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Responsible Down Standard: Textile Trade Group Gets Down With Ethics
With outerwear brand The North Face leading the way, Textile Exchange is helping to encourage the use of…
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Australian Ad Coalition Looks to Balance Native Ads, Quality Content
With businesses seeking to get more out of their ad buys, two Australian ad groups on both sides…
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SeaWorld Works To Solve “Blackfish” Headache—With Association Help
The theme park chain, which has faced serious knocks to its reputation (and a drop in its stock…
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Veal Industry’s Comeback Plan: Focus on Ethical Practices
A full generation after veal largely fell off dinner plates and restaurant menus because of ethical concerns, the…
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Bar Association Teams Up With Disruptive Legal Services Startup
In a pilot program, the American Bar Association will work with the startup Rocket Lawyer, which offers access…
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Whistleblower Warning: A Quick Policy Checkup
An inspector general recently warned a nonprofit that gag provisions included in an employee separation agreement may violate…
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Polling World Up In Arms Over New York Times’ Methodology Change
In a move that's proving controversial among pollsters, The New York Times and CBS News are finding themselves…
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Good Counsel: Left to Their Own Devices
If you’ve got a BYOD policy, you’ve got legal risks.
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Is the Fist Bump the New Handshake?
A new study suggests that the fist bump, a greeting practice perfected by cool guys everywhere and made…
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With “Steroid Era” Up, Baseball Writers Tighten Hall of Fame Rules
At a time when a number of tainted stars are aiming for spots in Cooperstown, the Baseball Writers'…
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FTC Regulator to App Industry: Protect Consumers’ Privacy
In comments last week, FTC Commissioner Julie Brill took the app industry to task for its poor handling…
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Report: Goodwill Locations Targeted By Credit-Card Breach
The charitable nonprofit group reported evidence that its payment systems were recently attacked and announced an investigation. Although…
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Ukraine Crash Shows Air Traffic Challenges Around Conflict Zones
Last week's downing of a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane over Ukraine highlights a difficult fact of life for…
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Social Media Roundup: You Are What You Tweet
Another cautionary tale for association pros deeply involved with social media, regardless of whether the context is personal…
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UK Movie Theaters Throw Shade on Google Glass
In a preemptive move meant to stop piracy in its tracks before the technology takes off, the Cinema…
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Luis Suarez: What to Do When Your Top Performer Is a Bully
When Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez apparently bit a player at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, his…
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Where to Spot the Fakes: DC’s Crime Museum
The museum just launched a new permanent exhibit featuring a wide array of counterfeit goods from the black…
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Bar Association Gives Members Leeway on Jurors’ Social Presences
Settling what had been a tough ethics question, the ABA recently gave lawyers the go-ahead to research jurors…
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University Professors Question Rise of Confucius Institutes
Chinese cultural centers in American schools draw criticism for alleged use of “soft power.”
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More UBIT Guidance Needed, IRS Advisory Panel Says
To help tax-exempt organizations in their reporting of unrelated business income, the advisory panel made several recommendations, including…
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As Legal Battle Continues, Companies File Conflict Minerals Reports
Manufacturers this week had to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission on the impact of conflict minerals…
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Laws Imitate ‘Dallas Buyers Club’: States Pass Right-To-Try Laws
Bills that would legalize the purchase of experimental drugs for terminally ill patients—a theme of a recent Oscar-winning…
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Realtors’ Group Raises Transparency Bar With New Election Process
The National Association of Realtors, whose members regularly handle what for many consumers is their most important financial…
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Editor’s Note: The Data Dilemma of Retail Security
What Target's retail security failings teach the rest of the business world about protecting data.
