/publicpolicy?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Public Policy Copyright 2025 ÃÛÌÒÊÓƵ. en-US Sat, 17 May 2025 00:11:36 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2338801?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2338801 A D.C. Circuit panel majority Friday sounded inclined to lift lower court restrictions on what the Trump administration contends is its lawful push to "radically downsize" the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, potentially clearing the way for mass layoffs of its staff. Fri, 16 May 2025 22:57:59 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341584?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341584 A split Ninth Circuit panel on Friday revived a Nicaraguan family's bid for deportation relief, saying an immigration judge improperly handled their claims of persecution stemming from a mother's participation in a 2018 march protesting the country's Ortega regime. Fri, 16 May 2025 22:45:13 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341434?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341434 The Eleventh Circuit on Friday revived a Florida couple's proposed class action over unclaimed property, vacating a lower court's judgment that a $26.24 insurance premium refund they were owed was assumed to be abandoned before it was transferred into state custody. Fri, 16 May 2025 22:43:35 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341261?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341261 KKR is trying to duck a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit seeking fines that could top $650 million, by reading standards for seeking penalties that are not there, the government said Thursday, defending claims that the private equity giant failed to notify two mergers and deleted key documentation from notifications. Fri, 16 May 2025 22:30:11 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341526?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341526 The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has received a range of feedback on its proposal to streamline reporting requirements for firm representatives' outside business activities, with industry groups urging various tweaks to the measure, and a state regulator and investment adviser group opposing it outright. Fri, 16 May 2025 22:03:23 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341432?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341432 When the Federal Communications Commission gets together Thursday for their next monthly open meeting, they plan to get the ball rolling on a rulemaking to figure out ways the 12.7 GHz and 42 GHz bands "could be used more intensively by satellite communications." Fri, 16 May 2025 22:01:19 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341239?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341239 The Interior Department says a Wisconsin town's bid to vacate decisions to take 500 acres into trust for the Oneida Nation is meritless, telling a federal court that the municipality fails to meet its Administrative Procedure Act burden to show any bias stemming from the agreement. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:49:26 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2340963?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2340963 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he will veto a bill recently passed by Florida lawmakers to repeal a statute limiting pain-and-suffering damages in fatal medical malpractice cases, saying a veto will prevent a flood of lawsuits against healthcare providers. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:48:53 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341528?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341528 The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Christy Goldsmith Romero announced Friday that she will be stepping down as commissioner at the end of the month, potentially leaving the agency struggling to move forward with only two members as it awaits congressional action on President Donald Trump's nominee for chair. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:45:07 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341264?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341264 A Maryland federal judge said Friday that the Trump administration had provided scant explanation for invoking state secrets privilege to shield information in litigation challenging the removal of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:27:20 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341339?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341339 Tesla Inc. has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a petition from Louisiana regulators seeking review of its case targeting the state's ban on direct sales by automakers, saying the regulators are in fact competitors who view Tesla's business model as an existential threat. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:04:10 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341364?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341364 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Paul Atkins announced Friday the agency plans to review rules requiring public companies to report the earnings of CEOs and other high-level executives, highlighting a possible area of regulatory change for the now Republican-led commission. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:00:43 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341451?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341451 Federal agencies are dragging their feet in response to requests for information related to how they are implementing President Donald Trump's executive order to expand logging projects in the U.S., a lawsuit filed Friday in D.C. federal court says. Fri, 16 May 2025 21:00:37 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341365?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341365 The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Friday fought a pain clinic's bid in North Carolina federal court for a pretrial win in the clinic's suit challenging $11 million in overpayments for urine drug screening tests, saying the clinic waited too long to bring evidence that the testing was justified. Fri, 16 May 2025 20:53:14 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341480?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341480 The Ninth Circuit ruled Friday that two Oakland police officers violated the rights of innocent bystanders and are not entitled to qualified immunity following a high-speed pursuit that left one person dead and several others injured. Fri, 16 May 2025 20:42:31 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341352?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341352 The Federal Communications Commission has announced its plan to ban Chinese test labs and telecommunications certification bodies from being used on devices destined for the United States, and industry stakeholders have opinions on whether they think that's a good idea. Fri, 16 May 2025 20:24:29 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341509?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341509 President Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to pause a California federal judge's order temporarily halting agencies from implementing an executive order to plan reorganizations and reductions in force, claiming the lower court's decision has caused confusion and wasted taxpayer dollars. Fri, 16 May 2025 19:54:54 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341354?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341354 Live Nation denied any wrongdoing while appearing to acknowledge a U.S. Department of Justice criminal probe into potential collusion with fellow ticketing and entertainment company Anschutz Entertainment Group Inc. in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fri, 16 May 2025 19:49:58 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341284?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341284 Eleventh Circuit arguments on whether Walmart Inc. must face an administrative law judge over alleged immigration recordkeeping violations were derailed Friday by the court's concerns about the Trump administration's decision to no longer defend the statute protecting such judges from removal by the executive branch. Fri, 16 May 2025 19:28:37 +0000 /publicpolicy/articles/2341489?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /publicpolicy/articles/2341489 A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday grappled with the extent of the president's power to fire federal officials with the U.S. Supreme Court's views in flux, with two judges straining to pin the government's attorney down on what divides agencies Congress can insulate and those it can't.