The EU-US Privacy Shield Framework was developed by the US Department of Commerce and the European Commission to facilitate compliance with personal data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union to the United States. Organizations participating in the program were deemed to provide “adequate” privacy protection outside of the European Union under the EU Data Protection Directive (GDPR). […]
On November 1, 2019, the Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education finalized new regulations that inter alia imposed certain reporting and disclosure requirements on institutions receiving funding under the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) and specifically Title IV of the HEA. The new requirements take effect July 1, 2020. Of potential interest to licensure boards or certification bodies is […]
“Disinformation vulnerability,” i.e., vulnerability to inaccurate, misleading or incomplete information is oftentimes a byproduct of asymmetric information. Such inaccurate, misleading or incomplete information may be disseminated innocently or by design. The “degree” of vulnerability is a function of: the perceived or real expertise of the information provider; the importance to the recipient of the subject matter to which the information […]
No trademark by which the goods of the applicant may be distinguished from the goods of others shall be refused registration on the principal register on account of its nature unless it— Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive, or scandalous matter; or matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national […]