by Brian Wolfman As explained in this article by Brady Dennis, the Department of Justice and the FDA have acquiesced in the D.C. Circuit's ruling striking down the FDA's new graphic cigarette labels on First Amendment grounds and announced that the government will not seek Supreme Court review of the D.C. Circuit's ruling. The Sixth […]
Here. An excerpt: * * * Nearly 40 percent of dealers responding to a recent unscientific Automotive News survey also expressed concern that they soon will lose the arbitration option. "I think arbitration is on its last legs," said Tom Hudson, a partner in the Hudson Cook law firm in Hanover, Md., who predicts the […]
Now it goes to the floor, again, where Republicans are expected to prevent it from ever getting to a vote. The Washington Post has the story here.
For those of you in Washington: Tomorrow afternoon at Georgetown Law, I'll be at debating C. Boyden Gray on the constitutionality of the CFPB and Rich Cordray's recess appointment. Here's the announcement: The Consumer Law Society, The Federalist Society, and The Georgetown Center for the Constitution present: The Constitutional Challenge to the Consumer Financial Protection […]
We have blogged recently (here and here) about the role some of the world's largest banks play in facilitating the payday loan industry. The latter article explained that JP Morgan was in the process of re-thinking its practices. Yesterday, JP Morgan announced its new policies, as explained in this article by Jessica Silver-Greenberg. Here's an […]
That's the name of this article by Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute. Here's the abstract: Arizona’s immigration laws have hurt its economy. The 2007 Legal Arizona Workers Act (LAWA) attempts to force unauthorized immigrants out of the workplace with employee regulations and employer sanctions. The 2010 Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act […]
by Brian Wolfman The Supreme Court held this morning in Standard Fire Insurance v. Knowles that a named plaintiff's stipulation that the plaintiff class is seeking less than the Class Action Fairness Act's minumum jurisdictional amount does not preclude a federal district court from assuming jurisdiction under the Act. Justice Breyer's unanimous opinion is just […]
In a 6-3 ruling today, the Supreme Court held in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons that the first sale doctrine, which fosters the creation of a secondary market in used copies of copyrighted works by forbidding infringement claims based on the sale or purchase of copies of copyrighted works, applies even if the copyrighted […]
by Jeff Sovern Here's what the Times's Joe Nocera wrote in his column today: [The OCC] is a classic captured regulator. As American Banker pointed out recently, the Promontory Financial Group, a prominent banking consulting firm founded by Eugene Ludwig, a former comptroller of the currency, recently hired the O.C.C.’s general counsel, Julie Williams. And […]
So says The Hill. Of course, that doesn't mean the Republicans will allow the full Senate to vote on the nomination. As for the merits of his nomination (not that that matters to the Republicans), The Hill states: There really haven't been any questions about Cordray's ability to do the job. In fact, he's gotten […]