Public Policy Archive » August, 2009

Public Policy - August, 2009

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• RJ Reynolds, Others Sue US Over Free Speech
• Wis. Considers Barring Credit Checks In Hiring
• SEC Watchdog Finds Flaws In Rating Agency Audit
• Reid Says EFCA Resolution Unlikely This Year
• France Grills Apple Over Exploding IPhones
• Mexico To Open $600M Pipeline Plan To Private Cos.
• Europe Seeks To Digitize 10 Million Books By 2010
• EPA Publishes New Rule On Airport De-Icing Waste
• Ecco, Prada Urge One-Size-Fits-All On Clothes Duties
• FCC Begins Broad Wireless Competition Inquiry
• EU Clears Lufthansa-Austrian Air Merger For Takeoff
• NJ Agency Backs Billionaire Icahn's Tropicana Plan
• EPA Sues Edison Unit Over Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Fed Asks To Hold Off On Producing Bailout Records
• ABA Takes FTC To Court Over Red Flags Rule
• CSB To Implement Chemical Release Reporting Rule
• Judge Upholds E-Verify Rule For Fed. Contractors
• Sens. Seek Study Of Small-Business Export Strategy
• FDA Lacks Data To Back Funding Requests: Report
• Congress Seeks Info From Bottled Water Cos.
• Bottled Water Standards Weaker Than For Tap: GAO
• House Panel Calls For Bailout Reports From Treasury
• FOREWARN Act Aims To Beef Up WARN Protections
• Experts Call FDA's Device Approval Process Flawed
• Lawmakers Cast Doubt On EPA Database Reforms
• Chinese Lawmakers Back Climate Change Efforts
• Obama Proposes $1B SEC Budget For 2010
• Naked Shorting Slowed By SEC Rules: GAO Report
• Colo. Gov. Signs Bill To End Worker Misclassification
• EPA Reforms Process For Chemical Risk Assessment
• Italy Launches Antitrust Probe Of Google News
• More Uniform State Insurance Standards Needed: GAO
• SEC Crippled By Info Breakdown, Low Resources: GAO
• ITC To Review Cargill Suit Over Glucosamine Patent
• Australia Gives Go-Ahead To Chevron LNG Project
• FDIC Eases Rules On Private Investment In Banks
• EPA Announces Steps To Combat Lead Poisoning
• FDA Seeks Comment On Possible Acrylamide Guidance
• Estee Lauder Steps Up Fight Over Cosmetic Kit Duties
• UK May Cut Internet Access To Illegal-File Sharers
• CPSC Exempts Some Materials From Toy Lead Ban
• Obama's Antitrust Stimulus: The First 6 Months
• US Chamber Demands Hearing On GHG Finding
• FDA Reviewing Safety Of Popular Weight-Loss Drug
• FDA Moves Closer To Regulating Tobacco
• FERC Grants Hearing On New England Power Claims
• ANZ To Pay US $6M Over Sudan, Cuba Transactions
• Sen. Kaufman Calls For Flash Trading Ban
• SEC Drops Backdating Probe Into Pixar Ex-CFO
• Apple, AT&T Deny Agreement On Google Voice
• ITC To Dig Deeper In Chinese Ribbon Investigation
• ITC Launches Samsung Flash Memory Probe
• CPSC Says Chinese Drywall Poses No Radiation Risk
• China Mulls Expansion Of Yuan Trade Program
• Catfish Cos. Want Duties On Vietnam Exports Adjusted
• Contemplating A US Insurance Super-Regulator
• Calif.'s Occupational Airborne Disease Standards
• SEC Bars 'Opinion Mill' Attorneys For 5 Years
• The Insolvency Of Important Financial Institutions
• ABA Offers Advice On Japan's Monopolization Rule
• NYSE Gets OK To Lower Public Float Bar To $40M
• France Targets Total, Shell Over Propane Gas Sales
• State Department Issues Tar Sands Pipeline Permit
• US Policy Trumps Calif. Insurance Law: 9th Circ.
• New Ill. Ethics Rules For 'Reporting Up'
• Ensuring Carbon Offsets Do Their Job
• Oracle's Sun Acquisition Passes DOJ Antitrust Test
• DOJ Ends Probe Into Flash Memory Chip Market
• FDA Warns Cos. About Marketing Ibuprofen Products
• Australia Passes Renewable Energy Bill
• East Africa To Boost Cross-Border Trade Laws
• Australian Sen. Panel Urges Fertilizer Market Tweaks
• FERC, Maine Forge Deal For East Coast Tidal Power
• CFTC Hammers At Loopholes In OTC Regulation Plan
• Do Your Paper Products Comply With The Lacey Act?
• GCs Prepare To Deal With Unwanted New Regs
• DHS Seeks To Rescind No-Match Regulation
• Subsidized Chinese Kitchen Imports Harm US: ITC
• New FDA Unit To Assist In Tobacco Regulation
• EPA Targets Airport De-Icing Waste In Proposed Rule
• China Likely Dumping Electric Blankets In US: ITC
• Deutsche Bank Pulls Plug On New Crude Oil Notes
• SEC, FINRA Warn Investors Of Fund 'Minefield'
• Firms Lash Out At Proposed Proxy Access Rule
• UK Proposes Tougher Penalties For Directors
• USPTO Grants Apotex's Bid To Review Plavix Patent
• WTO Rejects US Appeal Over Zeroing
• SCE Pens Solar Power Project Deal
• French-Food Importer Sues Over Retaliatory Duties
• EPA, Portsmouth Strike Deal Over Sewage Violations
• TGH International Trading Penalized For Toy Imports
• USDA Won't Challenge Reversal Of Forest Rules
• DOT Proposes Fine For Sunoco Pipeline Spill
• ITC Eyes Changes To NAFTA's Textile Rules
• FMC Technologies Hit With Fine Over Valve Exports
• KFTC Fines Drink Makers $20M Over Price-Fixing
• Australian Government Breaks Up Climate Change Bill
• ITA Ups Duty On Chinese Co. Over Bedroom Furniture
• GAO Urges CPSC To Put New Powers to Work
• Australian Senate Rejects Carbon Trade Bill
• EPA Needs Better Info On Superfund Costs: GAO
• Obama Wants Big Banks To Fund New Regulator
• Kappos Promises To Reform USPTO
• USDA Appeals Roadless Rule Ban To 10th Circ.
• Obama Seeks Review Of Export Control Process
• LG Asks ITC To Block Imports Of Funai TVs
• CFTC Proposes New OTC Derivatives Class
• FDA Clears Mylan Over Ignored Computer Warnings
• Application Season Opens For Cleantech Tax Credit
• CPSC Takes Drywall Investigation To China
• ITA Says Tape Anti-Dumping Duties Should Stick
• EU Signs Off On GM Purchase Of Delphi Steering Unit
• New CPSIA Rules Lower Lead Limits, Raise Fines
• US Shrimpers Fight Lower Duties On Indian Imports
• As Part Of EU Beef Deal, US Delays Duties Until Sept.
• Mass. Greenlights 1st Major Solar Power Project
• Md. Fails To Win Rehearing Of 4th Circ. Liquor Ruling
• More Singapore Yarn Won't Hurt US Sock Makers: ITC
• 2nd Circ. Nixes FERC License For NY Hydro Plant
• WTO Asks China To Relax Entertainment Import Rules
• Green Chemistry Programs Sprout In Calif., Elsewhere
• ITC Seeks To Toss Part Of P&G Citric Acid Suit
• Australian Agency OKs Chevron Gorgon Enviro Plan
• Ill. Enacts New Green Laws For Water, Drugs
• Obama Vows To Speed Generic-Drug Access
• Wachovia To Buy Back $325M In Pa. Investors' ARS
• Va. Dominion Plant's Environmental Permit Dumped
• Toxic Asset Threat Remains, Despite TARP: Report
• Jindal Took Countervailable Film Subsidies: DOC
• EPA Refuses To Reanalyze Waxman-Markey Bill
• Alaskan Lawmakers Override Palin's Stimulus Veto
• DOE To Revisit Transformer Efficiency Standards
• ITC Judge Proposes Remedy In PressTek IP Spat
• FDA Speeds Up Disciplining Of Wayward Researchers
• Sen. Dems Want Climate Bill To Protect Manufacturers
• Senate Confirms 2 New CPSC Commissioners
• FINRA Fines Credit Suisse Over Missing Reports
• EPA Can Decide Timing Of Cleanup Rules: Judge
• European Financial Bailout Is Working: Review
• EPA Takes Heat For Renewable-Fuel Standard Review
• New Developments In The Law On Insurable Interest
• NY Gov. Signs Executive Order To Reduce Emissions
• EU Efforts To Protect Marks Could Harry IP Holders
• Climate Change Shrinking US Glaciers: Study
• Bill Aims To Close Tort Loopholes For Foreign Cos.
• US Pledges Stricter Scrutiny of Agribusiness
• Mexican Steel Coil Co. Dealt Blow In Dumping Review
• DOE Grants $377M For Renewable Energy Research
• ERISA Litigator, Pa. Judge Picked For Appeals Courts
• Sports Direct Sent To UK Competition Commission
• 'Cash For Clunkers' Extended
• Senate Bill Seeks To Reform Biodiesel Credit
• Clean Energy Cos. Scramble For $30B In DOE Backing
• FTC Seeks More Info On Watson, Arrow Merger
• SEC Beefs Up Enforcement, Subpoena Power
• US Chews On Anti-Dumping Fine For Pasta Cos.
• Former AIG Execs Settle SEC Claims For $17M
• Italy Extends Intesa Antitrust Probe Into 2010
• FDA Urges Melamine Testing On Drug Products
• India To Launch WTO Battle Over EU Drug Seizures
• FTC Adopts Rule Barring Oil Market Manipulation
• DHL Strikes $9M Deal Over Iran, Sudan Shipments
• White House Gives $2B Jolt To Electric Car Efforts
• 'Red Tides' Bill Passes Senate Committee
• Lawmakers Renew Support For Stronger OSHA
• Sens. Introduce Companion Gay Worker Rights Bill
• Plastic Bag Bans Could Be The Next Wave
• 9th Circ. Backs Ban On Road Building In US Forests
• Ross Fined Over Defective Drawstring Sweatshirts
• Feds To Examine Competition In Agriculture Industry
• Treasury Vows Hands-Off Reform For Credit Ratings
• FINRA Expels Trading Co., CEO Over Short-Selling
• EPA Reopens Perchlorate Rule To Public Comment
• Senate Weighs Carbon Incentives For Private Forests
• Bill Would Roll Back Tax Break For Hard Rock Mines
• Senate Supports New Scrutiny For Seafood Imports
• SEC To Weigh Ban On Flash Trading
• Sinochem Wins ITC Ruling In Coolant Case
• Hynix Got Countervailable DRAM Subsidies: DOC
• FDA Orders Cancer Warning For TNF Blockers
• Economists Urge Limits On Carbon Credit Giveaways
• Bill Introduced To Overturn Stoneridge
• Waterfront Brownfields Bill Sent To House Panel
• Federal Rights Trump State On La. River: 5th Circ.
• Italy Probes MasterCard, Banks On Interchange Fees
• New Acting Chairman Appointed To PCAOB
• FDA, EMEA Launch Clinical Trial Oversight Program
• House Panel Adds Pay-For-Delay Ban To Health Bill
• Clarcon Skin Products Seized Amid Bacteria Scare
• NC Enacts New Oversight For Coal Ash Ponds