December 28, 2022
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to make recommendations on how to regulate the use of popular cannabis compound CBD in food and supplements, the Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 27, citing agency officials. After weighing the …
December 27, 2022
A $1.7 trillion government funding bill approved by the U.S. Senate Thursday will bolster U.S. regulators and make it easier for states to bring antitrust lawsuits. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has a number of major technology investigations underway, …
November 15, 2022
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission assessed a record $6.4 billion in fines and ill-gotten gains as it picked up the pace of enforcement in fiscal 2022, the agency said in an annual report. The total assessed included a record …
November 7, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court is set on Monday to hear arguments in two cases that could make it easier to challenge the regulatory power of federal agencies in disputes involving the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. …
August 26, 2022
Wall Street’s main regulator on Thursday voted to adopt a measure requiring that U.S.-listed companies disclose how the pay of their top executives squares with overall company performance. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said the rule will require that …
August 19, 2022
The number of reported incidents involving aiming of lasers at U.S. airplanes hit a record in 2021, according to a federal government report, which also said regulators should do more to address the problem. The Government Accountability Office said the …
August 19, 2022
The number of U.S. products recalled this year has already surpassed 1 billion, according to the U.S. product recall index recently released by Sedgwick’s brand protection division. Only two other years on record have seen more than 1 billion units …
August 17, 2022
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday issued additional guidance for banks considering activities involving cryptocurrencies, emphasizing that firms must notify the Fed beforehand and make sure whatever they do is legally permitted. The Fed said in a statement that while …
August 12, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public feedback on a proposed rulemaking to limit what it’s dubbed “commercial surveillance” by businesses that sell or share information collected about people, with potential new powers to levy fines for data protection violations. …
August 4, 2022
The California Insurance Commissioner and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recently issued a bulletin regarding industry bias and discrimination. The bulletin acknowledged allegations of bias and discrimination in the industry and gave notice to insurance players that the CDI …