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2 weeks ago | 
livescience.com | Andrew Rosenberg
The first 10 weeks of the Trump administration have sent shock waves through the science community. Many expected the second Trump administration to follow the pattern of the first. But I certainly didn't expect a broad-scale assault on the U.S. science enterprise itself. Elon Musk emerged as Trump's leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). There seems to be no strategy behind the department's decisions.
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2 weeks ago | 
ers.usda.gov | Andrew Rosenberg |Bryan Pratt
As USDA’s largest land retirement program, the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) pays landowners a yearly rental fee to convert highly erodible or otherwise environmentally sensitive land to vegetative cover such as native grasses. The program aims to achieve environmental benefits such as improving air and water quality, providing wildlife habitat, and sequestering carbon through land-use change. Contracts typically range from 10 to 15 years.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
scilight.substack.com | Andrew Rosenberg
What Happened: The Trump Administration Placed all staff working in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs across the government on administrative leave with pay. They also indicated that institutions and companies that work with the government need to ensure they are not implementing DEI programs internally.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Andrew Rosenberg |Bryan Pratt |Daniel Szmurlo
Supporting Information Filename Description ajae12502-sup-0001-supinfo.pdfPDF document, 6.7 MB Data S1. Supporting Information. REFERENCES , , , and . 2023. “When Should you Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?” Quarterly Journal of Economics 138(1): 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjac038. , and . 2009. Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. , and . 2015.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
aaea.org | Andrew Rosenberg |Bryan Pratt |Daniel Szmurlo
Supporting Information Filename Description ajae12502-sup-0001-supinfo.pdfPDF document, 6.7 MB Data S1. Supporting Information. REFERENCES , , , and . 2023. “When Should you Adjust Standard Errors for Clustering?” Quarterly Journal of Economics 138(1): 1–35. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjac038. , and . 2009. Mostly Harmless Econometrics: An Empiricist's Companion. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. , and . 2015.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Jacob A. Adlerstein |Paul M. Basta |Lauren Bilzin |Brian Bolin |Robert Britton |Alice Belisle Eaton | +10 more
Supreme Court Reaffirms Fraudulent Transfer Actions Are “Suits at Common Law” ThatMust Be Heard by a JuryIn Sec. & Exch. Comm’n v. Jarkesy, 144 S. Ct. 2117 (2024), the Supreme Court held that theSecurities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) adjudication of securities fraud claims beforean administrative law judge rather than an Article III court with a jury violates the SeventhAmendment.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
blog.ucsusa.org | Andrew Rosenberg
This article is republished from SciLight, an independent science policy publication on Substack. It’s been a rough few weeks for the US legal framework for protecting public health and safety and science-based decision making. In a string of really problematic decisions, the US Supreme Court’s ultra-conservative majority has ensured that the hard job of regulatory agencies in protecting the public interest will get even harder, if not impossible in many instances.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
ers.usda.gov | Andrew Rosenberg |Bryan Pratt |David Arnold |Ryan Williams
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)—the agency’s largest land retirement program—pays landowners a yearly rental fee to plant and maintain environmentally beneficial land covers on eligible portions of their land instead of crops.
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Jun 3, 2024 | ers.usda.gov | Andrew Rosenberg |Bryan Pratt |David Arnold |Ryan Williams
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)—the agency’s largest land retirement program—pays landowners a yearly rental fee to plant and maintain environmentally beneficial land covers on eligible portions of their land instead of crops.
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May 1, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Jacob A. Adlerstein |Paul M. Basta |Brian Bolin |Robert Britton |Alice Belisle Eaton |Brian S. Hermann | +9 more
Alice Eaton Featured at Wharton’s PE and Venture Capital ConferenceRestructuring partner Alice Eaton spoke on the panel “Adjusting to a New Era: Redefining Value Creation in Uncertain Times,” as part of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s 2024 Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference on March 29. The panel covered the use of innovative financing instruments and structures for investments in distressed assets.
