Read the leaked report. According to this article by Sarah Kliff, the report, produced by the health research firm Avalere Health and the consulting firm McKinsey and Company includes graphs on what the Republican plan to overhaul Obamacare’s tax credits, generally making them less generous, would do. [The report's projections] are based on the recent 19-page proposal […]
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That's the name of this Washington Post article by Ashley Halsey III. Among other things, Halsey discusses the research of law professor Bryant Smith, who has written Automated Driving and Product Liability, which Halsey calls "the most definitive public legal research to date on autonomous cars." Halsey identifies seven basic insights from Smith's research: ●There will be a shift […]
It was issued on Friday, February 24, and you can read it here. The order requires most federal agencies to appoint a "Regulatory Reform Officer" and create a "Regulatory Reform Task Force" to review and possibly ditch or modify existing regulations. For press on the new order, go here, here, and here.
The Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs, sent President Trump yesterday a list of rules it wants delayed, altered or repealed. Prominent among the rules listed are protections for workers and the environment, along with the net neutrality rule and some Affordable Care Act rules. The list is available here. USA Today has the story.
The Federal Trade Commission and the Maine Office of the Attorney General announced three settlements with dietary supplement marketers who allegedly used radio infomercials deceptively formatted as talk shows and print ads featuring fictitious endorsers to advertise supplements purporting to improve memory and to reduce back and joint pain. The three court orders resolving charges […]
There's a lot out there that you've no doubt read about the difficulties for Republicans in actually repealing the Affordable Care Act. Surprise, surprise: It's not as easy as saying "Public Law 111-148, as amended, is hereby repealed." (Gotta have that "hereby.") One problem (among many): People may not like "Obamacare" in the abstract — […]
That is the name of this article by law prof David Reiss. (Jeff had posted earlier on Reiss's views on this topic.) Here is the abstract: U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch would have an outsized influence on federal consumer protection enforcement if he is confirmed. In particular, if PHH v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 839 F.3d 1 […]
The Washington Post reports today: Wells Fargo announced Tuesday that it had fired four executives as its board of directors nears completion of its investigations into sham accounts set up by employees to allegedly meet sales quotas. The four executives come from the megabank’s community banking division. They will not receive 2016 bonuses and will […]
The Department of Transportation says that "[a]lthough rail incidents have declined over the last 10 years, railroad crossing fatalities spiked in 2014. [And in 2016] alone, 232 people died in railroad crossing accidents, and approximately every three hours, a person or vehicle is hit by a train in the United States." So, DOT is doing a […]
AAJ Research (an arm of the American Association for Justice) has written Driven to Safety: Robot Cars and the Future of Liability. Here is the abstract: Widespread adoption of robot cars could have a revolutionary impact on these figures, potentially preventing 90 percent of crashes and saving thousands of lives every year. The impact of such […]