Amid an onslaught of motor scooters zooming down sidewalks and cluttering walkways, San Francisco legislators on Tuesday voted unanimously to start regulating the latest gadget in transportation sharing technology.
Read moreThe European Union Court of Justice ruled Tuesday that German airline TUIfly must compensate passengers for flight cancellations or delays caused by striking workers because the spontaneous strike at issue was caused by its own decision to restructure.
Read moreTexas securities regulators said they found widespread fraud in dozens of cryptocurrency offerings that were investigated, warning the public to learn how to identify safer investment options.
Read moreThe federal consumer watchdog agency was sued Monday over a regulation that the payday loan industry says would wipe out the lending practice.
Read moreIn what Houston’s mayor called a defining moment for the city, the City Council passed an amendment Wednesday that mandates stricter height requirements for homes and buildings within flood plains.
Read moreThe challenge of a California law requiring gun manufacturers to implement technology that may not yet exist landed at the California Supreme Court on Wednesday, raising questions about potentially impossible rules and standards.
Read moreA newly renovated daytime homeless shelter in St. Paul, Minnesota, claims in court that the city is imposing unfair restrictions that would cut off most people it serves and force it to shut down.
Read moreSix cities, 18 attorneys general and a bipartisan group of U.S. mayors filed a federal complaint Tuesday to keep a question about citizenship status out of the 2020 census, as it has been on every survey since 1950.
Read moreEPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced Monday that the agency is rolling back fuel emission standards for cars and trucks, calling the standards put in place by former President Barack Obama too restrictive.
Read moreNorway’s highest court has ruled a governmental agency, not residents, has the sole authority to regulate fishing, hunting and natural-resource use in the region of Finnmark, according to a report Friday by the Library of Congress’ global legal monitor.
Read moreA coalition of Kentucky coal companies sued U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke over the disapproval of state regulations related to protecting water quality at mining sites, claiming it will unfairly increase the amount of money collected to fund the cleanup of abandoned mines.
Read moreMalaysia’s government proposed new legislation Monday to outlaw fake news and punish offenders with a 10-year jail sentence, a move slammed by critics as a bid to crack down on dissent ahead of a general election.
Read moreThe Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed switching liquidity-related public disclosures for open-ended funds from a new quarterly disclosure on an XML form where results can be coded to the funds’ less structured annual reports.
Read moreThe Trump administration’s dismantling of new rules for organic livestock could lead to more regulatory rollbacks and undermine confidence in the organic label, four public interest groups claim in a new lawsuit.
Read moreTargeting one culprit in the panoply of noxious street odors, a Queens Democrat asked the New York City Council on Thursday to ban smoking while walking.
Read moreA federal judge sided with environmental protection advocates and farmworker unions Wednesday, saying the Environmental Protection Agency “has created substantial risk” for delay of critical protections for people exposed to dangerous pesticides.
Read moreThe U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Monday not to take up a case about whether courts should defer to federal agencies’ interpretation of their own regulations spurred a dissent from conservative Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.
Read moreOver objections from progressive Democrats who call it a gift to Wall Street, the Senate on Wednesday passed a financial reform bill that loosens the regulatory and reporting requirements of the Dodd-Frank Act – put in place for banks in the wake of the financial crisis.
Read moreAt a time when the Trump administration is working to cut back federal environmental rules, a professor from the University of Houston Law Center says state and local governments should take on part of the regulatory role.
Read moreThailand’s cabinet agreed Tuesday to draft a law to oversee cryptocurrency trading, seeking to tax the largely unregulated market.
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