This past week saw the January thaw from the holidays in regulatory movement. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) completed review on a number of substantial (if not economically significant) regulations, from arms exports to domestic gun control, and health care privacy. The Consumer Finance Protection Bureau… Continue Reading
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Monday Morning Regulatory Review – 11/19/12
Posted in Judicial Review & Remedies, Regulatory Flexibility & Small Business, Regulatory ProcessActivity at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has begun to pick up after the election – the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations lead the way. On the other hand, another court ordered an exemption from the mandatory contraceptive coverage regulation ahead of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) submitting… Continue Reading
Monday Morning Regulatory Review – 10/29/12
Posted in Regulatory ProcessWashington (with the Federal Government closed) braces for approaching storm Sandy – not regulatory, at least this week, but the regulatory tsunami appears more destined to occur than ever. The Spring 2012 Unified Agenda now appears to have been an exercise in futility and wasted resources, as the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)… Continue Reading
Food Safety Statute & Delay: Litigating Congressional Deadlines
Posted in Executive - OMB Review, Judicial Review & Remedies, Regulatory Flexibility & Small Business, Regulatory ProcessFood safety – what could be more important? The FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA), signed into law on January 4, 2011, requires a significant regulatory shift by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FSMA imposed numerous deadlines for FDA to adopt regulations and those deadlines have passed into history without rules. Given those… Continue Reading
Monday Morning Regulatory Review – 6/18/12
Posted in Judicial Process, Judicial Review & Remedies, Regulatory ProcessRegulations: FCC Cell Phone Privacy: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sought public comment on its Privacy and Security of Information Stored on Mobile Communications Devices proposed rule. The summary published in the Federal Register notes that the FCC seeks comment on its idiosyncratic website on the privacy and data security practices of mobile wireless service… Continue Reading