[{"url":"https://www.callacbd.ca/CALL-Blog/13645841","titre":"New International Opportunity for Law Librarians / Nouvelle initiative internationale pour les bibliothécaires de droit","pubDate":"Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:55:57 +0100","description":"Le texte français suit. The Professional Development Committees of the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) and the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD) are delighted to announce a new exciting initiative coming soon – the International Law Librarian Pen Pal Programme. This informal programme aims to support professional development by connecting law librarians from BIALL and CALL who are interested in sharing experiences, perspectives, and ideas across jurisdictions. Participants will be paired with a law librarian from the partner organisation and invited to connect once a month, primarily by email. Those who prefer may also choose to meet online. Each month, the Professional Development Committees will suggest a discussion topic to help structure conversations, while leaving participants free to explore related areas of shared interest. The programme is intended to: Encourage international peer-to-peer learning Foster professional connections between law librarians in the UK, Ireland, and Canada Provide a relaxed space to discuss current challenges and opportunities in law librarianship The time commitment is intentionally flexible, and the scheme is suitable for librarians at all career stages. Further details, including registration, pairing arrangements, and the first discussion theme, will be shared once the programme begins. Les comités de perfectionnement professionnel de la British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) et de l’Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit (CALL/ACBD) sont ravis d’annoncer le lancement imminent d’une nouvelle initiative très intéressante : le programme international de correspondance entre bibliothécaires de droit (International Law Librarian Pen Pal Programme). Ce programme informel vise à soutenir le perfectionnement professionnel en mettant en relation des bibliothécaires de droit de la BIALL et de la CALL/ACBD souhaitant partager leurs expériences, leurs points de vue et leurs idées avec des collègues d’autres pays. Chaque participant.e sera jumelé.e avec un.e bibliothécaire de droit de l’organisation partenaire et invité.e à échanger une fois par mois, principalement par courriel. Les personnes pourront également choisir d’échanger en ligne si elles le souhaitent. Tous les mois, les comités de perfectionnement professionnel proposeront un thème de discussion afin d’orienter les conversations, tout en laissant aux participant.e.s la liberté d’explorer des sujets connexes suscitant un intérêt commun. Le programme vise à : Favoriser l’apprentissage entre pairs à l’échelle internationale ; Renforcer les liens professionnels entre les bibliothécaires de droit au Royaume-Uni, en Irlande et au Canada ; Offrir un espace décontracté pour échanger sur les défis et les débouchés actuels dans le domaine de la bibliothéconomie juridique. Le temps à consacrer à ce programme est très flexible, et l’initiative s’adresse aux bibliothécaires d’horizons professionnels variés. De plus amples renseignements, notamment sur l’inscription, les modalités de jumelage et le thème de la première discussion, seront communiqués dès le lancement du","id":3241547,"source":"Canadian Association of Law Libraries / L'Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit CALL/ACBD Blog"},{"id":3241512,"description":"Hello. The CALL Private Law Library Special Interest Group met October 2 for the first meeting of the 2024-2025 session. This year we are going to focus on soft skills in private law libraries, and we started with reviewing statistics and data-driven decision making. These decisions can be as simple as which books to weed based on circulation statistics to as in-depth as which products to cancel based on little use. We welcomed a number of private law librarians for a rousing discussion on the use of stats, how we make decisions, how we report the statistics to our managing partner / C-level team / lawyers, and everything in between.  We ended with a round table, as we often do, and came up with some ideas for future sessions, including how private firms bill / don’t bill for online research, how to use the stats to inform new training sessions, and will AI ever be able to run stats for us?  We concluded with a call for private law librarians to volunteer with CALL’s mentorship program, which is making a comeback this year. If any CALL members are interested in participating, please see the Mentorship Program page . Marnie Bailey Manager, Knowledge Services Fasken Martineau DuMoulin","source":"Canadian Association of Law Libraries / L'Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit CALL/ACBD Blog","pubDate":"Mon, 26 Oct 2026 07:55:53 +0100","titre":"Update from the Private Law Library Special Interest Group (SIG)","url":"https://www.callacbd.ca/CALL-Blog/13420344"},{"url":"https://bticonsulting.com/themadclientist/partners-reveal-most-important-cultural-norms-in-big-law","titre":"Partners Reveal Most Important Cultural Norms in Big Law","pubDate":"Thu, 08 Oct 2026 07:47:46 +0200","description":"The post Partners Reveal Most Important Cultural Norms in Big Law appeared first on The BTI Consulting Group","id":3202832,"source":"The Mad Clientist The BTI Consulting"},{"source":"FTC USA Business Blog Posts","description":"Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC Rules of the Road for Business rocks on in Cleveland sgressin September 21, 2020 | 12:03PM Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC Rules of the Road for Business rocks on in Cleveland By Seena Gressin Natives and fans heartily agree that “Cleveland Rocks!” That’s why the Federal Trade Commission and its Ohio partners are ready to roll with the next installment of Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC Rules of the Road for Business , set to make its online debut on October 29, 2020, from Cleveland. The free business workshop focuses on current topics in truth-in-advertising law, social media marketing, data security, business-to-business fraud, and more. Who should attend the virtual event? Ohio business owners, marketing and advertising professionals, attorneys — anyone who needs to know how established consumer protection principles apply in today’s fast-paced marketplace.  The Office of the Ohio Attorney General, Better Business Bureau Serving Greater Cleveland, and the Cuyahoga County Department of Consumer Affairs are joining the FTC in sponsoring Green Lights & Red Flags . Andrew Smith, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, is among the featured speakers, and a roster of Ohio experts will share practical insights. Visit our event page for details. This year’s Green Lights & Red Flags event continues the popular business workshop series that the FTC has held over the years with regional partners in cities across the county. Topics include: Protecting Small Business from Scams . What federal and state law enforcers and the Better Business Bureau are doing to protect your company from business-to-business fraud, and steps you can take to help protect yourself. The Truth About False Advertising. An introduction to truth-in-advertising law. Avoiding a Promotion Commotion. Social media marketing, consumer reviews, children’s online privacy, email marketing, and other timely topics. The Secure Entrepreneur. Data security basics and practical tips on responding to a cyberattack. Green Lights & Red Flags will run from 1 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Eastern Time on October 29th. Space is limited and registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. To register, please use this link . We hope to see you there,","id":3197411,"url":"https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2020/09/green-lights-red-flags-ftc-rules-road-business-rocks-cleveland","titre":"Green Lights & Red Flags: FTC Rules of the Road for Business rocks on in Cleveland","pubDate":"Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:07:08 +0200"},{"pubDate":"Tue, 21 Jul 2026 08:04:33 +0200","url":"https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/07/founders-celsius-network-ordered-pay-165-million-resolve-ftc-charges","titre":"Founders of Celsius Network Ordered to Pay $16.5 Million to Resolve FTC Charges","source":"Federal Trade Commission - Protecting America's Consumers","id":3042974,"description":"Alexander Mashinsky, the former CEO of cryptocurrency platform Celsius Network Inc. (Celsius), and his business partners, Shlomi Daniel Leon and Hanoch “Nuke” Goldstein, will pay a total of $16.5 million to resolve the Federal Trade Commission’s charges that they deceived users by falsely promising that deposits made to their cryptocurrency platform would be safe and always available. Mashinsky and Leon have also agreed to a ban on marketing or selling products or services that can be used to deposit, exchange, invest or withdraw assets. Similarly, Goldstein has agreed to a ban on marketing or selling retail products or services that can be used to buy, sell, deposit, withdraw, distribute or trade cryptocurrency. In its  July 2023 complaint , the FTC alleged that Celsius and its co-founders promised consumers that Celsius was “safer” than a bank or other traditional financial institutions and misrepresented that their deposits were safe because Celsius earned profits at “no risk” to consumers by making secured loans to other exchanges. The FTC says the company and its top executives deceived users by falsely promising them that they could withdraw their deposits at any time, that the company maintained a $750 million insurance policy for deposits, that it had sufficient reserves to meet customer obligations and that those in its Earn program could earn rewards as high as 18% annual percentage yield on deposits. They also repeatedly claimed that the company did not make any unsecured loans. The FTC, however, alleged that the promises were false and that its top executives continued to claim that customers’ deposits were safe days before the company filed for bankruptcy. The settlement orders with the FTC require Mashinsky to pay $10 million, Leon to pay $4.1 million and Goldstein to pay $2.4 million. In addition,  the order with Mashinsky ,  the order with Leon ,   and the proposed order with Goldstein   will also prohibit the Celsius co-founders from: Marketing or selling products or services that can be used to deposit or withdraw certain assets, as Mashinsky, Leon and Goldstein’s deceptive conduct led to enormous consumer injury; Making misrepresentations regarding the benefits of any product or service or any other material fact about any other product or service; and Violating the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, including by obtaining or attempting to obtain customer financial information by making false, fictitious or fraudulent representations; and Finally, the orders with Mashinsky and Leon prohibit them from disclosing nonpublic personal information about consumers unless the consumer first provides express informed consent. The Commission vote approving the stipulated final order with Mashinsky was 3–0 and was approved prior to the departure of former Commissioner Melissa Holyoak. The Commission votes approving the stipulated final orders with Leon and Goldstein were both 2–0. The FTC filed the proposed orders in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Stipulated final orders have the force of law when approved and signed by the District Court Judge. The staff attorneys on this matter are Stephanie Liebner, Carlton Mosley and Sally Tieu of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer"},{"id":2959787,"description":"New data from the Federal Trade Commission reveal that people reported losing a staggering $3.5 billion to imposter scams in 2025, with reported losses increasing nearly three times since 2020. FTC data also show that people reported imposter scams more than any other fraud category in 2025—nearly one in three fraud reports were about imposter scams. These scams lured consumers through text, phone, email, social media, search engine results and other means. Some of the costliest impersonation scams start with a fake security alert, often from a bank. People are convinced to move money to “protect” it, with their losses often limited only by their available funds. Last year, people reported losing nearly $1 billion to business impersonators with the highest reported losses to bank impersonators—and about $920 million to government impersonators, up from $866 million and $789 million respectively in 2024. The FTC has seen a striking increase in reported fraud losses to all types of fraud—about $16 billion was reported lost in 2025, the highest on record and an increase of about 25% compared to the 2024 figure. “Consumers derive enormous benefits from competitive markets built on truthful information. But fraud undermines that foundation, impeding the market process and preventing markets from operating efficiently,” said Christopher Mufarrige, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. “The FTC will use every tool available to combat one of the most pernicious forms of fraud—government and business impersonation—and to protect the integrity of the digital economy.” The data underscore the importance of the FTC’s work with the  Elder Justice Coordinating Council (EJCC) , which is working to help raise awareness of imposter scams and other scams impacting older adults as well as other consumers. This year, the FTC, along with the Department of Justice, Department of Health and Human Services and members of the EJCC, is leading the Never Ever campaign, a public-private coordinated consumer education effort to raise awareness of government and business imposter scams. In addition to the federal agency members of the EJCC , the campaign also includes private sector representatives such as the American Bankers Association, USTelecom, Google and Microsoft. To help the public spot imposter scams, EJCC members launched the Never Ever campaign, which is aimed at promoting messaging on the key actions that government and businesses will Never Ever take. The Never Ever campaign will run from June 15 to June 26, in conjunction with World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. This first-of-its-kind public-private partnership includes participants from a wide range of organizations and is aimed at directing consumers to a website that includes information and resources to help them avoid imposter scams and what to do if they spot one. Enforcement Actions To help combat impersonation scams, the FTC in 2024 finalized the Impersonation Rule. The Rule gives the agency stronger tools to combat and deter scammers who impersonate government agencies and businesses, enabling the FTC to file federal court cases seeking to get money back to injured consumers and civil penalties against rule violators. Since then, the FTC has vigorously enforced the rule and brought a dozen enforcement actions that have resulted in halting imposter schemes and obtained over $70 million in redress for consumers. In 2025, the FTC brought law enforcement actions under the Impersonation Rule against:  American Tax Service (IRS imposter scheme);  MediaAlpha (government imposter scheme to sell health insurance);  Click Profit (business imposter money making scam);  Blackstone Legal (phantom debt business imposter scheme) and  Accelerated Debt Settlement (government and business imposter scheme that targeted older adults for debt relief). More recently, the  FTC filed a complaint against Innovative Partners in April 2026 , alleging the operators","source":"Federal Trade Commission - Protecting America's Consumers","pubDate":"Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:09:40 +0200","titre":"FTC Data Show People Reported Losing $3.5 Billion to Imposter Scams in 2025","url":"https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/06/ftc-data-show-people-reported-losing-3-point-5-billion-imposter-scams-2025"},{"titre":"Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Appoints Deputy Director for Bureau of Consumer Protection","url":"https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2026/01/federal-trade-commission-chairman-andrew-n-ferguson-appoints-deputy-director-bureau-consumer","pubDate":"Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:46:37 +0100","source":"Federal Trade Commission - Protecting America's Consumers","description":"Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson has appointed Levi Swank as Deputy Director of the agency’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.  Swank is an experienced consumer protection litigator who has represented clients in a wide variety of enforcement matters, class actions, and investigations. Prior to joining the FTC, Swank had spent his career in private practice at a large law firm in Washington, D.C., first as an associate and then as a partner. Swank holds a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he was an Executive Editor of the Virginia Law Review and graduated Order of the Coif. He also holds a B.A. in Government from Patrick Henry College. Following law school, Swank clerked for the Hon. Alice M. Batchelder of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth","id":2667062},{"url":"https://bticonsulting.com/themadclientist/how-law-firms-smother-their-lateral-partners-and-make-them-bolt","titre":"How Law Firms Smother Their Lateral Partners and Make Them Bolt","pubDate":"Thu, 08 May 2025 09:29:18 +0200","source":"The Mad Clientist The BTI Consulting","description":"The post How Law Firms Smother Their Lateral Partners and Make Them Bolt appeared first on The BTI Consulting Group","id":2103043},{"id":2013068,"description":"Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson today announced he has appointed Taylor C. Hoogendoorn as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Competition and Katherine White as Deputy Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection.  Hoogendoorn is a talented litigator with expertise in a wide range of litigation, including antitrust, tort, contractual, energy, and intellectual property matters. Hoogendoorn joins the FTC after spending time in private practice at a law firm in Houston. He clerked for the Hon. Samuel A. Alito Jr. on the Supreme Court of the United States; the Hon. Gregory G. Katsas on the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit; and the Hon. J. Harvie Wilkinson III on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Hoogendoorn holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, where he won the Morris Tyler Moot Court of Appeals and served on the Yale Law Journal, and a B.B.A. with majors in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, and Business Fellows from Baylor University. While at Baylor, he served on the university’s Board of Regents and graduated as the top-ranked student in the Hankamer School of Business. White is an experienced privacy and consumer protection attorney, with a career in both government service and private practice. White has deep experience in all aspects of consumer protection law and has led complex investigations relating to privacy, data security, and credit reporting. Most recently, White was a partner at a law firm. Prior to joining the firm, White spent nearly 15 years at the FTC and served in a variety of roles, including as an Attorney Advisor to former Commissioner Noah Phillips during the first Trump administration, Counsel to the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, and as a senior attorney in the Division of Privacy and Identity Protection. In addition, White worked on detail for the Senate Commerce Committee where she provided advice on a range of consumer protection issues. She is a graduate of the George Washington University Law School and the University of","source":"Federal Trade Commission Concurrence communiqués","pubDate":"Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:50:56 +0100","titre":"FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson Appoints Deputy Directors of the Bureaus of Competition and Consumer Protection","url":"https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/03/ftc-chairman-andrew-n-ferguson-appoints-deputy-directors-bureaus-competition-consumer-protection"},{"pubDate":"Thu, 06 Mar 2025 07:56:28 +0100","url":"https://bticonsulting.com/themadclientist/the-law-firm-leadership-crisis-why-no-one-wants-the-managing-partner-job","titre":"The Law Firm Leadership Crisis: Why No One Wants the Managing Partner Job","source":"The Mad Clientist The BTI Consulting","id":1961612,"description":"The post The Law Firm Leadership Crisis: Why No One Wants the Managing Partner Job appeared first on The BTI Consulting Group"}]