Car-Sharing Crackdown
The car-sharing app Turo filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles on Thursday, claiming the city’s planned lawsuit against the app is because of pressure from rental car companies and inappropriate.
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Sessions Nixes 24 DOJ Guidance Documents
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday withdrew 24 Justice Department guidance documents, including several Obama administration statements regarding the use of race as a factor in college admissions.
Read moreNew Grant Focus on Abstinence Fought in Court
Planned Parenthood faced a steep battle Thursday as a Trump-appointed judge heard its challenge to new federal grant rules that emphasize abstinence over contraception.
Read moreAbortion Groups Challenge Dozens of Texas Restrictions
A coalition of Texas nonprofits and healthcare providers filed a sweeping challenge Thursday to a myriad of Texas laws that restrict abortion access, asking a federal court to strike down the state’s “dizzying array of medically unnecessary requirements.”
Read moreEPA Backpedals on Suspension of Farmworker Protections
The Environmental Protection Agency backed off the temporary suspension of federal requirements aimed at protecting farm workers on Thursday, following a lawsuit filed by three states two weeks ago.
Read moreFDA Suit Over Regulation of Sleeping Pills Hits Ninth Circuit
A Ninth Circuit panel on Thursday entertained arguments over whether to reverse the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a University of California researcher who claims the Food and Drug Administration’s failure to adequately regulate sleeping pills leads to thousands of deaths annually.
Read moreCalifornia Bows to Payday Lenders on Interest Rate Caps
Targeting minorities and veterans lacking access to fair credit, lenders pushing small loans with interest rates above 100 percent are flourishing in California.
Read moreTrump Faces Pushback for Plucking Bird Safeguards
Just three months after the Trump administration defeathered a 100-year-old bird law, a pipeline operator won permission to clear trees in nesting season. Conservationists brought a federal complaint Thursday to restore the status quo.
Read moreTrump Signs Rollback of Dodd-Frank Banking Rules
President Donald Trump signed into law Thursday a measure loosening key restraints for banks that came in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession.
Read moreEU Imposes Sales Conditions on Russia’s Gazprom
The European Union on Thursday imposed obligations on Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom to improve the flow of gas at competitive prices in eastern EU nations, but did not fine the company.
Read moreRollback of Dodd-Frank Rules Sent to Trump’s Desk
President Donald Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning that he will “shortly” sign a financial-reform bill that rolls back some of the regulatory and reporting requirements Congress imposed on banks in the Dodd-Frank Act.
Read moreDropout Says Tennessee Won’t Let Him Cut Hair
A Tennessee man whose dream is to become a barber claims he is being held back by lawmakers who imposed a requirement that doesn’t apply to them: a high school education.
Read moreDC Circuit Takes Up Push for Rear Seat-Belt Warnings
The fight for car safety landed in the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday as two nonprofits asked the appeals court to force the Department of Transportation to get moving on making seat-belt warning systems mandatory for backseat passengers.
Read moreLufthansa Scores at EU Court on Merger Terms
The European General Court ruled against regulators Wednesday for shirking their responsibility to ensure that merger conditions placed on the German airline giant Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines remain necessary.
Read moreDC Circuit Grapples With Copyrights on Safety Regs
Does the law belong to the people or to those who write it? The D.C. Circuit wrestled with this question Monday as a nonprofit publisher of technical laws insisted that the First Amendment shields its work from copyright claims.
Read moreAmericans Split On Environmental Solutions, Survey Finds
A majority of Americans think the federal government is not doing enough to protect the environment, the Pew Research Center reported Monday, but preferred solutions to those problems are divided along party lines.
Read moreTrans Fats Put on Chopping Block by UN Health Agency
Trans fats can be eliminated from the global food supply in five years, the World Health Organization announced Friday, unveiling guidelines modeled after campaigns in Denmark and New York City.
Read moreHousing Advocates Bring Suit Over Carson-Blocked Policy
The Department of Housing and Urban Development drew legal fire Tuesday for delaying an Obama-era rule designed to tackle housing discrimination and segregation.
Read moreStates Take Aim at New EPA Limits on Scientific Evidence
Clashing with the Trump White House in one of his final acts in office, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman spoke out Monday against the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to limit the role of science in crafting policy.
Read moreEuropean Chemical Agency Rapped on Compliance Letter
The European General Court chided regulators on Tuesday for shirking formal action in favor of a letter when they found that a French chemical company had not complied with the law.
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