FTC cracks down on cell phone cramming, gun control bill hits wall in Senate, and more.
- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its first mobile cramming case, accusing a company of taking advantage of consumers by adding unauthorized charges to phone bills.
- The U.S Senate rejected expanded gun background checks.
- The new Senate immigration bill filed may bring a raft of new regulations and add more layers to the federal bureaucracy.
- The Department of Energy (DOE) planned to adopt more stringent energy conservation standards for electric power distribution transformers
- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) blocked drug manufacturers from making a generic version of the addictive drug OxyContin.
- The Federal Reserve (Fed) proposed a rule on the assessment of regulatory oversight fees under Dodd-Frank.
- The European Commission voted to limit the bonus compensation of bankers at a year’s base salary, with limited exceptions if shareholders approve.
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced an examination into cellular network congestion during the Boston Marathon bombings.
- Several states have reportedly threatened to sue the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after it missed an April 13, 2013, deadline to issue power plant emissions rules.
- A staff report issued by a UC Berkeley Law School institute argued that the state of California needs to strengthen regulation of hydraulic fracturing.
