Obama announces change to healthcare law, FCC releases roadmap for drone regulation, and more…
- Under political pressure, President Barack Obama announced a year-long delay of a portion of his signature healthcare law that would require all insurance plans sold to individuals and small business to meet certain minimum standards.
President Barack Obama reportedly announced that he would nominate U.S. Department of Treasury official, Timothy G. Massad, to be the new Commodities Futures Trading Commission Chair.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released a new roadmap for regulating drones.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was pushing for transparency to investors regarding online sales reports.
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly settled with American Airlines and US Airways over antitrust claims regarding the companies’ proposed merger.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a new rule that would regulate inmate phone call prices with “safe-harbor” and hard cap rates.
Bill Clinton reportedly urged President Obama to revise the Affordable Care Act to allow Americans to keep existing coverage.
The House Natural Resources Committee was reportedly set to block the U.S. Department of the Interior regulation of mountaintop removal coal mining.
Wyndham Worldwide Corp. reportedly argued that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has no authority to regulate its data security practices.