Topic
Rulemaking
398 published works
Inside Political Law
FEC Reconvenes: What We Learned from the First Meeting of the New FEC
With a full complement of six commissioners for the first time since early 2017, the FEC met in open session yesterday. Led by FEC Chair Shana M. Broussard and Vice…
The Nickel Report
DOJ Issues “Rich Menu of Options” for Congress to Revise the Administrative Procedure Act
By Deidre G. Duncan, Brian R. Levey
On August 11, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released a new report that promotes constructive recommendations to modernize and improve the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) presented at a DOJ-hosted…
Free Writings + Perspectives
Additional Rulemaking Expected?
Speaking at a recent PLI Investment Management Institute session, Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Investment Management Director Nadia Blass provided a number of insights regarding future rulemaking. Among other…
CAP·impact
How to Use California’s APA to Your Advantage
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/how-to-use-californias-apa-to-your-advantage The twin goals of the APA at the federal and state levels are to ensure for purposes of any proposed rulemaking that there's notice to the public and an…
A Seat at the Table
OMB Releases Spring 2020 Unified Agenda of Regulatory Actions
By Joe Levitt, Brian Eyink, Anneke Baran Altieri
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released the Spring 2020 Unified Agenda of Regulatory actions, which outlines the rulemaking actions currently under development in each federal agency. This…
A Seat at the Table
USDA Publishes Final Rule on Review and Issuance of Agency Guidance Documents
By Gary Kushner, Brian Eyink, Christine Forgues
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has published a Final Rule codifying internal procedures that must be followed when issuing agency guidance documents. The Final Rule amends USDA’s administrative…
EHS Law Insights
Proposed NEPA rulemaking would accelerate environmental reviews
By Colette Honorable, Todd O. Maiden, Jennifer A. Smokelin, Randa M. Lewis
Earlier this year, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking recommending extensive changes to the governing regulations of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA…
Consumer Finance Monitor
This week’s podcast: Dodd-Frank Act Section 1071 rulemaking: A close look at the settlement in the lawsuit against the CFPB
We are joined by Nitin Shah of Democracy Forward, attorney for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit brought to compel the CFPB to issue rules implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank…
CAP·impact
How Gov. Newsom’s Executive Orders Are Impacting Rulemaking
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/how-gov-newsoms-executive-orders-are-impacting-rulemaking On March 30, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N‑40‑20. This executive order (EO) is intended to provide regulatory relief to California's small businesses. This particular executive order has…
CAP·impact
An Overview of California’s Rulemaking Process
https://soundcloud.com/capimpactca/an-overview-of-the-california-rulemaking-process California is the home to over 200 state agencies, departments, boards, and commissions that can make public policy through their authority to adopt regulations. California’s Office of Administrative Law…