Belgium as a Deputy Ambassador. [read post]
11 May 2021, 3:15 pm by vforberger
I am self-employed (including an independent contractor and gig worker) and experienced a significant reduction of my customary or usual services because of the COVID-19 public health emergency. [read post]
11 May 2021, 10:48 am by Matt Gluck
   ICYMI: Yesterday on Lawfare Jen Patja Howell shared the next episode of the After Trump podcast series featuring a discussion of the Justice Department’s independence from the president. [read post]
11 May 2021, 3:11 am by Hayleigh Bosher
Her research interests cover the intersection between copyright law, human rights and culture, with particular focus on topics including limitations and exceptions to copyright, the use of digital technology by cultural heritage institutions, and the relationship between artistic freedom and copyright law. [read post]
10 May 2021, 4:54 pm by INFORRM
On 7 January 2021, Facebook suspended the account of Donald Trump, President of the United States for an indefinite period. [read post]
10 May 2021, 1:55 pm by William Ford, Matt Gluck
Project Manager, Making Space Initiative, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats, R Street R Street Institute; Washington, D.C. [read post]
10 May 2021, 8:55 am by Terry Hart
The American Law Institute (ALI), an independent organization of legal experts founded in 1923, is scheduled to consider portions of its copyright Restatement project at its annual meeting June 8, 2021. [read post]
10 May 2021, 7:57 am by Nicolas Aramayo
The institution of policing in the U.S. specifically has strong roots in the legacies of slavery, imperialism, and white supremacy, and directly evolved from slave patrols. [read post]
9 May 2021, 7:06 pm
  Some factions of the Cuban independent and dissident communities were highly critical of this endeavor generally and the visit more specifically.[11]   The PDCA remains an important milestone for European foreign policy. [read post]
9 May 2021, 4:07 pm by INFORRM
The Debate on the Moral Responsibilities of Online Service Providers, Mariarosaria Taddeo, University of Oxford – Oxford Internet Institute, Luciano Floridi, University of Oxford – Oxford Internet Institute. [read post]
8 May 2021, 12:27 pm by Tom Smith
“Through National Institutes of Health grants to the New York-based organization EcoHealth Alliance, the U.S. government helped fund research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. [read post]
The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday expressed strong concerns about a “rising number of threats, attacks and attempts to undermine and delegitimise independent national human rights institutions“ in Latin America and the Caribbean. [read post]
8 May 2021, 4:50 am by INFORRM
Without press freedom, it is impossible to envisage editorial independence in the media, and without editorial independence as an essential enabler of professional standards, journalism cannot thrive. [read post]
7 May 2021, 1:37 pm by Ilya Somin
There were particularly increases among unvaccinated Republicans (from 35% to 53%), African-Americans (49% to 63%), and independents (43% to 56%). [read post]