Public Policy Archive » January, 2008

Public Policy - January, 2008

112 articles

• EU Prods Spain To End Restrictions On Enel Merger
• EU Sues States Over Minimum Resale Price Laws
• Lawmakers Grapple With Climate Change Policy
• EPA Launches Nanoscale Safety Data Program
• New Player Enters Freedom Of Info Suit V. DOL
• Trouble Brews For Canadian Competition Bureau
• Bush NLRB Nominees Scrutinized By Dems, Unions
• France, Germany Propose End-Run Around Unbundling
• FDA Must Step Up Medical Device Scrutiny: GAO
• Countries Added To "Patent Prosecution Highway"
• Talent Managers Catch Break In Calif. Ruling
• EC Calls For Less Regulation Of Notary Markets
• Product Safety Initiative Should Go Global: FDA
• Duke Gets Air Permit For Coal Gasification Plant
• Allergan Punches Back At Botox Death Claims
• Cordis Yanks Catheters Over Potentially Fatal Flaw
• Labor Dept. Sends FMLA Revisions To White House
• Truckers Need More Time Off, Union Charges
• Following Recalls, EC Tightens Toy Safety Rules
• EPA Defends Veto Of California Clean Air Act Waiver
• Japan Considers Retooling Antitrust Regulations
• Lawmakers Urge FDA To Rethink Drug Labeling
• EU Studies Input On Cartel Settlement Plan
• Century-Old Mining Law May Become Greener
• Firms Tell EC To Offer Carrots For Cartel Settlements
• Legislators Tackle Equal Pay, Discrimination Issues
• Lawmaker Wants Details On Rule For Drug Marketing
• Stryker Yanks Hip Implants After FDA Scolding
• Senior Pilots Coalition Hopes To Shoot Down Age Law
• FTC Asserts Antitrust Authority In Patent Licensing
• Health Co. Urges FDA To Ditch Calif.'s Proposition 65
• India To Overhaul Merger Rules
• Europeans Tighten Caps On CO2 Emissions
• Tighter Rules Eyed For Deferred Prosecution Deals
• FCC Has No Right To Void Contracts: Cable Industry
• States Can Regulate Cell Phone Bills: High Court
• EU Pharma Probe Expected To Veer From FTC Course
• Antitrust Fears In Quanta V. LG Case Raise Eyebrows
• Circuit Upholds EPA Exemption For Pesticide
• NYC Fast Food Chains To Serve Up Calorie Counts
• Report Foresees Cap-And-Trade Emissions Rules
• Md. Lawmakers Want Return Of Regulated Electricity
• EU Steps Up Scrutiny Of IBM-Cognos Merger
• GAO Report Pushes Global Standard for Biofuel
• U.S.-EU Split Over Tying, Bundling Growing Wider
• Religious Accommodations Broaden In N.J. Law
• EEOC Warns Against Bias In Job Recruitment Tests
• FDA's Cloned Foods Approval Sparks Labeling Debate
• EC To Propose New Toy Safety Directive
• FDA Aims To Bolster Oversight Of Drug Safety Data
• Delaware Debates Rules On Out-Of-State Plaintiffs
• Senate Bill May Do Damage to Damages: Sources
• Bill Would Require That Health Plans Cover Autism
• New Labor Stats Both Bolster And Undermine EFCA
• Antidepressant Makers Under Fire For Hiding Data
• EC Raids Spike Plaintiffs' Interests, But No Suits Yet
• FDA Issues Stiff Warning On Child Cold Medicine
• FERC Standards Address Power Grid "Cybersecurity"
• Net Neutrality At Issue In FCC's Comcast Inquiry
• Top Drugmakers Caught In EU Antitrust Raids
• Lawyers Warn Of Pitfalls Of Employment Tests
• Clifford Chance Revises Pension Plan
• Amazon's E-mail Agreement Same As Paper: Judge
• No Gain For Pain Of Wrongful Death: N.J. Governor
• House OKs Mine Safety Bill, Tempting Veto
• Will The New EPA Rule Improve Hospital Air Quality?
• FDA Proposes Stricter Rules On Drug Label Changes
• FDA Shakes Head At Stryker's Plant Practices
• Device Debris Left In Patients Poses Peril: FDA
• Coast Guard Adopts New Oil Pollution Rule
• Facing Antitrust Scrutiny, Agrium Yanks UAP Proposal
• NLRB Launches Video Testimony Pilot
• Amid Staunch Objections, FDA OKs Cloned Food
• Patent Reform Inches Closer To Passage
• Amaranth-FERC Dispute Draws CFTC's Attention
• Greenhouse Gas Plan Falls Short Of Goals: EIA
• 9th Circuit Grounds NASA Worker Background Checks
• SEC Should End Sector-Specific Rules: Advisers
• Lawmakers Call For Carbon Offset Marketing Audit
• SEC "Front Running" Probe Deepens Merrill's Woes
• U.K.'s Big Six Utilities Stifle Competition: Report
• California Politicians Lambast EPA's Waiver Denial
• Appeals Court Declines Review Of Mine Safety Rule
• CEQA And Climate Change: One Year After AB 32
• BSkyB Gets More Time To Appeal ITV Ruling
• FOIA Changes Could Signal End To Agency Red Tape
• U.K. May Ease IP Rules On Format-Shifting
• Energy Imports Need Tougher Security: GAO
• City Scores In Employer-Funded Health Care Battle
• N.J. Awaits Governor's OK On Wrongful Death Suit Bill
• Pharmacies May Tread On FDA Turf With HRTs
• EU Probe Into Apple Ends With Pricing Agreement
• Long Island Sound LNG Plan Draws Fire From AG
• FDA Targets Pharmacies' Hormone Drug Marketing
• Growing "Cosmeceutical" Industry Faces Liability
• Naps Prompt Probe Of NRC Procedures
• Iceland Slaps Shipping Co. With Record Antitrust Fine
• Lawyers Brace For Rise In Caregiver Bias Suits
• Allegheny Reaches Transmission Line Agreement
• FINRA Fines Firms $2.8M For Trade Volume Reports
• Fine Eyed For Battelle In Alleged Nuclear Safety Slip
• SEC Moving To Ease Small-Business SOX Onus
• EU Calls For Broadband Competition In Belgium
• Veto Stalls FMLA Protection For Military Families
• New FERC Standards Aim To Keep The Lights On
• Pilots Union Opposes Airline Seniority Law For Mergers
• SEC Roundtable On Adviser, Broker Rules Urged
• DaimlerChrysler Paid Record $30.3M CAFE Fine In '07
• EEOC Rule On Medicare Stirs Controversy
• Activists Sue FDA For Black Box Antibiotic Warnings
• Debate Heats Over Personal Injury Damages Caps
• California Sues Over EPA Clean Car Ruling