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Comment on very complicated…. by Discourse.net

Discourse.net — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:08:21 +0000

Too Complicated for the USA…

Video backing Robin Hood tax on banks from a country that still has occasional progressive twitches before elections. Via Blenderlaw (what? you don't read Blenderlaw.com???)……

Comment on eu by mcappell

mcappell — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:00:07 +0000

Wow. I just looked at my ‘Internet Profile’ on Google and was quite surprised at what came up; I would definitely not object to having some of that information removed. I think the idea is great and that there is amazing potential for a company like this in the future. The EU as an institution appears to be miles ahead of any other organization in helping to protect its citizens from slander and other potentially ‘damaging’ information.

Comment on weeks and years by Nikos

Nikos — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:50:36 +0000

The decision to name Istanbul a European Capital of Culture was taken via the procedure laid out in Decision No 1419/1999/EC, article 4 of which provides that:”European non-member countries may participate in this action. Any such country may nominate one city as a European Capital of Culture and should notify its nomination to the European Parliament….”. Essentially any European country which was not a member of the EU could nominate itself for the title. The new procedure as it is established by Decision 649/2005/CE doesn’t have a similar provision, so we wont see a nomination of a non-member city in the near future.

Comment on eu by NextGen Internet Law » Negative buzz prompts right-to-forget law

NextGen Internet Law » Negative buzz prompts right-to-forget law — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:41:05 +0000

[...] doing some digging for my class on the law of the European Union, I came across this rather interesting BBC article about a proposed law in France that would give [...]

Comment on iosco audit firm ownership consultation by pdl345

pdl345 — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:09:23 +0000

Thanks for calling this to our attention. Interesting that the consultation, expressing concern that the “Big Four” may further shrink in number, only considers ownership structures in searching for solutions. The “public option” — audit by government agencies — might also be an alternative to explore. Also interesting that there isn’t even footnote mention of the legal profession’s venturing into the same arena (e.g., the UK’s Legal Services Act).

Comment on what’s in a name? by John Flood

John Flood — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:51:28 +0000

Can one draw an analogy with the naming of hurricanes? Can we expect both female and male names? Of course they could go for androgeny: Leslie, Robin, Frankie….

Comment on fluency in english as an advantage in transnational policy-making by michael

michael — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:51:22 +0000

I thought money talks; alternately it is said to be an international language.

In which case, it would mean they want someone rich…

Comment on competitive depositor protection by howard

howard — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:41:42 +0000

Thank you.

Comment on competitive depositor protection by Bradley

Bradley — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 03:25:32 +0000

I’m not aware of any deposit protection systems that protect against anything other than there risk of losing the value of the deposit – and until recently many schemes did not protect even 100% of that amount. We’re now seeing a move to protecting 100% of the amount of deposits up to higher values than were previously protected.

Comment on competitive depositor protection by howard

howard — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:38:09 +0000

Do any depositor protections like FDIC or those in the EU protect against currency collapses? I ask because FDIC’s 100k protection or whatever it has been raised to seems like it wouldn’t really matter if the dollar crashed and 100k wouldn’t buy a cup of coffee. Maybe it’s a stupid question because if there was a serious currency collapse, there would probably be a reissuance of a new currency or the agencies that issued the insurance would probably fail along w/ the state…??