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Researchers try to cope without HHS public medical guideline database five months after its takedown

Sunlight Foundation: “When the Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research (AHRQ) shut down its National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) in July, medical professionals who relied on the database, hosted at guideline.gov, reacted with alarm. For nearly 20 years, AHRQ’s repository of … Continue reading

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OSFI issues final guideline on asset securitization

The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) has issued a final version of Guideline B-5: Asset Securitization (the Guideline), which sets out OSFI’s general expectations for asset securitization transactions undertaken by federally regulated insurance companies. The existing guideline … Continue reading

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Europäischer Datenschutzausschuss (EDSA/EDPB) veröffentlicht den Entwurf seiner Guideline 3/2018 zum räumlichen Anwendungsbereich der EU DSGVO

Der Europäische Datenschutzausschuss (EDSA/EDPB) veröffentlichte per 23. November 2018 den Entwurf seiner Guideline 3/2018 zum räumlichen Anwendungsbereich gemäss Art. 3 DSGVO zur öffentlichen Stellungnahme („Guidelines 3/2018 on the territorial scope of the GDPR (Article 3) – Version for public consultation“). … Continue reading

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Case o' The Week: The 411 on 211 – Bankston and California Robbery and Guideline "Crime of Violence" (CPC 211)

The Hon. Judge Marsha Berzon  “Why the hell did [the Sentencing Commission”] do it this way? It’s ridiculous!” . . .  “I feel like calling them up and asking them!”  So fumed Judge Berzon when wrestling with the 2016 amendment to … Continue reading

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Case o' The Week: Ninth Nixes Extortion Contortions – Edling and "Crime of Violence" Under Guideline Definition

  Did Tony Soprano extort by threatening “physical injury” to his victim's iPad?  (Yeah, the Ninth doesn’t think so, either.)United States v. Edling, 2018 WL 2752208 (9thCir. June 8, 2018), decision available here.Players: Decision by Judge Watford, joined by C.J. … Continue reading

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