All Administrative Procedures Act articles

  • Blog

    CFTC seeks public input on Project KISS, simplifying rules

    2017-05-05T09:45:00Z

    Taking its lead from a recent White House decree for other agencies, the CFTC is turning to the public for help in simplifying and modernizing its rules and their application.

  • Blog

    Bill would modernize Administrative Procedures Act

    2017-05-03T10:45:00Z

    New legislation, the Regulatory Accountability Act, is a bipartisan effort to modernize the 70-year-old Administrative Procedures Act, the blueprint for creating federal regulations.

  • Blog

    Flurry of bills and proposals seek regulatory reform

    2016-06-16T16:15:00Z

    With the arrival of summer, battles over the U.S. regulatory regime are heating up. Earlier his month, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) unveiled a plan “to replace the Dodd-Frank Act.” It is now supplemented by a slate of “economic growth bills” approved by the Financial Services Committee ...

  • Article

    High Court Ruling Is Boon for Regulators, Snare for Business

    2015-03-24T12:30:00Z

    Image: Compliance officers worried about regulatory change, prepare yourself: The Supreme Court’s ruling to give agencies more leeway in re-interpreting rules does you no favors. Today’s estranged Washington politics means regulators are bound to try re-interpretation for the sake of expedient rulemaking, and CCOs will need to be vigilant. “This ...