Search Results Archives: March 2018
From: Platts.com
The Trump administration is expected to move to weaken US fuel economy standards for 2022-25 model year cars this week ahead of a regulatory deadline Sunday, setting up a confrontation with the California Air Resources Board over its stricter standards.
The Environmental Protection Agency submitted its final determination to the White House for review on Friday, according to the Office of Management and Budget website, but details have not been made public.
From: Multichannel
By: John Eggerton
On Tuesday (March 27) the FCC signaled it has submitted the enhanced information-collection portion of the Restoring Internet Freedom Order to the Office of Management and Budget, according to the Federal Register, which plans to publish that OMB submission March 28.
The rollback of the internet regulations — which was approved by a divided commission Dec. 14, 2017 — can’t take effect until the Office of Management and Budget gets comment on that information collection, approves it, and the FCC then sets a date for the rules to go into effect.
From: New York Times
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators and state prosecutors are opening investigations into Facebook. Politicians in the United States and Europe are calling for its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, to testify before them. Investors have cut the value of the social networking giant by about $50 billion in the past two days.
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“Investors are reacting to fears of regulation and the consequences of regulation,” said Brian Wieser, a senior research analyst at Pivotal Research Group. “The scale of errors can only lead one to conclude these are systemic problems.”
From: JDSupra
Jonathan Havens | Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
In addition to offering some of the details of the Nicotine ANPRM, Gottlieb also indicated today that FDA will soon issue two additional ANPRMs: one to seek comment on the role that flavors – including menthol – play in initiation, use, and cessation of tobacco products (Flavor ANPRM), and a second to solicit additional comments and data related to the regulation of premium cigars (Premium Cigar ANPRM). As reported by Inside Health Policy on March 7, 2018, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has already cleared the Menthol ANPRM and the Premium Cigar ANPRM.