Dan Novak

December 17, 2024 | National Law Journal

Live-event ticket providers, hotels and short-term vacation rentals such as Airbnb must clearly advertise to customers the total price, including any fees, under the rule the Federal Trade Commission adopted on a 4-1 vote.

By Dan Novak

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December 17, 2024 | National Law Journal

The report “points to what a lot of us in the field think is a forthcoming default crisis and seeing a lot more federal student loan borrowers default into 2025,” said Stephanie Hall, a higher education policy expert at the Center for American Progress.

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December 12, 2024 | National Law Journal

Absent Crenshaw's reconfirmation, Trump would be able to nominate her successor. That selection would have to be a Democrat as the five-member SEC may have no more than three Republican commissioners during a GOP presidential administration.

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December 10, 2024 | National Law Journal

“The regulatory onslaught reached a fever pitch during the Biden administration,” the letter stated. “You have the opportunity to tackle this challenge by addressing burdensome regulations that are stifling investment, making us less competitive in the world, limiting innovation and threatening the very jobs we are all working to create right here in America.”

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December 09, 2024 | National Law Journal

In 2015 testimony to Congress, Atkins criticized Dodd-Frank for ceding too much authority to regulators, adding that the law will mean that “government, and not the markets, will choose the winners and losers.”

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4 minute read

December 06, 2024 | National Law Journal

“I do look forward to providing more clarity where we can provide more clarity ... remembering that we're a regulatory agency with an enforcement arm, not an enforcement agency that doesn't have a regulatory arm,” said Republican Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce.

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December 05, 2024 | National Law Journal

“The SEC can bring at least a national approach as to what we think the law is with respect to cryptocurrencies,” said Mark Uyeda, a Republican.

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December 04, 2024 | National Law Journal

“The FTC is cracking down on firms that unlawfully exploit people’s sensitive location data and ensuring that we protect Americans from unchecked surveillance," said FTC Chair Lina Khan.

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December 03, 2024 | National Law Journal

“It wouldn't surprise me at all ... if [the challenge to naming PFOA and PFOS as hazardous] goes up all the way to the Supreme Court just because it is somewhat novel in terms of the statutory provision that EPA is relying upon,” said William Boyd, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

By Dan Novak

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November 26, 2024 | National Law Journal

Environmental Protection Agency rules finalized in 2021 required car makers to reach 6.5% year-to-year improvement in fuel economy for 2023 model cars. Among large manufacturers, just BMW and Mercedes reached the threshold, the EPA reported.

By Dan Novak

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