Regulatory reform bills advance past a key House Committee, twelve states sue the EPA over a climate change rule, and more…
- A group of regulatory reform bills, including the REINS Act, cleared the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and may face a floor vote soon.
- Twelve states and a group of coal companies argued a case against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
- The U.S. House Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held a hearing on updating the Toxic Substances Control Act.
- Tobacco industry organizations filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claiming an agency guidance infringes on their commercial speech.
- The General Services Administration (GSA) amended its travel regulations to include benefits for same-sex couples.
- The European Commission pursued antitrust actions against Google.
- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a warning letter to Kind, LLC, ordering the company to remove the word “healthy” from some of its products.
- U.S. House Representatives Diane Black and Ted Poe reintroduced a bill designed to prohibit the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) from collecting race and ethnicity data in gun transaction regulation.
- A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that shortens the time frame for labor union formation took effect.
