European Union to Conduct Stress Tests on All Nuclear Plants in Wake of Japan Crisis
March 21, 2011 in International Environment Reporter
EU member states agreed March 15 to carry out stress tests on the 143 nuclear installations in the European Union to determine if problems similar to those experienced in Japan could be avoided in the wake of a natural disaster or terrorist attack…
Chinese Government Puts Nuclear Drive on Hold, Suspends New Plant Approvals
March 21, 2011 in International Environment Reporter
China has suspended all new approvals of nuclear plants for a review of safety standards in the wake of Japan’s unfolding nuclear crisis, a government web portal said March 16…
Nuclear Emergency in Japan Causes Countries Worldwide to Examine Policies
March 21, 2011 in International Environment Reporter
In the week since a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami sparked a nuclear emergency in Japan, governments around the world have begun to review their nuclear energy policies and in some cases have halted plans to expand use of the low-carbon power source…
China’s Manufacturing Output Now Tops U.S. Production in Dollar Value, Firm Says
March 21, 2011 in WTO Reporter
A private economic consulting firm March 14 said China overtook the United States in 2010 as the world’s top manufacturer in terms of annual value-added production…
ANALYSIS: 2010 U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Year-End Review
March 21, 2011 in Securities Regulation & Law Report
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement in 2010 continued to outpace prior years, setting new records both for the number of prosecutions and enforcement actions filed and for the substantial corporate penalties and individual sentencing resulting from the corporate prosecutions…
ANALYSIS: An Overview of Japanese Financial Inspections
March 21, 2011 in Securities Regulation & Law Report
In the past five articles of this series, we have focused on describing Japan’s financial services licensing regime, explaining in very general terms the types of financial business registrations available in Japan and the benefits they confer on their holders in providing financial services to residents of Japan
ANALYSIS: 2010 U.S. Cost of a Data Breach
March 21, 2011 in Privacy & Security Law Report
Ponemon Institute’s 2010 report on the cost of a data breach for U.S. companies found that for the second year in a row, escalating data security threats and compliance pressures to combat them drove more organizations to respond so rapidly to data breaches that they paid significantly higher costs…
ANALYSIS: European Union Shift to Concrete Cost Analysis of Data Protection
March 21, 2011 in Privacy & Security Law Report
Following meetings held Feb. 24-25, the Council of the European Union released its “Conclusions” in response to the EU Commission’s Nov. 4, 2010 “Communication” proposing “a comprehensive approach on personal data protection in the European Union.”…
Obama Administration, in Major Policy Shift, Seeks ‘Privacy Bill of Rights’
March 21, 2011 in Privacy & Security Law Report
In a significant privacy rights strategy shift, the Obama administration March 16 for the first time called on Congress to pass “privacy bill of rights” legislation to protect consumers…
European Commission Solicits Comments on Updating Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rules
March 15, 2011 in International Environment Reporter
The rules for monitoring and reporting on greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union need to be updated and streamlined so that lawmakers can respond more quickly if policies are seen to be failing, the European Commission said March 7…