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CFPB urged by consumer groups to take action on banks’ use of algorithms

FedScoop

In a letter sent last week, Consumer Reports and the Consumer Federation of America asked CFPB Director Rohit Chopra for “regulatory clarity” on how financial institutions search for and then implement less discriminatory algorithms in their underwriting work and pricing choices.

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Uruguay Found Liable in Treaty Dispute with Airline Company Investor

Kluwer Arbitration

This resulted in the forced sell of LARAH’s indirect shareholding in Pluna to the Uruguayan government in June 2012. After a review of all the facts and evidence, the Tribunal concluded that LARAH held a 100% stake in Leadgate/SARAH since April 30, 2012. of the Treaty.

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Using the WTO Trade Remedies Committees as a Forum to Resolve Trade Frictions

Import and Trade Remedies

The potential of AD and SCM committees – some examples Treatment of goods: captive use and inward processing Take, for instance, the practically important issue of the treatment of captive goods, i.e., goods traded within the same company, or goods imported under the inward processing regime, in anti-dumping investigations.

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Green Imagery – Is it Worth the Risk?

The Softly Spark

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it can also come with a hefty price if you’re not careful. FTC Shows How NOT to Use Green Imagery The FTC’s Green Guides, first introduced in 1992 and last updated in 2012, are currently under revision to tackle the growing issue of greenwashing.

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12th ICC Brazilian Arbitration Day: An Open and Honest Conversation about ADR and Arbitration Evolution

Kluwer Arbitration

For example, in 2012, the seven mediation chambers in question received 26 requests for mediation, while in 2021 there were 120 requests. The number of mediation processes initiated went from 22 in 2012 to 90 in 2021. Addressing specifically pricing and earn-out clauses, Ms.

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The Procurement Act 2023’s Kaleidoscopic View of the Public Interest

University of Bristol

Of these, the most interesting deviation is the inclusion of the duty to have regard to the importance of maximising public benefit. Could a decision to award contracts on the basis of lowest price only, disregarding environmental and social impacts, be justifiable in the case of an (about to go) bankrupt local authority?

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Government Contracts Issues for a Recession

Procurement Notes

Particularly, the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (“PCE”) core inflation rate for January 2024 was 2.8%. [30] 33] Importantly, since the inflation high water marks of 2022, mostly what has occurred is disinflation (decrease of the inflation rate), not actual deflation (price decreases). down from 5.5% Specifically, U.S.