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Rulemaking
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The Capital Commitment
SEC Chairman Identifies Guiding Principles
By Anthony M. Drenzek, Joshua M. Newville, Michael R. Hackett
On July 12, 2017, newly appointed SEC Chairman Jay Clayton delivered a speech at the non-partisan Economic Club of New York wherein he set forth several high-level guiding principles for…
Death Care Compliance Law
Missouri Rule Rollback: How to Start the Process?
By Bill Stalter
Despite lacking sufficient members to take official actions, the Missouri State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors met last week to discuss Executive Order 17-03. As we reported back in…
Consumer Finance Monitor
CFPB issues Spring 2017 rulemaking agenda
The CFPB’s Spring 2017 rulemaking agenda has been published as part of the Spring 2017 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The preamble indicates that the information in…
OSHA Law Blog
Rules to Come? Future Regulatory Agenda for OSHA
It’s that time of year again…when the federal government tells the regulated community what types of rulemaking initiatives that various agencies are undertaking for the year. Today, the semiannual regulatory agenda…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Department of Labor Moves To Rescind “Persuader Rule” with Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
On June 12, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Office of Labor-Management Standards published a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding its intention to rescind the so-called “persuader rule,” moving…
The Right Coast
The real answer to the democracy-killing administrative state | New York Post
To the extent that rule-making is taken out of the hands of the politicians and placed in the hands of a priesthood of expert regulators, we re no longer a…
Consumer Finance Monitor
House Financial Services Committee passes Financial Choice Act containing CFPB overhaul, significant changes to rulemaking process, codification of “valid when made” rule
Last Thursday, by a party-line vote of 34-26, the House Financial Services Committee approved the Financial CHOICE Act (H.R. 10) proposed by Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling. In addition to overhauling…
Food Safety News
GIPSA rule kicked down the road for Perdue’s eventual decision
By News Desk
Sonny Perdue continues to wait for the U.S. Senate to return from vacation to vote on his confirmation as Secretary of Agriculture, which now scheduled for April 24. The U.S.…
Consumer Products Counselor
D.C. Circuit Limits the FCC’s Rulemaking Authority Under the TCPA … and the FCC Chairman Agrees
By Gregory E. Ostfeld, Aaron S. Klein, Frank Citera
On March 31, 2017, the D.C. Circuit held that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacked authority under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, as amended by the Junk Fax Prevention Act…
SALT Shaker
Kentucky Court of Appeals Holds that Kentucky DOR Must Publish Final Rulings
By Chris Lutz and Carley Roberts The Kentucky Court of Appeals held that the Kentucky Department of Revenue must publish final administrative rulings, even when those rulings are not appealed…