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11 Feb 2013, 9:30 pm
As tax season comes into full swing, so-called “tax professionals”—individuals who prepare taxes for compensation but are not lawyers or accountants—now face unclear regulations—if they face any at all. [read post]
10 Jun 2013, 9:30 pm
A recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Report shows that in 2012, large drug companies increased their use of pay-for-delay settlements to keep small competitors out of the market. [read post]
15 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced the addition of over 90,000 consumer financial complaints to its online database. [read post]
6 Nov 2013, 9:54 pm
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recently proposed rules on crowdfunding are sure to draw crowds. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 9:30 pm
Cyberattacks can cause potentially massive costs, but the United States may not be adequately prepared to face them. [read post]
9 Nov 2011, 12:00 am
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced its schedule to develop regulations for the disposal of wasterwater from hydraulic fracturing – known as fracking, for short. [read post]
22 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm
Washington appears to have noticed the recent clamor surrounding what some have suggested is an impending student debt crisis. [read post]
10 Mar 2013, 9:30 pm
Regulation inhabits contested political terrain. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 7:40 am
According to the conventional wisdom, the 2,319 pages of the Dodd-Frank Act are an incoherent mess, and the new financial legislation leaves nearly all of the key issues to the discretion of regulators. [read post]
17 Jun 2012, 9:30 pm
I want to describe for you what it is like to be a regulatory practitioner. [read post]
5 Sep 2013, 5:00 am
To reduce international mobile roaming prices, can countries regulate through bilateral or multi-lateral agreements without violating their trade obligations? [read post]
26 Aug 2013, 10:10 pm
After more than a year of courtship, the United States and European Union took the first steps towards making their longstanding trade relationship official by kicking off in July the first round of negotiations for the U.S. [read post]
20 Oct 2013, 9:33 pm
Congress is currently considering more than a dozen regulatory reform bills that would modify the procedures by which executive branch agencies issue new regulations. [read post]
30 Dec 2012, 9:30 pm
Bootlegged alcohol mixed with lethal methanol has resulted in at least thirty-one confirmed deaths. [read post]
15 Apr 2013, 4:46 am
In a recent critique of the Obama Administration’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Lisa Heinzerling argues that a lack of transparency at OIRA, the federal office that reviews regulations, has allowed the office to pursue an anti-regulatory agenda, stifling regulations designed to protect public health. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 12:45 pm
This week’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court shed some new light on how the justices are likely to vote on the constitutionality of the individual health insurance mandate contained in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). [read post]
30 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm
When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wrote Senator Charles Grassley two letters discussing water treatment regulations, the agency probably did not think it was crafting new regulations. [read post]
1 Jul 2013, 9:01 pm
As federal rulemaking dockets and regulations have moved online, a previously overlooked issue has emerged: federal regulations frequently incorporate by reference copyrighted materials that must be purchased from a private organization. [read post]
27 May 2012, 9:30 pm
How well do federal agencies conduct the regulatory analysis required in Executive Order 12866 and use it to make decisions? [read post]
23 Jan 2013, 3:30 pm
Nobody seems to have noticed, but the Center for Progressive Reform (CPR) recently recommended abolition of review by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) based on cost-benefit analysis (CBA). [read post]
