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On May 20, federal merger policy took a sharp turn as the FDIC voted to rescind its 2024 merger guidelines, and the U.S. House passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to repeal the OCC’s 2024 merger rule....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has revealed its intention to make changes to the small business loan data collection and reporting rule (1071 Rule) in light of continued opposition from financial institutions...more
U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was appointed as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the Bureau) on Feb. 3, 2025. In his capacity as acting director, Bessent reportedly...more
On November 26, 2024, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released a proposed rule revising the Medicare Advantage (“MA”) Program (Part C), Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program (Part D), Medicare Cost Plan...more
An article by Foley & Lardner Partner Vanessa Miller that provides a guide to force majeure provisions was published in mdm Distribution Intelligence. To address potential risks to national security, the U.S. Commerce...more
The historic US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) public comment period for marijuana's proposed rescheduling to Schedule III ended on July 22, 2024. Nearly 43,000 comments were submitted, which was the most comments ever...more
Ballard Spahr Senior Counsel Alan S. Kaplinsky and Mark J. Levin, and David Sherwyn, Professor of Law at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration, today submitted lengthy comments to the Consumer Financial...more
In response to a petition filed last week by a number of consumer advocacy groups, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced that it will be seeking public input on a possible rule that would curtail...more
The CFPB has issued a proposed rule to establish a system for the registration of nonbanks subject to CFPB supervision that use “certain terms or conditions that seek to waive consumer rights or other legal protections or...more
Ostensibly as part of a comprehensive overhaul of its acquisition regulations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has proposed resurrecting the contractor blacklisting rule, which was overturned by Congress under the...more
In response to a call for a rulemaking by two leading bank industry trade associations, the federal banking agencies have issued a proposed rule to codify an earlier interagency statement that their supervisory...more
On January 10, 2020, the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) issued a proposed rule that would substantially revise its regulations for implementing the procedural provisions of the National Environmental...more
Taking the next step in its efforts to streamline the environmental review process for projects under federal jurisdiction, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published proposed regulations on January 10...more
Shortly before Christmas, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed to adopt Rule 13q-1 and an amendment to Form SD to implement Section 1504 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act relating to...more
At the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) open meeting on December 18, 2019, the Commissioners proposed rules to require resource extraction issuers to file an annual Form SD that includes information...more
On April 11, 2019, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russell Vought announced a policy for review of federal agency rules and guidance that represents a significant change of process for issuance of...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") has issued a final rule that limits the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements for many consumer financial products and services ("Rule"). Although the controversial Rule...more
Before we all turn our full attention to the nominations of Representative Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services, and policy consultant Seema Verma to lead CMS, we need to remember that there are still...more