Administrative Law Prof Blogtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-12849882013-01-09T10:55:08-08:00A Member of the Law Professor Blogs NetworkTypePadAdministrativeLawProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesThe future of regulatory drafting?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017ee724b0e0970d2013-01-09T10:55:08-08:002013-01-09T10:55:08-08:00See Robert McMillan, "How GitHub Helps You Hack the Government", Wired Magazine, 01.09.13, 6:30 AM at http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/01/hack-the-government/. Is this the leading edge of change in how regulations are drafted? If it goes beyond typo correction, how does it fit into...AdminLaw BloggerGood class discussiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017c32ebec32970b2012-10-29T19:22:52-07:002012-10-29T19:22:52-07:00Cary Coglianese has posted an interesting discussion on RegBlog, "When is a Federal Agency not a Federal Agency?". Opening paragraphs: As the size and scope of government has expanded over the last century, so too has the web of administrative...AdminLaw BloggerTypes of regulatory strategies, and does the third type work?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017c32ba86bf970b2012-10-22T19:50:45-07:002012-10-22T19:50:45-07:00RegBlog summarizes a new paper by Anil Doshi (Harvard Business School), Glen Dowell (Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management), and Michael W. Toffel (Harvard Business School), "How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure". The authors have an interesting classification of...AdminLaw BloggerHistorical and ethical perspectives on regulationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017ee4570d56970d2012-10-21T17:12:10-07:002012-10-21T17:12:10-07:00The Rethinking Regulation Project of Duke's Kenan Institute for Ethics hosts five working papers at this time: Edward Balleisen, "Rights of Way, Red Flags, and Safety Valves: Business Self-Regulation and State-Building in the United States, 1850-1940." Edward Balleisen and Elizabeth...AdminLaw BloggerRegulatory legal informaticstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017ee456ba7f970d2012-10-21T15:52:53-07:002012-10-21T15:52:53-07:00On the Legal Informatics Blog, the editors have posted the titles of selected papers from the upcoming International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance. Two appear to be of interest to the admin law prof community: Josiah Heidt,...AdminLaw BloggerWorld Bank portal for business laws and regulationstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017ee456939b970d2012-10-21T15:13:49-07:002012-10-21T15:13:49-07:00On beSpacific, Sabrina Pacifici points out a useful online resource from the World Bank, the Doing Business Law Library. It provides links to business related laws and regulations worldwide. The Doing Business law library is the largest free online collection...AdminLaw BloggerNew articles online for Regulation & Governancetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017d3ce147a9970c2012-10-21T14:50:37-07:002012-10-21T14:50:37-07:00Here are the "Early View" articles presently available online for the December issue of REGULATION & GOVERNANCE: Cristie Ford, Prospects for scalability: Relationships and uncertainty in responsive regulation Christine Parker, The war on cartels and the social meaning of deterrence...AdminLaw BloggerAdjudication or rule-making?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017d3ce0abcd970c2012-10-21T12:21:11-07:002012-10-21T12:21:11-07:00SCOTUSblog has posted an abstract of an interesting article that might serve as an outline of the questions to be addressed when an agency should use adjudication or notice and comment rule-making to promulgate policy. Lumen N. Mulligan (Kansas) and...AdminLaw BloggerTrying to get restartedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef017c32b203c1970b2012-10-21T12:03:46-07:002012-10-21T12:03:46-07:00My apologies for the six month hiatus. I started teaching, which sucked up all my energy, and I am presently between engagements, as they say in the theater. I no longer have access to many of the resources I was...AdminLaw BloggerZoning in The Avengerstag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef01676668b890970b2012-05-10T14:39:01-07:002012-05-10T14:39:01-07:00Sorry I've been out of the loop for a while. You should see more now. From one of my favorite blogs, Law and the Multiverse, we have "The Avengers: Arc Reactors and NYC Zoning Laws" , posted on May 9,...AdminLaw BloggerWhen a statute dies, what happens to regulations based on it?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016764b3071c970b2012-04-05T18:30:21-07:002012-04-05T18:30:21-07:00On his Federal Regulations Advisor blog, Leland E. Beck relates a lesson from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in "Clear Statutes & Unforeseen Circumstances: The Danger of Overreach": "Congress does not (and cannot) delegate to agencies...AdminLaw BloggerBeck and Shapiro & Morall on policymakingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016764a712b9970b2012-04-04T17:24:54-07:002012-04-04T17:24:54-07:00In "Cost-Benefit Analysis & Political Salience: A Concurring Opinion", Leland Beck in his blog Federal Regulations Advisor comments on "Appreciating the Politics Inside Benefit-Cost Analysis" by Stuart Shapiro and John Morrall on RegBlog. Both good reads. EMMAdminLaw BloggerCato Institute brief on deferencetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef016764692acd970b2012-03-29T18:32:27-07:002012-03-29T18:32:27-07:00Brief Of Washington Legal Foundation, Allied Educational Foundation, And the CATO Institute As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondent | Christopher v. SmithKline Beecham Corp. | Cato Institute - JDSupra Cato Institute (amazingly) agrees with the Ninth Circuit that courts...AdminLaw BloggerGhostbusters and the EPAtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e95c69a0970c2012-03-28T16:23:27-07:002012-03-28T16:23:27-07:00Ghostbusters and the EPA | Law and the Multiverse [D]id the EPA have a legal basis for shutting down the Ghostbusters’ containment unit? ... II. Are Ghosts a Pollutant? Walter Peck, from the EPA’s “third district,”* thinks the Ghostbusters are...AdminLaw BloggerSCOTUS on final agency actiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167645b3791970b2012-03-28T16:10:55-07:002012-03-28T16:11:34-07:00Under a unanimous decision issued Wednesday by the U.S. Supreme Court, persons subjected to cease and desist orders by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allegedly polluting U.S. waters are now able to go directly to federal court to...AdminLaw BloggerBattling agenciestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e95c3b13970c2012-03-28T16:02:58-07:002012-03-28T16:02:58-07:00In typical NEPA cases, courts give almost total deference to the adequacy of a project’s environmental review by a Federal agency that has been delegated by Congress with the authority to promulgate rules implementing Congress’ clearly expressed statutory purpose. U.S....AdminLaw BloggerPolicy: Why industries ask to be regulatedtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0167645b1260970b2012-03-28T15:58:53-07:002012-03-28T15:58:53-07:00"It's not often that industry representatives go before Congress to ask for more federal regulation, but that's what cosmetics makers want from the Food and Drug Administration." Cosmetics Industry: Regulate Us - Better That than 50 Different State Standards -...AdminLaw BloggerConforming to the enabling statutetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e95c321e970c2012-03-28T15:56:12-07:002012-03-28T15:56:12-07:00Under the statute’s substantive section, the District is given the “power to adopt and enforce fire prevention codes and standards parallel to national standards.” The Court addressed each of the ordinance’s three aspects under that test. It concluded that the...AdminLaw BloggerNew administrative law articlestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e959e25d970c2012-03-28T11:42:32-07:002012-03-28T11:42:32-07:00From the University of Washington's Current Index to Legal Periodicals: Heinzerling, Lisa. Climate change at EPA. 64 Fla. L. Rev. 1-13 (2012). [H]|[L]|[W] Masur, Jonathan S. and Eric A. Posner. Against feasibility analysis. 77 U. Chi. L. Rev. 657-716 (2010)....AdminLaw BloggerNew administrative law articlestag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341bfae553ef0168e900e9a1970c2012-03-19T16:10:48-07:002012-03-19T16:10:48-07:00From the University of Washington's Current Index to Legal Periodicals: Bell, Tom W. Government prediction markets: why, who, and how. 116 Penn St. L. Rev. 403-436 (2011). [H]|[L]|[W] Blumenauer, Rep. Earl. Beyond the backlash: using performance-based regulations to produce results...AdminLaw Blogger