Topic
Rulemaking
398 published works
Consumer Finance Monitor
FTC announces ambitious rulemaking agenda that includes UDAP rules
By Kim Phan, Ballard CFS Group
The FTC has announced that it plans to move forward on an ambitious rulemaking agenda. In contrast to the CFPB’s Fall 2021 rulemaking agenda which offered no meaningful insights into…
Inside Political Law
DOJ Solicits Comments for Potential Major Changes to FARA Regulations
Last week, the Department of Justice published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), the first step toward a major rulemaking that DOJ says would “modernize” the current regulations, including…
Labor Relations Update
NLRB Plans to Revise Joint Employer Standard Once Again
By Mark Theodore, Joshua Fox, Timothy Kelly
On Friday, December 10, 2021, the Board announced in its regulatory agenda that it plans to engage in rulemaking on the standard for determining whether two employers are “joint employers”…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB publishes Fall 2021 rulemaking agenda
The CFPB has published its Fall 2021 rulemaking agenda as part of the Fall 2021 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The agenda’s preamble indicates that the information…
Consumer Finance Monitor
This week’s podcast: “The Case For Regulation Through Rulemaking & Guidance”: A discussion of the Consumer Bankers Association’s white paper with special guests Dan Smith, CBA Executive Vice President, and Ebony Johnson, CBA Associate General Counsel
Joined by two CBA representatives who previously served at the CFPB, we discuss the key arguments advanced in the white paper for why rulemaking and informal written guidance are more…
Gravel2Gavel
A Court-Side Seat: Rulemaking Proposed, Comments Solicited
by Anthony B. Cavender We interrupt our usual scrutiny of the courts to focus (mostly) on the important developments in notices and rulemaking issued by and concerning federal regulatory agencies…
Privacy World
CPRA Amended and Updates Regarding the CDPA
By Alan Friel, Glenn A. Brown, Gicel Tomimbang
Updates: California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) Last month, we reported on the California Privacy Protection Agency’s (“CPPA”) engagement of an Executive Director and its proposal for a rulemaking framework. The…
Rural Spectrum Scanner
NASNA Asks FCC for NG 911 Rulemaking
The National Association of State 911 Administrators Association (NASNA) has asked the Federal Communications Commission (Commission, FCC), to initiate a rulemaking or notice of inquiry to assist with the implementation…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CBA issues white paper advocating CFPB’s use of rulemaking and guidance in lieu of “regulation by enforcement”
The Consumer Bankers Association has released a new white paper, “The Case For Regulation Through Rulemaking & Guidance,” that advocates for the CFPB to use rulemaking and informal written guidance…
S&W Environmental, Natural Resources, Oil and Gas Law
Rare Rulemaking Initiated by Arizona Department of Water Resources
By Chris Colyer
by Fred Breedlove The Arizona Department of Water Resources (“ADWR”) announced on September 18, 2021 that it had initiated a rulemaking for three subject areas: licensing timeframes, well construction and…