There has been a lot of discussion of the massive data set that Pete Warden has been collecting from Facebook and the initial visualization of American groupings of people, based on their friends and other profile information. He's going to be releasing this data for researchers tomorrow - all gear ...

Winter conditions can make travel along Arkansas roads dangerous. The Arkansas Highway Department recommends that motorists stay off Arkansas roads during ice and snow storms. However, sometimes that is not an option for some people. The following winter driving tips were listed on the Department' ...

I was talking the other day with a partner in a large national firm. For a variety of reasons, including the nature of his practice area, his annual billings have been declining for a couple of years now, and he’s been contacted about it by some of the senior people in the firm. He’s bee ...

The Employee Benefits Security Administration (the "EBSA") has announced the publication of a model notice which can be used to meet the notice requirements of the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 ("CHIPRA"). An employer could be maintaining a group health plan in a ...

According to the Los Angeles Times, Robert Khuzami, the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) director of enforcement, has initiated a new whistle-blower program to attempt to catch fraudsters in the act. This program hopes to stop the fraudster before they have caused too much damage and to at ...

After the 341(a) hearing that a debtor must attend following a San Diego bankruptcy under either Chapter 7 or Chapter 13, there exists a requirement that the debtor attend a financial management course. This is the second of the two courses mandated by the 2005 Bankruptcy Abuse and Consumer Protecti ...

Yesterday the FAA published it's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ("ANPRM") titled New Pilot Certification Requirements for Air Carrier Operations which I discussed in my February 4, 2010 post. According to the ANPRM, "[t]he purpose of this notice is to gather information on whether current el ...

While motor vehicle accidents caused by drunk or impaired drivers seem to grab the headlines, few people are aware of the dangers of driving while sleepy. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration says there are just as many accidents caused by sleep-deprived drivers as there are in ...

The Ministry of Environment is bracing for the 500 to 800 renewable energy approval applications that they expect to receive once the Ontario Power Authority issues its Feed In Tariff contract offers, starting in March. An approvals team has been assembled. Amid extensive internal consultations and ...

DC's Big Blizzard(s): Will the SEC Still Declare Your Filings Effective? I won't whine since I grew up in Chicago, but a second blizzard is expected today in Washington as federal government offices are closed here for a second straight day as we dig out from the first. As I blogged on Friday, fede ...