On one hand, Bloomberg reports, the President is going to require federal agencies to consider their activities' impact on climate change. On the other, the Post reports, the administration may delay power plant regulations.
by Paul Alan Levy At Monday's hearing on the our motion to vacate the preliminary injunction against Majed Moughni to shut down his criticism of the proposed settlement of a lawsuit over McDonald’s sale of haram meat that had been advertised as halal, Judge Kathleen Macdonald agreed to both prongs of the relief we had […]
The NLRB issued this brief statement today: The National Labor Relations Board has determined not to seek en banc rehearing in Noel Canning v. NLRB, in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit held that the January 4, 2012 recess appointments of three members to the Board were invalid. The Board, in […]
We have posted many times (here, for instance) that, despite contrary political rhetoric about high taxes, taxes in the U.S. are at historic lows. Eduardo Porter has now published this essay explaining that the supposed connection between low taxes and economic growth — a basic premise of conservative U.S. thought for many years now — […]
According to this AP article, the FDA is having trouble finalizing the rules for menu labeling required by the 2010 Affordable Care Act. Here's an excerpt: Diners will have to wait a little longer to find calorie counts on most restaurant chain menus, in supermarkets and on vending machines. Writing a new menu labeling law […]
Here. One concern is that fees are not described uniformly, and apparently that makes it hard to comparison shop for such cards. Excerpt: “It’s like the Wild West in terms of the different fees and policies,” said Odysseas Papadimitriou, CEO of CardHub.com. “The card issuers have a million different fees and everyone calls it something […]
From the program's website: The Women and the Law Program’s new Student Debt and Education Justice Project will address the causes and consequences of student debt, particularly for low-income students by engaging in legal and policy advocacy and research. Promised activities include a clinical program, research, public education, and policy recommendations. See here for more […]
by Brian Wolfman We told you yesterday about a New York trial court decision invalidating New York City's ban on the sale of sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces. Now, go here or click on the embedded video below to see Mayor Bloomberg's remarkable press conference reacting to the ruling. In case you had any doubt: […]
As explained here, "[a] New York state [trial] judge on Monday [March 11, 2013] threw out a ban on large sugary drinks set to go into effect in New York City on Tuesday, calling the new regulation 'arbitrary and capricious.'” The decision is here. We have posted about the ban many times, including here, here, here, […]