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10 Feb 2010, 11:45 am
An earlier post analyzed the use of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to block the EPA's efforts to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. [read post]
21 Jun 2011, 6:00 am
As Congress considers whether to codify cost-benefit analysis (CBA) requirements, federal agencies and observers of the regulatory process should recognize that existing CBA procedures systematically undervalue the benefits of regulation, causing widespread underregulation of environmental harms and other health hazards. [read post]
25 Mar 2013, 9:30 pm
In the 1980s, the national school lunch program found itself stuck in a demoralizing quandary: not enough poor children were qualifying, or even applying, for the program because it was too difficult to apply. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 6:00 am
The Senate Committee for Homeland Security and Government Affairs convened a lively hearing last week on the effectiveness of the U.S. system of regulation. [read post]
22 Jan 2012, 9:00 pm
A largely overlooked component of the recently-enacted 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) addresses health care administration, arguably making the most significant changes to military health care rules in fourteen years. [read post]
1 Apr 2012, 10:00 pm
Why do some regulations deliver greater value to society than others? [read post]
28 Feb 2013, 9:30 pm
TheFood and Nutrition Service (FNS) proposed a rule to stop payments under the food stamp program to food sellers suspected of fraud.The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) published a final rule permitting credit unions to buy Treasury Inflation Protected Securities.The U.S. [read post]
1 May 2013, 9:30 pm
When the Financial Services Act of 2012 took effect on April 1, the United Kingdom entered into a new system of financial regulatory oversight, including a separate regulator that will focus on providing greater consumer protections. [read post]
13 Dec 2010, 8:53 pm
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs leaders have introduced legislation to improve public access to information about federal government regulations. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 7:00 am
On February 22, 2011, Judge Andrew Guilford, of the District Court for the Central District of California, denied the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s motion to enjoin a merger of rival clinical laboratory testing companies. [read post]
26 Jul 2011, 6:00 am
The Australian Government’s Productivity Commission, as part of its annual review of regulatory burdens on business, has announced that it will publish a report on areas in need of regulatory reform and methods for evaluating reform outcomes. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
The Obama Administration faces ongoing lawsuits challenging financial support of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 6:00 am
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month approved Merck’s hepatitis C drug, Victrelis. [read post]
11 Aug 2011, 12:00 am
The Vera Institute of Justice, with support from the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, has launched a website aimed at helping legislators, practitioners, and economists gain a better understanding of how to use cost-benefit analysis when evaluating the budgetary implications of criminal justice policy decisions. [read post]
2 Aug 2011, 6:00 am
In a recent letter addressed to Attorney General Eric Holder and Federal Communications Commission Chair Julius Genachowski, Senator Herb Kohl (D-WI) has requested that the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission block the AT&T/T-Mobile merger on antitrust grounds. [read post]
14 Jun 2013, 12:00 am
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6 Aug 2013, 9:30 pm
President Obama has ordered federal agencies to make their data “open and machine readable,” excluding only information likely to implicate privacy, national security, and law enforcement concerns. [read post]
29 Oct 2013, 9:30 pm
Every month, more than 200,000 consumers complain to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about robocalls. [read post]
22 Nov 2010, 9:03 pm
With an overflowing audience in Penn Law lecture room Gittis 214, David Skeel, Penn Law’s S. [read post]
21 Dec 2011, 12:00 am
Penn Law’s Environmental Law Project recently submitted a comment to the U.S. [read post]
