Derek Reinbold  //  4/30/17  //  Topic Update


The Trump Administration’s new formulas for cost-benefit analyses for regulating agencies can mask the costs imposed by pollutionwrites Eli Savit for Take Care.

President Trump has signed more executive orders in his first 100 days than any president since FDR, but many of them have been overhyped and fail to take into account the legal and structural barriers against rolling back existing administrative rules (Politico).

Although Republicans have used the Congressional Review Act to undo many Obama Administration regulations, they have not used it to the extent that some feared, writes Dan Farber (LegalPlanet).


Updates | The Week of January 22, 2018

1/28/18  //  Daily Update

The Government Accountability Office will investigate alleged fraud during the comment period on the FCC's proposed net neutrality rules. President Trump's decision to allow agencies with leftover funding to remain open during the government shutdown may have been illegal.

Updates | The Week of January 15, 2018

1/14/18  //  Daily Update

A federal judge denies Leandra English's motion for a preliminary injunction in the dispute over who is acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Update | The Week of November 27, 2017

12/4/17  //  Daily Update

A federal judge denied Leandra English's request for a temporary restraining order in the fight over who is the acting director of the CFPB.

Jeffrey Stein

Columbia Law School