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Rulemaking
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The CLS Blue Sky Blog
Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses SEC Withdrawal of 14 Proposed Rules
By Colin Lloyd, Eric Diamond, Malou (Marie-Louise) Huth, Aaron Levine, Natasha Vasan
On June 12, the SEC withdrew 14 proposed rules stating that it did not intend to issue final rules with respect to the proposals and that if the SEC decides…
Banking, Finance and Securities
SEC Leaders Emphasize Need for Economic Rigor in Rulemaking
At the 12th Annual Conference on Financial Market Regulation, SEC Chair Paul Atkins and Commissioner Hester M. Peirce stressed the importance of economic analysis in shaping regulatory policy and cautioned…
Legal Theory Blog
Stern on the English Roots of Notice and Comment Rulemaking
Rephael Stern (Harvard University - Harvard Law School; Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) has posted The Lost English Roots of Notice-and-Comment Rulemaking (134 Yale L.J. 1955 (2025)) on…
Consumer Protection Connection
CPSC Withdraws Lithium-Ion Battery Rulemaking
By Sheila Millar, Antonia Stamenova-Dancheva, Anushka R. Stein
Less than two weeks after the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) voted 3-2 to move ahead with a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) for a new safety standard…
Inside Energy & Environment
Department of Energy Rulemakings Show What’s in Store under Trump’s Deregulatory Initiative
By Paul Ray
On May 12, the Federal Register put on public inspection a group of 42 proposed and final rules from the Department of Energy. The rules cover a wide variety of…
The Capital Commitment
SEC Regulation in a Non-Regulatory Environment
By Margaret A. Dale, Michael R. Hackett, William Komaroff, Dorothy Murray, Joshua M. Newville, Todd J. Ohlms, Robert Pommer, Seetha Ramachandran, Nathan Schuur, Robert Sutton, Jonathan M. Weiss, William D. Dalsen, Adam L. Deming, Adam Farbiarz, Hena M. Vora
With Paul Atkins as the new SEC Chair, the agency’s priorities have shifted away from many of the aggressive policies of former Chair Gensler. The first four months of the…
The CLS Blue Sky Blog
How Corporate Lobbying Can Undermine Governance Rulemaking
By Qianzhou Du, Jiekun Huang, Pengfei Ye, Qiaozhi Ye
Corporations play an increasingly active role in lobbying, with a growing focus on influencing government rulemaking. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, corporate lobbying expenditures at the federal level…
Administrative and Regulatory
OMB Directs Independent Agencies to Submit Rules for White House Review
The Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") provided "initial implementation guidance" for regulatory agencies to comply with President Trump's Executive Order "Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies." The full update can…
Legal Theory Blog
Yadin on Negotiated Regulation
Sharon Yadin (The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College) has posted The Hidden Nature of Regulation (31(1) Harvard Negotiation Law Review (forthcoming 2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The question…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Are the Days of OSHA’s Rulemaking and Reliance on Consensus Standards Numbered?
Quick Hits The introduction of the “Nullify the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Act” bill by Representative Biggs (R-AZ) has sparked significant speculation about the future of OSHA, especially under…