Joe Mont

The newly released Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions illustrates the torrid pace of rule-slashing engaged in by the Trump Administration. Another takeaway: don’t expect lingering Dodd-Frank rulemaking to reappear any time soon.

As part of President Trump’s stated goal to encourage domestic energy production, the Bureau of Land Management is planning to rescind 2015 rules regarding fracking. The requirements have yet to go into effect due to legal challenges.

With a party-line vote, Republicans in the House of Representatives have rallied with a vote to repeal the CFPB’s recent ban on mandatory arbitration agreements. The repeal effort now moves onto the Senate for a vote.

The Department of Labor has published a Request for Information regarding a controversial overtime rule, a holdover from the Obama Administration. The agency is seeking public comments about the rule and who is, or is not, entitled to overtime pay.

Downsizing the regulatory regime can be a worthy goal that helps build the economy without harming the public. But be wary when politics guide the process.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, legislation that ushered in an era of refocused corporate compliance, is in the spotlight again. Has it worked? Or will it end up on the regulatory chopping block?

President Donald Trump has nominated Hester Peirce to serve on the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of a five-year term. She was initially—and unsuccessfully—nominated by President Obama in 2014.

On the heels of “Prime Day,” Congressman David Cicilline (D-R.I.) is asking the House Judiciary Antitrust Sub-committee to hold a hearing on Amazon’s proposed $13.7 billion acquisition of Whole Foods.

New York is expanding online offerings for state-based licensing for both non-depository financial institutions and agents and brokers seeking to return to insurance businesses in the state.

Amid the discovery of fraudulently labeled organic products coming into the U.S., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is demanding that the Department of Agriculture “step up oversight of imported foods.”