Category Archives: Current Events

February 26, 2020 · 4:03 pm

Deepfakes


Brief:
SCIENCE & TECH SPOTLIGHT:
DEEPFAKES
Timothy M. Persons, PhD

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· 11:40 am

Section 199A Deduction for Pass-through Business Income: An Overview


Brief:
Section 199A Deduction for Pass-through
Business Income: An Overview
Gary Guenther, Analyst in Public Finance

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· 11:28 am

Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA): A Legal Overview


Brief:
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA):
A Legal Overview
Jacob D. Shelly, Legislative Attorney

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· 10:56 am

CBP isn’t liable for cross-border shootings of non-citizens


Opinion:
JESUS C. HERNANDEZ, et al.
v.
JESUS MESA, JR.

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· 9:54 am

Habitual-residence determinations in cases involving international child abduction are based on the totality of specific circumstances


Opinion:
MICHELLE MONASKY
v.
DOMENICO TAGLIERI

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February 25, 2020 · 6:58 pm

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office cannot recover the salaries of its legal personnel on appeal of an adverse decision


Opinion:
LAURA PETER, DEPUTY DIRECTOR,
PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
v.
NANTKWEST, INC.

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· 3:50 pm

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) statute of limitations begins to run when the alleged violation occurs


Opinion:
KEVIN C. ROTKISKE
v.
PAUL KLEMM, et al.

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February 22, 2020 · 8:17 pm

5 major US telecom companies are vulnerable to SIM-swapping tactics


Study:
An Empirical Study of Wireless Carrier Authentication for SIM Swaps
Kevin Lee, Ben Kaiser, Jonathan Mayer, Arvind Narayanan
Department of Computer Science and Center for Information Technology Policy
Princeton University

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· 12:16 pm

Enforcing International Trade Obligations in USMCA: The State-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism


Brief:
Enforcing International Trade Obligations in USMCA:
The State-State Dispute Settlement Mechanism
Nina M. Hart, Legislative Attorney

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· 10:20 am

Foreign Interference in NIH Research


Brief:
Foreign Interference in
NIH Research: Policy Implications
Kavya Sekar, Analyst in Health Policy

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