U.S. Supreme Court Limits Federal Power to Curb Carbon Emissions July 1, 2022 By Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici Conservative justices power 6-3 ruling; liberals dissent Ruling curbs EPA ability to regulate power plant emissions Biden vows to tackle...
Investors Ask SEC for More ESG Disclosures as Companies Resist: Analysis June 16, 2021 By Katanga Johnson Investor groups have asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for more corporate disclosures on climate change and other environmental,...
Supreme Court May Overturn Tradition of Courts Deferring to Regulatory Agencies March 28, 2019 By Greg Stohr and Jennifer A. Dlouhy The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative justices expressed doubts about a precedent that business groups and the Trump administration say gives...
Corporate Fines, Penalties Plummet Under Trump Administration July 26, 2018 By Tami Abdollah While Donald Trump has positioned himself as a tough, “law and order” president, he has mostly excluded one group of...
Regulation, Deregulation and the Markets: Bloomberg View December 8, 2017 By Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View From the very start of his presidency, Donald Trump has made it a high priority to reduce the level of...
Lucky to Be Alive, Calling for a Revolution in Road Safety February 24, 2017 By Cass R. Sunstein, Bloomberg View Three weeks ago, I was walking home on a dark, snowy night in Concord, Massachusetts. The next thing I knew,...
Federal Insurance Chief McRaith Leaving Post on Jan. 20 January 6, 2017 Michael McRaith, who has served as director the Federal Insurance Office since its creation in 2011, is resigning his post...
Republican Platform Under Trump: Reinstate Glass-Steagall, Go Slow on Trade Pacts July 19, 2016 By Mark Niquette and John McCormick Republican National Convention delegates approved a platform Monday that calls for reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act and scaling back the Dodd-Frank...
Treasury Names 12 to Federal Insurance Advisory Committee November 4, 2015 The U.S. Department of the Treasury has named 12 individuals including several insurance industry executives, a professor, a consumer advocate...
EEOC Invites Public Comment on Employment Regulations March 18, 2015 Those wishing to tell the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) what they think of the agency’s existing regulations are being...