Public Policy Archive » December, 2011

Public Policy - December, 2011

176 articles

• NLRB Delays Notice-Posting Rule At Court's Request
• FCC Approves AT&T's $2B Deal For Qualcomm Licenses
• 121 House Members Ask For Delay On Volcker Rule
• Aussies Issue Updated Broadcaster Privacy Guidance
• Congress Approves Two-Month Payroll Tax Deal
• FCC Tries Again To Loosen Media Cross-Ownership Ban
• New DOT Rules Limit Truckers' Workweek To 70 Hours
• UPS Pilots Sue Over Exclusion From FAA Fatigue Rules
• UK To End Competition Order On Home Appliances
• Mine Operators Must Report More Safety Info: SEC
• NYSE To Adopt FINRA Standards On Deceptive Pricing
• DOI Strips Protections For Gray Wolves In Great Lakes
• Louisiana Sues DOI Over Oil Revenue Rule Change
• EU Court Rejects Airlines' Challenge To Emissions Plan
• FAA Finalizes Overhaul Of Pilot Fatigue Rule
• House Asks DHS To Fork Over Docs On $433M SIGA Deal
• EPA Unveils Long-Delayed Mercury Limits For Power Plants
• UK Watchdog Seeks To Amp Up Bus Market Competition
• FTC Seeks To Boot Out Auto Dealers' Credit Score Suit
• DOD To Require US-Made Solar Devices In Contracts
• CFTC Finalizes 2 Reporting Rules For Swaps Market
• EU Lawmakers Agree To Hold Back 1.4B Carbon Permits
• Fed Proposes Tougher Risk Rules For Big Banks
• DC Circ. Awards Costs To Tribes In EPA Rule Case
• USTR Supports Japan's Review Of US Beef Restrictions
• Sens. Press FTC To Look Into Google's Search Tactics
• House Rejects Payroll Tax Cut Extension
• Army Corps Greenlights ConocoPhillips' Alaska Drilling
• Vote Set For Protect IP Act As Filibuster Threat Looms
• NLRB Battles For Union Rights Posters In Court
• UK Vows Bank Structure Reforms By 2015
• FDA Tightens Restrictions On Sanofi's Multaq
• House To Hold Hearing On SEC Settlement Practices
• US Unfreezes Over $30 Billion In Libyan Assets
• 4 House Reps Got Countrywide VIP Loans: Investigators
• Perry Not Liable for Texas Day Laborer Law: Judge
• Ex-Canadian Wheat Board Members Take Up Monopoly Fight
• SOPA Hearing To Keep Going After 2 Heated Days
• HHS To Let States Set Benefit Benchmarks For Health Plans
• API's Challenge To NC Renewable Fuel Law Tossed
• New FDA Rules To Up Women In Medical Device Studies
• Sens. Float Bill To Improve Watch Over Medical Devices
• Colorado Floats Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rule
• EU Privacy Panel Rejects Industry Rules For Online Ads
• WTO Inks New Procurement Pact For $100B Growth
• Enhanced SEC Oversight Cheaper Than New SRO: Study
• Mortage Market Reform Bill Passes House Subcommittee
• Senate Panel OKs Bill For Solar Permitting Grants
• Chicago Issues New Vacant Property Ordinance
• Obama Moves To Extend Wage Protections To Home Care
• NRC Head Tells Senate He Didn't Bully Colleagues
• Exelon, Constellation Reach Accord With Md. Over Merger
• China Must End Trade-Restrictive Policies: Commerce Chief
• Microsoft's Cloud Service To Adopt EU Privacy Standard
• Report Shows 'Questionable' Moves In Deepwater Disaster
• House Defense Bill Makes F-35 Contracts Fixed-Price
• EU Parliament Votes To Slash Phosphates In Detergent
• SOPA Opponents Mobilize Ahead Of House Markup
• UK Moves To Modernize Copyright Laws
• SEC Reform Must Come Before More Funding: GOP
• Canadian Wheat Board Wants Opt-Out Bill Blocked
• FCC Rolls Out Rules Banishing Loud TV Commercials
• USTR Rep Refuses To Set Deadline For TPP Talks
• Bird Group Seeks Clear Regs For Deadly Wind Turbines
• FTC Official Defends Age Limit In Child Privacy Rule
• Hawaii's Biggest Wind Farm Set To Break Ground
• Senate Committee Advances Insider Trading Bill
• Dodd Champions Anti-Piracy Bill Ahead Of House Vote
• House OKs Payroll Tax Cut With Keystone Strings Attached
• Stronger Trade Brought More IP Seizures In 2011: Customs
• F-35 Contracts To Be Fixed-Price Under Defense Bill
• FDA Ducks Contempt Claim After Nixing OTC Contraceptives
• Lawmakers, Attys Spar Over Electronic Discovery Costs
• Deutsche Boerse, NYSE Promise More Merger Concessions
• Lawmakers Seek Crackdown On Russian Ferrovanadium
• Watchdog Details Mistakes In Fannie, Freddie Oversight
• DOC To Probe Chinese Honey Blends For Duty Dodging
• House Raises Fines In New Pipeline Safety Bill
• DuPont To Pay Waste, Safety Fines For NJ Plant Violations
• China Pledges To Open Up Trade At WTO Anniversary Event
• US Trade Deficit Shrank In October: Commerce
• Battle Over Timing of Volcker Rule Heads To SEC
• RBS Failure Spurs UK Watchdog To Call For Tighter Regs
• Regulators Eye $10B Boerse-NYSE Euronext Deal Again
• DOD Contract Watchdog Must Improve Audit Access: GAO
• EU Sets Sights On Stricter, But Unified Data Security
• Telstra Partially Shutters Website To Combat Data Breach
• FWS Clarifies ESA Rule To Protect Species' Entire Ranges
• House GOP Ties Keystone To Payroll Tax Cut Bill
• NYC Bar Association Calls For FCPA Reassessment
• Australia Has Lingering Concern Over Telstra Split
• House Panel Approves Bill To Protect Insurer Data
• House, Senate Will Fast-Track New Pipeline Safety Bill
• Lawmakers Question Facebook's Wordy Privacy Policy
• Australia To Step Up Regulation Of Homeopathics
• SEC Actions Could Be Looming For HCP Head Falcone
• EPA Floats 1st-Ever Aluminum Plant Emissions Regs
• Port Authority Draws Fire For $2B WTC Spending Plan
• White House Issues New Federal Cloud Security Rules
• Hollywood Seeks To Sink Piracy Bill Giving ITC Power
• Domain Name Expansion Plan Decried At Senate Hearing
• Fracking May Have Contaminated Wyo. Water, EPA Says
• DOL Aims To Increase Contractors' Disability Hires
• House Approves Bill To Ban EPA Farm Dust Regs
• House Clamps Down On Bath Salts, Other Synthetic Drugs
• Lawmakers Float Bill Barring Contracts With FCPA Violators
• AGs Urge Congress To Junk Proposed TCPA Changes
• UK Pushes Full Exam For $7.8B Private Medical Industry
• USDA Releases Trimmed Antitrust Rule For Meat Industry
• FTC Warns Against Abuses Of Face-Recognition Features
• Sen. Proposes Replacement For Battered Fannie, Freddie
• House Dems Unveil Bill To Boost CFTC's Funding Stream
• Senate Republicans Block CFPB Head Nomination
• Senate Bill Takes Aim At EU's Airline Emissions Plan
• Contracts Abroad Should Count In Small Biz Tally: Report
• Canadian Judge Says Gov't Broke Wheat Monopoly Law
• House OKs Bill To Boost Congress' Power Over Regulations
• Don't Tie Keystone To Payroll Tax Cut Bill: Obama To GOP
• Frank Seeks Probe Of Ally's Alleged Mortgage Fraud
• US To Decide On BPA Food Packaging Ban By March
• US Floats Rule To Nix Ratings From Bank Capital Measures
• CFPB To Launch Simpler Credit Card Agreement Prototype
• Plan B Birth Control Still Requires Prescription, HHS Says
• Panasonic, Others Fined €161M Over Fridge Cartel
• BP Accused Of More Violations Over Deepwater Spill
• Express Scripts Exec Defends $29B Merger To Lawmakers
• FDA Eases Risk Mandates For GSK, Amgen Platelet Drugs
• FDA To Weigh Public Input On Biosimilars Program
• UK Proposal May Spur Slew Of New REITs, Takeovers
• USTR Weighs Japan, Mexico, Canada Joining TPP Talks
• Canada Clamps Down On Online Behavioral Advertising
• Colo. Lawmaker Calls For Mineral Rights Disclosures
• EU Official Presses US To Buck Up Data Protection
• US Delays Revamp Of Export Control Lists
• Treasury Under Fire Over Pace Of Fannie, Freddie Reform
• Republican Sens. Skewer CFTC Over MF Global Response
• Cybersecurity Experts Back Bill Creating Info-Sharing Org
• FWS To Tackle Backlog In Wake Of ESA Settlements
• Sens. Seek To Ease Pains Over Defective Chinese Drywall
• COPPA Needs Social Media Tweaks: FTC Commissioner
• Cameras In High Court Not Up To Congress: Judge, Attys
• SEC Official Skeptical of Lawmaker Insider Trading Bill
• Apple, Publishers Face EU E-Book Antitrust Probe
• EU To Increase Fines Under Privacy Law Changes
• UK Plan To Share Patient Data With Drug Industry Draws Ire
• Calif. Agency Marks Usage Targets For Renewable Energy
• DOL Targets Fraudulent Group Insurance Plans
• SEC Again Delays Move To Global Accounting Standards
• Pentagon Proposes Bid Checklists For Contractors
• VA Unit Skipped Reviews For $1.6B In Contracts: Report
• CFTC Adopts 1st Post-MF Global Rule
• Lawmakers Press Tricare On SAIC Data Security Policy
• HHS Sets Loss Ratio Rules Capping Insurer Profits
• ABA Inches Closer To Nonlawyer Partner Option
• US Rep. Rahall Floats New Buy American Bill
• House GOPs Aim To Kill Regulations
• EU, Apple, Others Launch Child Internet Safety Coalition
• CFTC Moves Ahead On Exemptions From Dodd-Frank
• EPA Revamps Biomass, Boiler Emissions Rules
• SF Transit Agency Sets Policy On Cell Service Shutdowns
• EU Ends Financing Deals To Comply With Airbus Ruling
• Wall Street Groups Sue CFTC Over Position Limit Rule
• GOP Highlights Jobs In Push For Oil Sands Pipeline
• Plan Could Put ITC In Charge Of Fighting Online Piracy
• Senate Passes $662B Defense Bill, Caps Contractor Pay
• House Intelligence Committee Passes Cybersecurity Bill
• Congressional Insider Trading Cases No Slam Dunk: SEC
• Plan For Single EU Patent Moves Ahead
• Franken Demands Info On Smartphone Tracking Software
• House Panel Votes To Nix CLASS Health Care Program
• Regulators Float New Rules After MF Global Meltdown
• House Bill Would Open Door To Private FCPA Suits
• House OKs Bill To Override NLRB Union Election Changes
• EPA Floats Ship Permit Changes To Halt Invasive Species
• EU Expands Sanctions Against Syria
• Fla. Homeowners Can't Sue State Over Foreclosure Fees