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4 Jun 2011, 3:10 pm
More than ten days have passed since Germany reported a significant increase in the number of patients with hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), a disease generally associated with gastrointestinal infections caused by E. coli bacteria. [read post]
9 Jan 2012, 1:53 pm
Earlier this morning, the U.S. [read post]
30 Jan 2012, 9:30 pm
In an effort to reduce public health risks while making better use of available resources, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced a proposed rule to modernize inspections of young chicken and turkey slaughter establishments. [read post]
11 Mar 2012, 9:30 pm
Retreating from a more hardline stance on political dissent, China has scrapped plans to legalize detention of political prisoners for up to six months in undisclosed locations. [read post]
26 Sep 2011, 12:00 am
As part of its recently announced plan to eliminate 83 “outdated” rules, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a final rule officially repealing the Fairness Doctrine, which the FCC has not enforced since the late 1980s. [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 12:00 am
The promise of improved government oversight of financial institutions in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis is compelling. [read post]
3 Mar 2013, 9:30 pm
Insurance is an extraordinarily useful tool to manage risk. [read post]
5 May 2013, 9:30 pm
After a hard-fought legislative battle and a Supreme Court challenge, the fight over Obamacare now rages at the state level, as states decide whether to run their own health-care exchanges under the auspices of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).Over half of the states have refused to set up their own health exchanges; most of those have also rejected the Act's Medicaid expansion. [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 6:00 am
In an effort to protect consumers in the mortgage market from unfair practices involving the compensation of loan originators, the Federal Reserve has issued a new rule amending Regulation Z, which implements the Truth in Lending Act. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 12:00 am
At a recent hearing of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, witnesses and members of Congress criticized Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s order from late October consolidating the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) within the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). [read post]
20 Mar 2012, 9:30 pm
The House Energy and Commerce Committee recently voted to approve a bill tackling the controversial issue of reforming the FCC’s administrative process. [read post]
14 Jun 2012, 9:30 pm
The White House announced an initiative to bolster broadband infrastructure development.The Department of Homeland Security announced changes in U.S. immigration policy that will allow some undocumented immigrants to receive work permits and remain in the country. [read post]
22 May 2013, 9:30 pm
In response to borrower delinquency rates that have surpassed all-time highs, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed a new rule to tighten supervision for servicers of both federal and private student loans. [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 7:01 pm
On Tuesday, March 23, the Penn Program on Regulation hosted Professor Gary Yohe of Wesleyan University and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, to discuss quality control in the IPCC process in the wake of the “climate-gate” story that reverberated through the media late last year.Professor Yohe argued that, despite emails from scientists that have come to light and revelations of some errors in the IPCC’s AR4 report, scientists still understand much about the climate… [read post]
2 Feb 2012, 12:00 am
Federal agencies need to establish a consistent framework to regulate laboratory developed tests (LDTs), according to speakers at a conference of the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS), a global organization focused on healthcare product oversight. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 9:30 pm
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced proposed rules which would require advanced notice of any new use of certain chemicals which pose potential health and environmental risks. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 12:00 am
A recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in a case called Gowan seems to confirm the most pessimistic views from both sides of the Atlantic about the dangers of the precautionary principle. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 12:00 am
A recent article in Scientific American questioned whether research on stem cell lines derived from unfertilized eggs was too tightly regulated by the federal government. [read post]
14 Oct 2012, 9:30 pm
Despite a recent jobs report showing that unemployment last month finally fell to below eight percent, debate between Democrats and Republicans over government regulation has not subsided. [read post]
28 Jan 2013, 9:30 pm
Chinese and American scholars recently met at the University of Pennsylvania Law School to discuss the current state of administrative law in China, and how agency decision making can be made more effective, transparent, responsive, and participatory. [read post]
