Public Policy Archive » April, 2008

Public Policy - April, 2008

165 articles

• Investors Must Declare Sudan Divestitures: SEC
• FTC Deepens Elsevier-ChoicePoint Investigation
• Monster Backdating Scandal Broadens
• SEC Hits Mayor of Birmingham For County Bond Fraud
• Pepco Asks FERC To Change PJM's Peak Hour Tariffs
• House Committee Passes IP Enforcement Bill
• CPSC Reform Legislation Needs Funding, Says Agency
• Regulator Lets Duke Keep Nuclear Costs Under Wraps
• SEC Targets Ex-Pixar CFO For Alleged Backdating
• EPA Risk Assessment Is Too Political: Democrats
• Europe, U.S. To Ride 'Patent Prosecution Highway'
• FERC OKs Its Part Of JP Morgan-Bear Deal
• Senate Eyes Repeal Of Oil And Gas Incentives
• Laserscope Shareholders Settle Insider Trading Claims
• FDA Passes New Rule On Foreign Drug Trials
• Sparrows Point LNG, Pipeline Plan Gets Initial OK
• Medtronic Unit Reaches Deal With FDA
• Bill Would Allow Private Suits Over Pollution
• FTC Issues Final Order After Chicago Hospital Merger
• Murdoch's Newsday Bid Likely To Be OK'd: Attorneys
• Democrats Renew Push To Halt Oil-Reserve Deliveries
• AAI, Others Support FTC Action Against N-Data
• Comments Question Parts Of SEC Proposal
• Ethanol May Not Justify High Food Prices: Lawmakers
• FDA Proposes Funding Plans For Animal-Drug Reviews
• Genetic Bias Bill Sails Through Senate
• EU, Rival Airlines Balk At Italy's Alitalia Bailout
• Republicans Defeat Bid To Trigger Ledbetter Vote
• SEC Settles With Trader Over ADS Merger Rumors
• Merged Delta Will Benefit Everyone, CEOs Say
• Gabelli Funds Fined $16M For Market Timing
• Committee OKs Bill To Kill FCC Ownership Rules
• Yahoo-Google Experiment Attracts Antitrust Scrutiny
• Regulators Questioned On Sovereign Investments
• Genetic Anti-Bias Bill Rouses Litigation Fears
• FDA Passes Rule On Cattle Use In Animal Feed
• Bill Would Allow Graduate Students To Unionize
• SEC Denies Request For Info On Bear Stearns Probe
• White House Pledges To Fight Ledbetter Bill
• SEC Charges USA Capital's Ex-President With Fraud
• Maltose Falsely Elevated Diabetics' Readings: FDA
• White House Urges Haste On Student Loan Bill
• Lawmakers Seek 'Enron-Style' Probe Into Oil Prices
• SEC Chair Vows To Update Credit Agency Rules
• Appellate Court Overturns FTC's Rambus Ruling
• U.K. Regulators To Publish Joint Merger Rules
• Manufacturers Team With EPA To Reduce Energy Use
• IBM Said To Face EU Scrutiny On Mainframe Business
• FDA Says Its Foreign Inspections Need A Face-Lift
• DOT Proposes 25% Boost In Fuel Efficiency
• Report Faults BAA Dominance Of U.K. Airport Market
• FTC Puts Heat On Executives Amid AndroGel Probe
• USDA May Post Names Of Stores In Meat Recalls
• Tougher Mine Safety Rules Take Effect
• China Eyes Life Sentence For Producing Unsafe Food
• California Weighs Its Own Cap-And-Trade Program
• Bank Of England Plan Addresses Credit Crunch
• Chevron Enterprise Faces $300M Fine
• FERC Affirms Market-Based Rate Rules With 1 Change
• Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Picking Up Steam
• Feds Eye Horizon Lines Over Pricing Practices
• FERC Changes Rate-Setting Process To Include MLPs
• Don't Limit Real Estate Work To Lawyers: DOJ/FTC
• Digital TV Dispute Could Tempt FTC, Experts Say
• Air Force Contract Under Antitrust Scrutiny: Report
• FERC Grants Approval To $7.4B Puget Energy Merger
• FERC Asks For Comment On Annual Charges
• House Democrats Propose Drug Import Reforms
• FDA Issues New Rules On Cattle Use In Food, Makeup
• Mass. Gov. Allows Triple Damages Bill To Become Law
• Cox Seeks Congressional OK For $1B SEC Budget
• Lawmakers Ask GAO To Investigate Hanford Site
• SEC Files Suit Against Medical Device Company
• Ex-Manuli Exec Admits Role In Marine Hose Cartel
• Balfour Beatty Among 112 That Fixed Prices: U.K. OFT
• Florida Gun Law Hits Bull's-Eye With Governor
• U.K. Music Industry Seeks To Impose 'IPod Levy'
• Military Bid-Rigging Probe Elicits 7th Guilty Plea
• ICN Offers New Merger Analysis Recommendations
• FDA Drug Tracking Unlikely To Improve: Attorneys
• Korean FTC Wants To Go Easier On Chaebol: Report
• DOJ Grants Sale Of ArcelorMittal Steel Mill
• Treasury Dept. Pushes Hedge Fund Self-Policing Plan
• Lawmakers Promise High Scrutiny Of Delta-Northwest
• EPA Changes Of Toxic Risk Assessment Draw Fire
• Va. High Court Pulls Plug On Allegheny Rate Hike
• Two Charged In Switzerland Over Parmalat Collapse
• WellPoint Hoping To Catch Drug Side Effects Sooner
• Fare Hikes Inevitable With Delta-Northwest: Experts
• USPTO Launches First Action Interview Pilot Program
• Another Bill Aims To Provide More Worker Visas
• Compass, 21st Century Execs Sued In Stock Fraud
• EU Says It Left JFTC Out Of Switchgear Cartel Loop
• China To Join Antitrust Network: U.K. Official
• U.S. Food Cos. Call For Whopping Tariffs On Imports
• Bill Seeks To Fine Unions For Reporting Breaches
• Senators Tweak Climate Bill To Make It Deficit-Neutral
• EPA Holds Off On Regulating Drugs In Water Supply
• GAO Finds Holes In MSHA's Mine Safety Oversight
• DOL Sues Firm For $25M For ERISA Violations
• Third Exec Charged Over United Rentals Fraud
• DOJ OKs Media Auditor's New Code Of Conduct
• FDA Watch Over Natural Supplements Growing Keener
• Specter's Qualms Stall Patent Reform Act In Senate
• FutureGen Alliance Scrambles To Keep Project Alive
• Companies Fined For Selling Non-DTV Ready TVs
• FDA Probes Roche, Novartis Drugs' Link To Disorder
• Lawmaker Wants DOJ, SEC Probe Of Bear Stearns
• EPA Settles Lawsuit Over Power Plant Emissions
• More WARN Suits May Be On Horizon: Experts
• Environmentalists Claim Victory Over LNG Facility
• Senate Votes To Extend Clean Energy Tax Incentives
• Ameriprise To Pay $3.8M To Settle Forgery Case
• EU Court Backs Deutsche Telekom's $19.8M Fine
• DOT Signs Off On Delta, Northwest Immunity Bid
• Foreclosure Prevention Bill Gets Senate Nod
• EU Pushes Non-U.S. Antitrust Class Action Model
• N.Y. Governor Objects To Long Island LNG Project
• Cuts Spare Antitrust Division, U.S. Attorneys
• Senate CAFE Standards Bill On The Road To Debate
• Lawmaker Puts Mortgage Servicers On Notice
• Rule Change Gives Teeth To U.K. Energy Watchdog
• FTC Should Have Taken N-Data Claims Further: Dell
• Fla. Senate Gives 'Take Gun To Work' Law A Shot
• Corporate Crime Deals Do Have Benefits: Attorneys
• House Committee OKs Bill To Shield Student Loans
• EU Reclaims €83M In Farm Subsidies
• Japanese Cos. Sanctioned Over 'Recycled' Paper
• U.K.'s Energy Watchdog Probes Scottish Power Cos.
• SEC Sues Five Former San Diego Officials
• Comcast Pushes For Set-Top Box Rule Reversal
• Personal Data On Ex-FERC Employees Goes Missing
• Eni, Repsol, Total Caught In EU Wax Cartel Probe
• Bill Would Give LNG Siting Power Back To States
• New Jersey Senate Passes Family Leave Act
• Lawmakers Push For More Seasonal Worker Visas
• Objections Force FDA To Withdraw New Rules
• Belgium Fines Solutia, Others In Chemical Cartel
• Exclusivity Parking Still Possible Under Teva Ruling
• DOE's Morgan Lewis Hire Not All Kosher: Inspector
• White House Pushes Provision of Patent Reform Act
• Rumors Caused Bear Stearns Collapse, CEO Says
• Novartis Makes Drug Available Only In Dire Situations
• Free Choice Act Is Not The Answer, NLRB Tells Senate
• Lawmakers Prod EPA To Act On Greenhouse Gases
• EU Proposes Civil Antitrust Enforcement Policies
• New Fines Signal Crackdown On Illegal Workers
• DOE's Depleted Uranium Could Be Worth Billions: GAO
• Bernanke Warns Of Slow Year For Economic Growth
• House Committee Approves Tobacco Regulation Bill
• Ruling Finds EEOC Misclassified Workers As Exempt
• House Committee Votes To Subpoena EPA Documents
• FERC Approves $85.7M Settlement Over Energy Crisis
• Montana Brokers Change Rebate Rule After DOJ Probe
• EU Probes U.K.'s £24B In Aid To Northern Rock
• Senate Leaders Forge Deal On Housing Bill
• DOJ Acknowledges Chocolate Industry Probe
• EPA Beefs Up Lead-Paint Rules
• U.S. Law Firm IPOs Inevitable, Legal Scholars Say
• Probes Could Turn Darker For Chocolate-Makers
• Judge Invalidates New USPTO Rules
• Md. Energy Users To Get Heads-Up On 'Green' Charges
• Carnival Settles Cruise Line Surcharge Probe For $40M
• Costco Loses Rehearing Bid In Liquor Antitrust Case
• In EU, U.S.-Style Bias Laws Grow Clearly European