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The Regulation Digest
A weekly compendium of regulatory policy, news and analysis.
"The Regulation Digest is better than an algorithm."
Dr. Roslyn Layton
Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
This Week's Edition
In this issue: FCC proposes to protect consumers from AI-generated robocalls. BIS to amend data collection rules for AI safety. Australia plans minimum age for social media. SCOTUS swamped with emergency appeals.
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Adam White
Executive Director, Center for the Study of the Administrative State
Previous Editions of Regulation Digest
- September 4, 2024
In this issue: OSHA proposes workplace heat safety rule. FinCEN finalizes anti-money laundering requirements for residential real estate transfers and investment advisers. Plus, regulatory news and commentary for the week.
- August 28, 2024
In this issue: FTC finalizes rule on deceptive consumer reviews. Treasury loosens final anti-money laundering rules for real-estate agents. Appeals court scraps tipped wages rule. Plus, regulatory news and commentary for the week.
- August 21, 2024
In this issue: Judge strikes down FTC non-competes ban. NAR’s new Realtor rules could reshape homebuying. Alaska, Hawaiian Airlines merger clears antitrust hurdle. Plus regulatory news and commentary.
- August 14, 2024
In this issue: CFPB proposes to regulate paycheck advances as loans. 6 federal workforce bills to watch this fall. DOT proposal would require airlines to provide family seating at no upcharge.
- August 7, 2024
In this issue: Google antitrust fight isn’t over. Regulatory Studies Center launches a new CRA Window Exploratory Dashboard. FCC proposes disclosure rule for AI-generated political ads.
- July 31, 2024
In this issue: Inter-agency guidance issued for reconsidering residential real estate valuations. CFPB proposes interpretation on when Truth in Lending reqs are triggered for paycheck advance products.
- July 24, 2024
In this issue: EPA proposes to update emission standards for hazardous waste combustors. FCC seeks comments on Internet of Things labeling program. Judge declines to block FTC’s Noncompete Ban as lawsuits play out.
- July 17, 2024
In this issue: NHTSA released an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking to update safety standards for vehicle seating systems. FEMA finalized a rule updating its process for floodplain reviews. Plus, regulatory news and commentary for the week.
- July 10, 2024
In this issue: Biden Administration releases Spring 2024 Unified Agenda. Federal judge blocks FTC non-compete rule. IRS issues final rule for Reporting Requirements for Digital Asset Transactions. Plus, regulation news and commentary for the week.
- July 3, 2024
In this issue: Experts react to Supreme Court rulings that portend major implications for administrative law and all three branches of government. Longstanding ‘Chevron’ Doctrine overruled.
The Regulatory Studies Center Update
A monthly(ish) collection of working papers, events, op-eds and insights.
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Updates from the Regulatory Studies Center for July 2024 include: Roger Nober's testimony on CARB Locomotive Regulation at the July 9 hearing of U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials; Commentary by Zhoudan (Zoey) Xie on Biden's Spring 2024 Unified Agenda; Susan Dudley's commentary for Forbes on Supreme Court overruling the Chevron Deference Doctrine; Steven Balla appears on the Double Take podcast to discuss the role of the Congressional Review Act in reversing regulatory actions of the executive branch.
Previous Editions of the Regulatory Studies Center Update
- May 2024
Updates from the Regulatory Studies Center for May 2024 include: Graduate Certificate in Regulatory Policy and Practice to Launch Fall 2024. Gift establishes the Beales Regulatory Studies Center Research Fund, supporting applied research on regulation impacts. April was the busiest month on record for big ticket rules.
- March 2024
Regulatory Studies Center to host June 5 forum, Regulation by Enforcement: Blockchain and Crypto. Congress takes action on technology and public commenting. A look-back at the law: How Congress uses the Congressional Review Act. Breakout discussion summaries now available online from "Building on Regulatory Foundations" event.
- January 2024
This update features the announcement of Roger Nober as the Center's new director; a look back at major trends from our 2023 Regulatory Year in Review; Mary Sullivan's public interest comment on the FTC's Proposed Junk Fees Rule; an overview of the Biden Administration's Fall 2023 Unified Agenda; and highlights and photos from our November event exploring emerging challenges and technology in regulatory practice: Building On Regulatory Foundations.
- October 2023
This update includes a joint essay for The Regulatory Review authored by former presidents of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCA) including RSC's Joseph Cordes and Susan Dudley: Promoting Best Practices for US Regulatory Analysis.
Featured publications include commentary by Sarah Hay on the Congressional Review Act, a public interest comment by Mary Sullivan on Draft FTC-DOJ Merger Guidelines, papers by peer reviewers including Joseph Cordes on the OMB Draft Circular A-4, a working paper by Robert W. Crandall on vertical integration in the communications industry and net neutrality, and a WSJ op-ed by Susan Dudley and W. Kip Viscusi: Biden’s OMB Politicizes Cost-Benefit Analysis.
Recent podcasts highlight topics including the Call for an AM Radio Mandate, Mary Sullivan and Joe Cordes on the Draft FTC-DOJ Merger Guidelines, and Reeve Bull on Building an Evidence-Based System of Regulatory Analysis from the Bottom Up.
- August 2023
The Regulatory Studies Center prepares for a new era as we seek our next Center Director and Research Professor. Founder and director Susan Dudley will continue to be an affiliated scholar and professor in the Trachtenberg School for Public Policy and Public Administration.
In an interview with an MPP alumna, we catch up with Claire Garvin to learn more about her exciting career path in regulatory policy.
A bevy of public interest comments provided input on the OMB Draft Circular A-4 including:
- The Discounting Dilemma and Using Distributional Weights in Circular A-4 Would Encourage Wasteful Rent-Seeking by Brian Mannix
- Simpler, More Transparent Analysis Will Make Circular A-4 More Valuable to the Regulatory Process by Christopher Carrigan & Stuart Shapiro
- OMB Draft Circular A4: Safeguarding Objective and Evidence-Based Principles for Regulatory Impact Analysis by Susan Dudley
- On Draft Circular A4, Behavioral Biases, and Discount Rates by Howard Beales III
- Distributional Weights Should Be Dropped from the Draft Circular A-4 by Mary Sullivan