The major takeaway from the 2018-19 Dewey B Strategic Hits and Misses Survey is that consumers of legal information regard 2018 as “a miss.” The problem wasn’t so much the products—although products play an important role in triggering the discontent. The major problem is the behavior of legal publishers. Legal publishing is a mature market
Federal Judge Threatens to Imprison Carnival Executives for Continued Environmental Crimes
By Jim Walker
Calling Carnival Corporation a “criminal defendant,” United States Federal District Judge Patricia Seitz threatened to send the “members of Carnival’s executive committee” to a “detention center for a couple of days” for violation of the terms of its probation for environmental crimes, according to the Miami Herald. The newspaper also reported that the Court…
Germany Introduces New Trade Secrets Act Which Imposes Extensive Preventive Measures on Companies
After several months of delay and heated political discussion among all German parties about the scope of protection regarding journalists, whistleblowers and employees, the German parliament adopted the Federal Government’s draft Trade Secrets Act on 21 March 2019. This act implements Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament on the protection of undisclosed know-how and…
China Aims to Boost Investment in Clean Energy
The Green Industry Guidance Catalogue attempts to provide consistent nationwide guidelines for green industries and projects.
By Paul A. Davies and R. Andrew Westgate
Background
On 6 March 2019, seven Chinese regulatory agencies issued the Green Industry Guidance Catalogue (the Catalogue) listing “green industries” that are eligible for funding with green bonds. The seven agencies…
LexisNexis Announces Interaction— Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel Integration
LexisNexis yesterday announced that its subsidiary client relationship management (CRM) product, Interaction would now work seamlessly with Microsoft® Outlook, Excel and Word-three applications that many lawyers typically use. InterAction® for Office 365® is available for both desktop and subscription versions of Office, including those running on Mac and IOS. It allows you to access your firm’s…
Over 50 VA Nursing Homes Found to Have Caused “Actual Harm” to Veterans
Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs released inspection reports of 99 VA nursing homes across the country, and the results are staggering. Out of the 99 VA nursing homes inspected, 52 were cited for deficiencies that caused “actual harm” to veterans.…
New York passes sweeping legislation impacting student loan servicers
On April 1, 2019, New York enacted Article 14-A, governing servicers of student loans owed by New York residents, in connection with New York’s fiscal year 2020 budget. Though sweeping legislation has been anticipated for some time, awareness of the extensive provisions of the new legislation are critical for student loan servicers nationwide.
The legislation…
Brexit Update – UK Parliament Rejects Withdrawal Agreement
Summary:
- The UK Parliament – for the third (and likely final) time – rejected the Withdrawal Agreement that was negotiated over the course of 18 months between the UK Government and EU.
- As things stand, the UK is therefore on course for a No-Deal Brexit on 12 April 2019.
- However, per last week’s summit, the
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HUD files FHA action against Facebook alleging discriminatory advertising practices
The Department of Housing and Urban Development has issued a “Charge of Discrimination” against Facebook that charges the company “with engaging in discriminatory housing practices in violation of the [provisions of the Fair Housing Act that prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin or disability.]” HUD’s Charge (which initiates…
The CAP⋅impact Podcast – Episode 42: Combating Youth Suicides in Kansas with Prof. Jennifer Schmidt
I recorded today’s episode on efforts to reduce and prevent youth suicide with University of Kansas School of Law Professor Jennifer Schmidt last Wednesday, 3/20. Just days later we learned that one survivor of the Parkland school shooting took committed suicide. Then another Parkland survivor took their life. And then news broke that a parent…