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New Food Safety Law Sets the Stage for Industry Participation in Numerous Rulemakings
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law on January 4, 2011, requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to undertake sweeping regulatory action to strengthen the safety of…
Securities Law Prof Blog
Committee on Capital Markets Regulation Warns of Hasty Rulemaking under Dodd-Frank
The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation (which prior to the financial crisis produced a white paper on financial reform) recently wrote(Download 2010.12.15_Rulemaking_Timeline_Letter) to Congressional leaders on the Senate Banking Committee…
Science, Law & the Environment
Update on Ecology Rulemaking Suspension
By Doug Steding
My November 18th post had some early details on Governor Gregoire's suspension of rulemaking for 2011. The Department of Ecology has evaluated its existing rulemaking activities and issued an updated…
Renewable + Law
Energy Tax Law Alert: ODOE Issues Final Administrative Rules
On November 24, 2010, the Oregon Department of Energy (“ODOE”) issued final permanent administrative rules (the “Permanent Rules”) relating to the Business Energy Tax Credit (“BETC”). For a description of…
Science, Law & the Environment
Governor Gregoire Suspends Rulemaking Through December 2011
By Doug Steding
Governor Gregoire, responding to calls to decrease Washington's regulatory burden on businesses, signed Executive Order 10-06, and in so doing, suspended new rule making by Washington agencies through 2011. The…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
CFTC to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Rules Under the Dodd-Frank Act
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has announced that it will hold a meeting next week to address proposed rulemakings under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act regarding:…
Crunched Credit
ASF Sunset Seminar: What to Expect from the Dodd-Frank Rulemakings
The general theme of the American Securitization Forum Sunset Seminar held on Wednesday at Dechert's NY office was the unintended consequences of the Dodd-Frank Act. Our largest conference room was…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
CFTC to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Rules Under the Dodd-Frank Act
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it will hold a public meeting on October 1 regarding the first series of rule proposals pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform…
Corporate & Financial Weekly Digest
CFTC Requests Comment on NFA Petition to Amend Rule 4.5
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has published a request for comment (the Notice) with respect to a National Futures Association (NFA) petition for rulemaking asking the CFTC to amend Rule…
Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog
Financial Regulatory Reform: We’ve Only Just Begun
This post was also written by Joelle Laszlo. While most people probably do not associate actions of Congress with the 1970s American pop band The Carpenters, there is a nice…