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Public Policy - August, 2011

235 articles

• US Backs ITC Ruling On Chinese Paper Imports
• EU Targets AFP Over State Aid Concerns
• NYMEX, COMEX Need More Compliance Staff: CFTC
• Nixing Japanese Cement Duties Will Cause Dumping: DOC
• US Wasted $31B To $60B In War Contracts: Report
• FDA Urged To Ban J&J, Allergan Breast Implants
• NRC Fleshes Out Rule For Plants' Emergency Preparations
• FTC Returns $3.2M To Warranty Robo Call Scam Victims
• Medicare Revision Doesn't Bar Contract Suit: Fed. Circ.
• SEC Seeks Guidance On Amending ICA Exceptions
• Enviros Sue To Force EPA Action On Haze Plans
• Ex-Wal-Mart Counsel Tackles Diversity As New MCCA Head
• Educators To Finalize New Privacy Rules By Year's End
• Whirlpool Dealt Blow In Fight For Fridge Duties
• Ex-Fed. Circ. Chief, Others Blast Patent Reform
• Canada Renews Attack On United-Air Canada Deal
• 5 Reasons Employers Must Keep Domestic Partner Benefits
• US Should Create Fund For Research Injuries: Report
• 1 In 5 Wells Contain Harmful Trace Element Levels: US
• Enforcement Of New Ala. Immigration Law Blocked
• Reports Blast DOD's Wartime Contracting Practices
• Loose Lips Could Land Groupon In Hot Water With SEC
• France Unveils Cookies, Data Breach Notification Law
• US-Canada Border Streamlining Raises Privacy Concerns
• S. Africa Asks High Court To Review Its Antitrust Powers
• NTN Backs Remand Over Zeroing In Ball Bearings Case
• US Told To Reconsider Clean Energy Finance Program
• Obama Picks Princeton Professor For CEA
• FCC Media Report Big On Pages, Small On Proposals
• 7th Circ. Nixes Trucking Hours Monitoring Device Rule
• DOL Sets New Employee Policy For Successor Contractors
• SEC To Target Longtop Over Shoddy Auditing
• Pension Funds Take Aim At Fannie Mae Fraud Priority Rule
• Group Seeks Faster Label Updates For Generics Makers
• Doc Says Tampa Firm Cut Him Out Of Genzyme Qui Tam
• US, State Pre-Existing Condition Plans See Low Enrollment
• Judge Puts Hold On Teacher-Student Social Media Ban
• Congress May Cripple NLRB Post-Liebman, Becker
• Benefits Of Mandatory Auditor Rotation Remain In Doubt
• Nuke Groups Ask DC Circ. To Halt Yucca Waste Fees
• Ireland Puts Facebook Privacy Rules Under Microscope
• EPA Wants Stay of Boiler Emissions Regs Upheld
• S. Korean Transformers Hurting US Industry, ITC Says
• State Dept. Greenlights TransCanada Oil Sands Pipeline
• Sens. Seek Probe Of NRC's Japan Nuclear Crisis Response
• FDA Restricts Mexican Papaya Imports Over Salmonella
• NJ Gov. Vetoes Fracking Ban, Suggests 1-Year Freeze
• Raser's Ch. 11 Plan Strips Creditors Of Rights: SEC
• Budget Cuts, Industry Could Delay Toxic Cleanups: GAO
• EPA Puts Off Some GHG Reporting Requirements
• UK Seeks Deeper Antitrust Review Of Stericycle Deal
• DOT May Kill Safety Exemptions For Old Pipelines
• FWS Seeks New Input On Gray Wolf Delisting
• Calif. Panel Renews Support For Emissions Cap-And-Trade
• FTC To Step Up Green Ad Control With Revised Guides
• FCC Floats Rule To Unmask 3rd-Party Phone Charges
• Employers Must Post Unionization Rights Notices: NLRB
• AT&T Must Prove Need For $39B T-Mobile Takeover: FCC
• New Indian Privacy Rules Spare Outsourcing Cos.
• Global Regulators Endorse Derivatives Reporting
• Commerce Partially Halts S. Korean Steel Pipe Reviews
• 1st Circ. Won't Hear Same-Sex Benefits Suits En Banc
• Enviros Try To Kill Dow Suit Over US Pesticide Study
• Australian Trade Minister Slams Palm Oil Labeling Bill
• Enviros Seek FDA Action On Petition To Ban BPA
• Muni Bond Advisers Face Compensation Monitoring
• Beckman Must Boost Lab Device Quality Practices: FDA
• Calif. Assembly OKs Cellphone Search Warrant Bill
• US OK'd Highway That Could Cause Floods: Sierra Club
• W.Va. Issues New Fracking Guidelines
• Calif. Senate Passes Genetic Anti-Bias Bill
• McGraw-Hill Investors Push To Break Up Co.
• Israel OKs Google Street View, With Conditions
• New Tax Law Could Put Privacy At Risk: Treasury
• Utilities Urge FERC To Revisit Planning, Cost Rule
• FCC To Eliminate Fairness Doctrine
• EPA Won't Force NYC To Build $1.6B Reservoir Cap
• CFTC Taps Linklaters' Barnett For Swap Oversight Role
• Banner & Witcoff Partner Tapped For USPTO Judge Post
• 10 States, DC Defend Health Care Law In 8th Circ.
• No End In Sight For Retransmission Battles
• Student-Teacher Social Media Ban Illegal, Suit Claims
• Diverse EU Cookies Policies Pose Risks For Compliance
• US Seeks Comments On Saw Blade Duties Feud With China
• CFTC Hid Oil Speculation Info: Sen.
• Data Breach Notification Proposals Ripe For Passage
• DOD Finalizes Property Handling, Safety Systems Rules
• EPA Rejects Enviros' Bid For Power Plant Permit Review
• NRC Votes For Fast Action On Japan Task Force Plan
• DOI OKs 1st Gulf Oil, Gas Lease Sales Since Deepwater
• USAID Floats Rule To Clarify Procurement Authority
• SEC, CFTC Seek Input On Whether SVCs Are Swaps
• German State Doesn't 'Like' Facebook Analytics Policy
• Sky's Control Over Pay-TV Movies Squashes Rivals: UK
• SEC Wrongly Destroyed Wall Street Probe Docs: US Archives
• DOI Review Supports Oil Drilling In Chukchi Sea
• Judge Trims Massey Units' Suit Over MSHA Vent Approval
• FINRA Clarifies Brokerage Social Media Rules
• EPA Inaction On Manure Petition Stinks: Enviros
• NYC Council Bans Workplace Religious Discrimination
• Treasury Ordered To Produce AIG TARP Document
• NLRB's Acting GC Aims To Clarify Social Media Policy
• Frank Seeks Delay Of $9B Capital One, ING Deal
• DOD To Share Cyberthreats With More Contractors
• NHTSA Won't Probe Toyota Air Bag Failures
• Staff Atty Says SEC Destroyed Files
• HHS Unveils Standardized Health Insurance Forms
• Air Canada, United Blast Watchdog's Bid To Block Deal
• Amvac Beats EPA's Pesticide Ban
• Asset Sale Ends Review Of $2.5B Acergy, Subsea 7 Deal
• Enviros Urge EPA To Create National Coal Ash Rule
• Tobacco Makers Sue FDA Over New Warning Labels
• Italy Expands Probe Of Sky Italia Soccer Broadcast Deal
• DHS Risk Assessment Contract A Bust, Report Says
• UK Antitrust Agency Calls For Probe Of Cement Industry
• DOD To Probe Research Agency's Contracts For Conflicts
• Army Contracting Staff Flubbed Up To $3.1B In Deals: DOD
• ITC Expedites Review Of Sulfanilic Acid Duties
• DOD's Shoddy Bookkeeping Costs US Millions: Sens.
• Google Has Made Privacy Strides, But Work Remains: UK
• FCC Eyes Calif. Transit Agency's Cellphone Block
• Current Carbon Monoxide Standards Sufficient, EPA Says
• USDA Sounds Alarm On Canadian Bacon Products
• Report Criticizes DOD Takeover Of Afghan Police Training
• FTC Backs Program To Regulate Online Tracking
• ITC Votes To Keep Glycine Order, Revoke PET Film Order
• Schumer Calls For Background Checks On Utility Workers
• GOP Lawmaker Says Canada-Colombia Trade Deal Hurts US
• Coalition Seeks Delay Of $9B Capital One, ING Deal
• FDA Unveils New Standards For Premarket Device Studies
• CFPB's Watchful Eye To Sharpen In Coming Months
• Judge Vacates Enviro Exemptions For Oil Drillers
• Anti-Health Care Reform Measure To Be On Ohio Ballot
• Mass. Expert Network Regs May Have Little Impact
• Commerce Probes China Pipe Co. For Skirting Duties
• EPA Tells DC Circ. Smog Rules Will Be Ready 'Shortly'
• FTC Clears $848M CIBC Stake In JPMorgan Unit
• Waste Hauler To Pay $1M Over Antitrust Deal Violation
• Canadian Antitrust Watchdog To Update Merger Remedies
• FTC Alters Competition, Consumer Protection Hearings
• FDA Urged To Target Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella
• Shaky Markets Lead 4 EU States To Ban Short Sales
• DOD Issues Rules Of Conduct For War Zone Contractors
• EPA Halts Sale Of Controversial DuPont Herbicide
• Lush Cosmetics To Revamp Data Security After Breach
• DOE Panel Backs Fracking But Seeks More Transparency
• UK Supermarkets Fined £49.5M Over Price-Fixing
• Ariz. Takes Immigration Law Fight To Supreme Court
• Army Task Force To Invest $7.1B In Green Energy Projects
• US Gunning For S&P, But Results May Prove Elusive
• DOL To Implement New Tool To Uncover Pay Bias
• AAI Urges US To Probe $425M Waste Management Merger
• Ill. AG Calls For Ban On 'Napalm'-Like Fuel Gel
• Commerce To Reconsider Zeroing In Steel Duties Suit
• EU Says US Steel Duty Revocation Could End WTO Fight
• EPA Won't Revoke Levels Of Imported Pesticide Residue
• US Secret Watchlist Defies Privacy Law, Groups Say
• Privacy Advocates Urge Canadian PM To Drop E-Spy Bills
• Italy Hits Toshiba Unit, Others With €5.5M Antitrust Fine
• Agencies Should Set Presolicitation Time Frames: GAO
• Commerce To Subsidize Domestic Wool Fabric Makers
• Dems Urge EPA To Strengthen Pesticide Pollution Rules
• US Seeks Arbitration In Guatemala Labor Dispute
• South Korea Eyes Safeguards For Personal Data Online
• Obama Unveils New Fuel, GHG Rules For Heavy Vehicles
• NYSE Floats Rules To Stanch Reverse Merger Ripoffs
• FTC Wants More Details On Carpenter's $558M Latrobe Buy
• ABA Urges States To Adopt Judge Disqualification Rules
• Firms May Hesitate To Disclose Data Breaches: Panel
• HHS Wants Input On Metadata Standards
• DOC Finds Dumping, Unfair Subsidies For Italian Pasta
• Mass. Cracks Down On Expert Networking Firms
• ALA, Enviros Ask DC Circ. To Speed EPA's Ozone Rules
• Ford, VW Face Safety Probes Over Mustangs, Jettas
• Calif. Jurors Must Stop Tweeting Or Risk Prison Time
• FTC Says NY Pharmacy Choice Bill Could Curb Competition
• Public Employees Bash EPA Science Integrity Rules
• Dutch Court Halts Europe's Largest Gas Storage Project
• NM Coal Plant Owner Vows To Appeal EPA Retrofit Order
• Facebook Ramps Up Lobbying Over Privacy
• EPA Finalizes Lead Testing Rules For Building Projects
• SEC Revamps ABS Shelf Eligibility Rules
• TSA Rolls Out Body Scanner Tech Sans Naked Images
• OSHA's Whistleblower Changes Draw Measured Praise
• Korean Transformers Hurt US Industry, Rivals Tell ITC
• SEC Disclosure Must Include Political Spending: Law Profs
• DOC Says Japan, Romania Pipe Duties Still Needed
• EU Probes Swatch, Others Over Watch Parts Supply
• Shell Gets Tentative OK For 2012 Arctic Drilling
• EPA Aims To Exempt Captured CO2 From Waste Rules
• Spain Hits Gas Natural With €3.3M Antitrust Fine
• SEC Official Rewarded Despite Missing Madoff Scheme
• Gray Wolf Protections Slapped Down Again
• EPA Urged To Require Disclosure Of Fracking Chemicals
• Pozen Appointed As Acting DOJ Antitrust Head
• Senate Leaders Agree On Path For FTAs
• 5th Circ. OKs Texas Highway Over Enviros' Objections
• DuPont Says It May Yank Controversial Herbicide
• France Opens Apple Investigation Over IPhone Tracking
• CFTC Finalizes Whistleblower, Swap Data Rules
• Lawyers Call For EEOC Guidance On Leave Under ADA
• DOI, Wyo. Unveil Plan To Delist Gray Wolf
• Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Restructure SEC
• Senate To Vote On Patent Reform Bill Post-Recess
• Hospital Group Blasts HHS' Call For Access Reports
• Sen. Threatens To Block DOI Nominee Over Gulf Oil Leases
• Intervenors Can't Appeal Fla. Enviro Pact: 11th Circ.
• High-Dose Diflucan May Cause Birth Defects: FDA
• NASA Finalizes New Rule For Contractor Award Fees
• Watchdog Attacks FDA Over Expert Conflicts Policy
• Germany Plans Antitrust Reforms To Match EU Policy
• UK To Create Digital Copyright Marketplace
• Obama Pushes Russia To Seal WTO Deal By End Of Year
• S. Korea Fines Apple For Tracing IPhone Locations
• Audit Finds Holes In Army Body Armor Insert Testing
• Germany Gets Tough On Facebook's Facial Recognition
• Muni Bond Underwriters Face Strict Disclosure Rules
• Sen. Wants Answers On Scope Of Surveillance Law
• HSBC, Barclays Confirm Libor Manipulation Probe
• U.K. Watchdog Reveals New Adviser Fee, Platform Rules
• 'Lazy' Brownies Are Not Supplements, FDA Warns
• Chinese Co. Dumped Mushrooms, Commerce Says
• Senate Committee OKs Reid Aide For CFTC Post
• EPA Beefs Up Chemical Reporting Requirements
• Congress Clarifies Rules For Lead In Children's Toys
• FDA Reopens Comment On Gluten-Free Labeling Rule
• US Says States Should Have Final Say On Insurance Rates
• NRC Mulls When To Act On Safety Recommendations
• Revamped FCC Carriage Rules Irk Cable Operators
• FTC, DOJ Clear Key Energy's $300M Fracking Cos. Buy
• Chevron Agrees To Test Uranium Mine On Navajo Land
• ITC Opens Probes On Lined Paper, Bearing Duties
• Spain Competition Watchdog Probes Oracle After HP Push
• Insurers Must Cover Birth Control At No Cost: HHS
• USDA Suspects Turkey As Source Of Salmonella Outbreak