Topic
Rulemaking
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Patents Post-Grant
PTAB Director Review to be Formalized Via Rule Making
By Scott McKeown, Scott McKeown Wolf Greenfield
New Director Turns Attention to Rule Making This past Friday, Director Vidal announced that the agency will be keeping the current interim Director review process that was put in place…
CyberAdviser
CO AG Announces Pre-Rulemaking Considerations for CPA
At the IAPP Global Privacy Summit, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced the principles that would guide the CPA rulemaking process, after which his office published a white paper entitled…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Rules Preventing Rules Regarding Nonprofits in Omnibus Spending Bill of 2022
We are seeing some familiar foolish provisions prohibiting the IRS and the SEC from engaging in rulemaking in Congress's Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022. The Senate passed the $1.5 Trillion…
Food Safety News
USDA announces public comment session for input on organic program
By News Desk
The U.S Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service and it's National Organic Program, have announced a public listening session for stakeholders to share their recommendations on the organic program's's rulemaking…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB establishes new process for submission of petitions for rulemaking
The CFPB has announced that it has established a new process intended to make “it easier for the public to meaningfully engage with the agency and request regulatory changes.” The…
AD-ttorneys Law Blog
A Return to Substance: The 8th Public Commission Meeting Kicks Off Yet Another Mag-Moss Rulemaking
By Daniel Kaufman, Amy Ralph Mudge
Having recovered from the exceedingly lackluster seventh Federal Trade Commission (FTC) meeting, the two-hour eighth meeting had actual votes and a bit of drama. But be careful what you ask…
Ad Law Access
Kick-Off Time for FTC Rulemaking on Earnings Claims
By Jessica Rich, John E. Villafranco, Donnelly McDowell
Last Thursday (February 10), the FTC announced that it “will vote” at its February 17 open meeting to issue an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on “deceptive earnings claims…
Byte Back
Colorado AG to Engage in Robust Colorado Privacy Act Rulemaking
By David Stauss [Former Attorney], Shelby Dolen [Former Attorney]
Keypoint: In the next few months, the Colorado Attorney General’s office will start CPA rulemaking on numerous topics with the goal of publishing draft rules by this fall and adopting…
Regulatory Oversight
FTC Releases 2022 Statement of Regulatory Priorities
By Abbey M. Thornhill, Siran Faulders
Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission) published its Statement of Regulatory Priorities (Statement), announcing its regulatory agenda for 2022. The Statement suggests that the agency will focus…
Ad Law Access
The FTC’s Magnuson-Moss Rulemaking Process – Still an Uphill Climb
By Jessica Rich
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about the FTC’s rulemaking procedures under Section 18 of the FTC Act (also known as “Mag-Moss” rulemaking). Long decried as too burdensome and difficult…