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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

President Obama Signs Executive Order on Cybersecurity

by Carly Ziegler | Proskauer - Privacy & Data Security on 3/7/2013

As announced during the 2013 State of the Union Address, President Obama recently signed an Executive Order on cybersecurity. The primary goals of the Executive Order are to (a) improve communication between private companies...more

Legislators Accuse Assistant AG of Inappropriate Interference in Disparate Impact Case

by BuckleySandler LLP on 10/1/2012

On September 24, Representatives Lamar Smith (R-TX), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), and Darrell Issa (R-CA), along with Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA), sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder alleging that Assistant...more

United States Eases Sanctions on New Investment in Burma (Myanmar)

by Foley Hoag LLP - Corporate Social... on 5/18/2012

On Thursday, May 17, 2012, President Obama announced that the U.S. would issue a general license easing sanctions on the export of financial services and new investment in Burma, although he did not lift them, meaning that...more

This Week in Washington - April 27, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 5/1/2012

In This Issue: - DOMESTIC POLICY MATTERS Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Budget/Appropriations. On Wednesday, the House Appropriations Committee approved FY 2013 302(b) spending allocations that follow the $1.028 trillion...more

Proponents of Extracting Slavery Reparations From Private Interests Must Contend with Equity's Maxims

by Charles E. Rounds, Jr. on 8/3/2011

Charles E. Rounds, Jr., Proponents of Extracting Slavery Reparations From Private Interests Must Contend with Equity’s Maxims, 42 U. Tol. L. Rev. 673 (2011): That the national conversation on slavery reparations has been, and...more