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23 Jul 2013, 9:40 pm
Fracking, more formally known as hydraulic fracturing, has created a natural gas boom and revitalized some rural economies – but not without raising environmental concerns. [read post]
28 Nov 2012, 9:30 pm
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed) has introduced its 2013 stress test program for large banks that could have systemic impacts on the financial sector, issuing instructions and guidelines for banks’ compliance with annual stress test and capital planning requirements. [read post]
29 Oct 2012, 9:30 pm
The U.S. steel industry won a decisive victory against Chinese trade controls earlier this month when an appeals panel of the World Trade Organization (WTO) found that China had violated trade rules by placing restrictions on the importation of certain forms of steel from the United States. [read post]
19 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm
The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) was passed in 1980 and reauthorized in 1986 and 1995. [read post]
27 Nov 2012, 9:30 pm
Mary L. [read post]
28 Apr 2013, 9:30 pm
In his revealing new book about his nearly four years as President Barack Obama’s “regulatory czar,” Harvard Law School professor Cass Sunstein describes a striking moment: “After I had been in the job for a few years, a Cabinet member showed up at my office and told my chief of staff, ‘I work for Cass Sunstein. [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]
26 Nov 2012, 9:30 pm
A federal court recently approved the $22.5 million settlement reached three months ago between Google and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on charges that Google improperly tracked the user “cookies” on Apple’s Safari browser. [read post]
22 Jan 2012, 5:48 pm
The Penn Program on Regulation’s risk regulation seminar series showcased leading research on risk and uncertainty during the University of Pennsylvania’s fall 2011 academic term.Leading off in September, Geoffrey M. [read post]
29 Jan 2012, 9:00 pm
If legislators disagree about the efficacy of a proposed policy, why not resolve the disagreement with a bet? [read post]
13 Mar 2013, 10:00 pm
When the U.S. [read post]
3 Jun 2012, 9:30 pm
According to a new study, an important dichotomy exists between voluntary programs run by state regulatory agencies and similar programs run at the federal level in the United States. [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 9:30 pm
For a practitioner, the most creative part of the regulatory process is in discussions with the agency that has been delegated authority to implement a statute. [read post]
6 Sep 2015, 10:50 pm
Today is Labor Day, a national holiday in the United States. [read post]
20 Dec 2012, 4:30 am
In response to growing apprehension about the largely unregulated nature of the rapidly expanding data collection industry, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched a comprehensive investigation into the practices of nine major data brokerage companies. [read post]
13 May 2012, 9:30 pm
Beginning around 1990, a significant transatlantic shift in the relative stringency of risk regulations of the United States and the European Union occurred. [read post]
11 Sep 2012, 9:30 pm
The Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced that it would invest $10 million to fund research projects that would improve concentrating solar power (CSP) technology, which use mirrors to direct sunlight onto receivers and convert it into heat energy. [read post]
23 Jun 2013, 9:30 pm
Under well-known administrative law cases like American Mining Congress v. [read post]
15 Aug 2012, 9:30 pm
Now that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has announced that Representative Paul Ryan will serve as his running mate, Ryan’s plans for deficit reduction and Medicare reform have garnered increasing – and even heated – attention on the campaign trail. [read post]
12 Sep 2012, 9:30 pm
As the 2012 election cycle comes to a head in November, coming to terms with the underpinnings of the current U.S. regulatory regime—what, when, how, and why the federal government regulates—promises to be a pivotal to the campaigns of both President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. [read post]