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Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinto is expected to announce his nation’s intention to enter the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations at 6pm on Friday. To join the negotiations, Japan will need to win the consent of Australia, New Zealand and the United States (the other nations have already indicated their approval). Japan has generally strong levels […]
[Cable Green, CC-BY, Creative Commons] Today California (CA) Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (author of the CA open textbook legislation) announced that SB 520 will be amended to provide open, online college courses for credit. In short, the bill will allow CA students, enrolled in CA public colleges and universities, to take online courses […]
The Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies at the Faculty of Law Tel-Aviv University, Israel 30 – 31 October 2013 The modern world is changing at a rapid pace, and the law is in constant reactive mode to accommodate these changes. How should the law adapt to the changing reality? Which fields of law […]
This week, Antigua and Barbados’ Finance Minister told the Caribbean press that its ambassador “is engaging officials and technicians at the office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington, DC, to try to once again bring their long-running Internet gambling dispute to an end.” This news comes after the announcement in late January that […]
The eleven countries negotiating the TPP are in negotiations in Singapore from March 4 through 13. Inside U.S. Trade reports that “the main issue intellectual ptoperty negotiators are discussing here is enforcement… negotiators have made more progress here than in past rounds,” and chief negotiators have been participating more with the chapter negotiations. There have […]
OCW Consortium Press Release Contact: Mary Lou Forward +1 802 347.1373 mlforward@ocwconsortium.org Newton, MA (March 4, 2013) – The second annual Open Education week will take place March 11-15, 2013. Open Education Week is a five-day celebration of the global Open Education Movement, featuring online and local events around the world, video showcases of open […]
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