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6 Dec 2016, 4:08 am
The business model of these companies is premised on workers being independent contractors. [read post]
5 Dec 2016, 10:00 pm
In several surveys, large majorities of consumers have said that a “humanely raised” claim should not be allowed on products unless verified by an independent third party. [read post]
5 Dec 2016, 7:58 am
A group of principal investigators from CSAIL, MIT's computer science department -- which hosts the W3C -- sent a letter to the W3C executive, expressing concern that EME presents a danger to the work of MIT researchers and independent researchers alike, and calling out EME for what it is: a way to put proprietary content on the Web. [read post]
4 Dec 2016, 8:12 pm
In part this is likely due to the independence of the legal professions, which results in a decentralized industry that is highly autonomous, but also likes to act with impunity. [read post]
4 Dec 2016, 4:08 pm
Or as, Professor Steven Barnett put it on Twitter “Today one unaccountable tabloid editor attempts to undermine the integrity of 11 independent judges. [read post]
3 Dec 2016, 6:45 am
(MSF CRASH, Nov. 2016) [text]"How Economic Migrants Become Refugees as They Seek a New Life," Independent, 22 Nov. 2016 [text]The Less-told Migration Story and its Humanitarian Consequences: An MSF Canada Report on the Global Displacement Crisis (MSF, Sept. 2016) [text]Migration and Displacement: Our Approach and Priorities (ODI, Dec. 2016) [text]The UN at 70, and the UK - Development Cooperation, Humanitarian Action, and Peace and Security: Lessons from Experience and Policy… [read post]
3 Dec 2016, 3:06 am
The research was supported by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2012-68003-30155 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 3:35 am
Television – particularly because of its status as the most popular news source, key site of leisure activity and its role as an engine of cultural integration – is one of the key institutions that ought to be forensically examined if it’s to operate effectively in the public interest. [read post]
2 Dec 2016, 1:01 am
Moloney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, on Thursday, December 1, 2016 Tags: Compliance and disclosure interpretation, Conflicts of interest, Cross-border transactions, Disclosure, Financial advisers, Incentives, Mergers & acquisitions, SEC, Securities regulation, Tender offer 2016 Shareholder Activism Insight Report Posted by Marc Weingarten and Eleazer Klein, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, on Thursday, December 1, 2016 Tags: Boards of Directors, Charter & bylaws,… [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 5:22 pm
” Violations of Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act: In order to meet the burden to establish demand futility as their allegations of inadequate proxy disclosures, Judge Thrash said the plaintiffs must provide particularized factual allegations that raise a reasonable doubt that the directors were disinterested and independent. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 12:47 pm
Under the BIC Exemption: an “adviser” is an individual who: is a fiduciary of a plan or an IRA by providing investment advice for a fee and an employee, independent contractor, agent, or registered representative of a financial institution; and satisfies applicable federal and state regulatory and licensing requirements with respect to the covered transaction. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 12:47 pm
Under the BIC Exemption: an “adviser” is an individual who: is a fiduciary of a plan or an IRA by providing investment advice for a fee and an employee, independent contractor, agent, or registered representative of a financial institution; and satisfies applicable federal and state regulatory and licensing requirements with respect to the covered transaction. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 9:59 am
Located at 1314 Second Street, and formerly a 15,000 square foot "acupuncture institute" (remember, we're in L.A.), the building is a few blocks from the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Monica Pier. [read post]
30 Nov 2016, 11:20 am
He deeply believes in the efficacy of our democratic institutions and seems to assume that traditional checks, balances and the norms of governance will constrain President-Elect Trump's more dangerous impulses. [read post]
30 Nov 2016, 10:14 am
After instituting review, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found some of the patent claims invalid as anticipated/obvious. [read post]
30 Nov 2016, 9:33 am
"Opening Plenary Presentations – and the ‘Pioneering Past’ -- With welcoming remarks by Josef Leidenfrost, Austrian Student Ombudsman; Dr Josef Hauser, The Ombudsman of the Province of Tyrol, and Dr Josef Siegele, Secretary General of the European Ombudsman Institute. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 1:12 pm
Bernstein published his theory of regulatory capture in Regulating Business By Independent Commission (Greenwood... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 9:00 am
The CFPB encourages institutional leadership and compliance officers of financial services companies to reduce consumer abuse by: Promoting from the top down a culture of providing exceptional customer service by aligning customer need with product recommendations; Enacting policies and procedures that promote transparency and fair, independent processes for investigating allegations of consumer abuse; Training employees about products and services and how to match customer need… [read post]
29 Nov 2016, 5:00 am
An independent special litigation committee of CCOH concluded that CCOH could not breach or modify the agreements without risking irreparable consequences; the committee negotiated a forward-looking settlement that instituted corporate governance reforms to address conflicts and manage the ongoing relationship between the companies.Citing Yogi Berra, the court suggested that GAMCO’s suit a few years later was “like déjà vu all over again. [read post]
28 Nov 2016, 4:32 pm
Work done by European Commission funded research centres at the European University Institute in Florence and the Media Foundations of Sparkasse in Leipzig is laying a foundation, but much more needs to be done in terms of monitoring of media independence and independence of regulators. [read post]
