CFTC backs off rule that would require registration of newsletter publishers

Article Abstract:

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's decision to exempt newsletter publishers, software developers, and website operators from registration and licensing rules is discussed, along with the CFTC's decision to drop its appeal of a federal court ruling overturning stricter rules.

Powers and duties, Commodity futures, United States. Commodity Futures Trading Commission

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Camera access advances in Oklahoma, New York

Article Abstract:

A district court ruling ,overturning an Oklahoma rule permitting criminal defendants to block televised trials, is discussed, along with the decision of New York Governor George Pataki to support the lifting of the ban on cameras in the state's courtrooms.

New York, Oklahoma, Cameras in the courtroom, Cameras in court

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Disciplinary records are 'educational' and must be secret

Article Abstract:

A federal district court decision denying a University of Miami (Ohio) student newspaper editor access to university disciplinary records on ground that they were education records under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act is discussed.

Education, Records and correspondence

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