Tag Archives: Regulatory

Centros, California’s Women on Boards Statute and the Scope of Regulatory Competition

There's a really interesting new article by Jill Fisch and Steven Davidoff Solomon: We examine the Centros decision through the lens of SB 826 – the California statute mandating a minimum number of… [[ This is a content summary only. … Continue reading

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The Uncertain Regulatory Future of Marijuana-Based Oil

Never before have Americans been so pro-marijuana. According to one 2017 Pew Research Center poll, 61 percent of Americans favor legalization. Only 12 percent of Americans shared the same sentiment in 1969. Most people likely associate marijuana with the psychoactive … Continue reading

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Proposed EHS Regulatory Changes – May 2019

This is a list of select proposed EHS regulatory changes in the United States and Canada in the past few days. We cover EHS legislation in over 100 countries and 200 jurisdictions. If you would like to track EHS legislation … Continue reading

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Suspicious Activity Monitoring and Reporting – FINRA Issues Notice Consolidating Governmental and Regulatory “Red Flag” Guidance

Enforcement actions sanctioning firms and, in a few cases, individuals for failing to investigate and report suspicious activity have been significantly on the rise. SEC, FinCEN, FINRA, and others have been active in this area, particularly with regard to trading … Continue reading

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China’s Central Government Seeks to Rein in Regulatory Documents

As the Trump Administration seeks to pare back agency regulations, the Xi Administration in China is clamping down on guidance-type regulatory documents, frequently called “red-headed” documents due to the official letterhead on which they are issued. The U.S. business community … Continue reading

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