Topic
Rulemaking
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Securities Law Prof Blog
Grossman on SEC Rulemaking
Nadelle Grossman has posted The Sixth Commissioner on SSRN with the following abstract:The federal securities laws grant broad rulemaking authority to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In promulgating rules, the…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Lee on Economic Analysis in SEC Rulemaking
Yoon-Ho Alex Lee has posted The Efficiency Criterion for Securities Regulation: Investor Welfare or Total Surplus? on SSRN with the following abstract:Recent regulatory debates have centered on whether independent agencies should…
Law & Economics Prof Blog
Revealing Loopholes: Including Loopholes in Legal Rules for Purely Strategic Reasons
By Manuel Utset
Suppose that a lawmaker is designing a system of legal rules, such as a tax code or financial regulations. Regulated parties have an incentive to find and exploit loopholes, as…
Consumer Finance Monitor
Research Integrity Council Formed to Improve CFPB Rulemaking Process
By Kim Phan
Last week, a group of representatives from across a variety of industries met to discuss the formation of a Research Integrity Council (RIC), the purpose of which will be to…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
D.C. Circuit Reemphasizes the Need for Thorough Rule Comments
In a decision released Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit held that an electric utility industry group could not challenge an EPA rule because it did not raise the relevant issues during…
Science, Law & the Environment
Guest Post: Integral Consulting’s Perspective on Washington’s Current Water Quality Standard Rulemaking Efforts
Note from Doug Steding: This post came about when Randi Wexler from Integral Consulting Inc. sent me an email saying they were working on a comment to one of my…
Science, Law & the Environment
(Almost) Live Blogging: Ecology’s Delegates Table Meeting on Water Quality Criteria Revisions to Account for Higher Fish Consumption Rates
By Doug Steding
I spent much of this morning listening in on the Department of Ecology's latest Delegates' Table meeting regarding the ongoing efforts to revise Washington's Water Quality Standards to account for…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Kovvali on Basic
Aneil Kovvali has posted Could the SEC Save Basic Through Rulemaking? on SSRN with the following abstract:In Basic Inc. v. Levinson, the Supreme Court held that under certain circumstances, plaintiffs in…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Final Public Hearing on the Proposed Amendments to the FRCPs (Feb. 7 in Dallas)
Tomorrow, the Judicial Conference Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure is holding its final public hearing on the recent set of proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil…
Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog
Illinois Pollution Control Board Rejects Emergency Rules for Coke/Coal Bulk Terminals
By Jeryl L. Olson and Craig B. Simonsen The Illinois Pollution Control Board just rejected Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (IEPA) proposed “emergency” rules that would have imposed additional Statewide requirements…