A Primer for Prospective “Secondary and Premises” Asbestos Defendants

Given the current state of the asbestos litigation, the potential for tort reform, and new information regarding past asbestos claim history, many companies are for the first time assessing their potential asbestos liability. To reduce the impacts of asbestos claims, these companies are evaluating decisions regarding past insurance settlements for environmental liabilities and carve-outs for asbestos liabilities, pursuing insurance coverage for past and future asbestos claims, prioritizing asbestos litigation and settlement strategies, and strengthening asbestos-related disclosures. Model estimates of future impacts of asbestos liabilities can be developed by assessing past claimant information, identifying past asbestos use, population and occupations exposed (worker and bystander), and accounting for future claim runoff. These model estimates can incorporate probability distributions to account for ranges in uncertainty based on published references as well as uncertainties defined by site- or claimant-specific data. By accounting for uncertainty and updating the model as new information becomes available, companies can proactively assess the past, present, and future impacts of asbestos on the company.     

建设服务型政府的路径选择

建设服务型政府是各级政府面临的重要课题.转变观念、重视服务,建立健全公共财政体制,加快市政公用事业改革步伐和建立政务信息公开制度,是建设服务型政府的主要途径.     

Mexico's Southern Flank: The “Third” U.S. Border

Mexico's crime-ridden southern frontier has become a veritable third U.S. border, as a constant flow of Central Americans and others cross into Mexico, often en route to the United States. As the number of unlawful migrants surges, their characteristics are changing: recent apprehensions include nationals of Caribbean, Middle Eastern, and Asian nations, and foreigners linked to terrorism are using Mexico as a thoroughfare to the United States. Mexico's immigration department is hindered by a number of factors in stanching this flow, and Mexican officials have only begun to publicly recognize the severity of the problem. Washington, too, must wake up to the security threat posed by Mexico's soft underbelly.     

Natural Settings Trials — Improving the Introduction of Clinical Genetic Tests

Approaches to genetic testing differ in the research setting and the clinical setting. More data are needed to develop approaches that will best facilitate the use of new genetic tests in the clinical setting, especially settings where genetic testing has not been widely used, such as in primary care. Furthermore, data are needed to establish the clinical utility of new genetic tests in the general practice setting. Natural setting trials are proposed as a strategy to develop this information. While natural setting trials are clinical research studies and will expose participants to some degree of risk, the risks are different, and arguably less than the risks those same individuals would otherwise face if the test went directly into clinical practice. Ultimately, clinical practice and safety of new genetic tests can be improved by adding the evaluation provided by natural setting trials.     

韩国的铁娘子朴槿惠

在今天的韩国政坛中,有一个女人的名字令人瞩目.欣赏她政治才能的人把她比作"韩国的‘铁'娘子",而反对她的人则蔑视她为"政治遗产的继承者".她出身于"铁腕"总统之家,隐身于市20载,坚守普通人的生活原则,却最终没能躲开与政治的不解情缘.作为当今韩国第一大在野党的掌门人、下届韩国总统的有力竞争者,她似乎有着太多的麻烦和困扰,却始终保持着平静与自信,永远让人感觉处于一种平和的状态.她就是已故韩国总统朴正熙的长女、迄今独身的大国家党党首--朴槿惠.     

非法吸收公众存款罪的理论缺陷及完善

非法吸收公众存款罪由于在立法上对犯罪的客观方面规定不明确,没有统一的认定标准,在司法实践中出现很多认识上的分歧,导致部分案件的判决出现很大的争议。非法吸收公众存款罪名的扩大化导致金融机构垄断的强化。非法吸收公众存款罪的认定应该从非法从事资本、货币经营的角度界定。