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EPA Enters the Fracking Fray

EPA Enters the Fracking Fray

Agency plans to study treatment of fracking water and propose regulatory standards.

Regulatory Failure and the Gulf Oil Disaster

Regulatory Failure and the Gulf Oil Disaster

A Penn Program on Regulation seminar examines agency design.

The Rise of Eurolegalism

The Rise of Eurolegalism

Europe is increasingly adopting its own form of adversarial legalism.

Week in Review

Week in Review

DOJ sues to enjoin immigration law, House committee mark-up of regulatory reform bill, proposed airport take-off tax, and more.

NSTC Issues Report on Government Involvement in Standards Development

NSTC Issues Report on Government Involvement in Standards Development

Agencies should aim to support, not lead the development of technological standards, except in specific instances.

Activists Raise Concerns about Enforcement of UK Bribery Act

Activists Raise Concerns about Enforcement of UK Bribery Act

Initial conviction under new law may not stem criticisms of government enforcement policies.

DOE Keeps Its Electricity Transmission Siting Authority

DOE Keeps Its Electricity Transmission Siting Authority

DOE decides not to give FERC transmission line siting power under the Federal Power Act.

“Deference” is Too Confusing – Let’s Call Them “Chevron Space” and “Skidmore Weight”

“Deference” is Too Confusing – Let’s Call Them “Chevron Space” and “Skidmore Weight”

Distinct concepts clarify judicial review of U.S. agency decision making.

Regulating Telecommunications Networks

Regulating Telecommunications Networks

Recent book proposes critical framework for analyzing and regulating networks.

Week in Review

Week in Review

Regulatory Accountability Act, federal oversight of websites, Rick Perry’s economic plan, and more.

House Committee Holds Hearing on the Regulatory Accountability Act

House Committee Holds Hearing on the Regulatory Accountability Act

Witnesses testify on merits of imposing statutory cost-benefit requirements on rulemaking.

An Executive Order to Stop Future WikiLeaks

An Executive Order to Stop Future WikiLeaks

President Obama issued an executive order to safeguard confidential information transferred on government networks.