From Brexit to immigration and trade policies, both the UK and the US are currently undergoing huge legislative steps towards a different kind of progress. Regulators are on their feet in anticipation and businesses even more so. Here Michael Hatchwell and Julia Holden-Davis, Directors of Globalaw, talk Finance Monthly through the most recent legal conundrums […]
Proposals to alter the market rules applying to the individual and small group health insurance markets would likely require changing the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) risk adjustment program, the American Academy of Actuaries said in a recently published issue brief. Loosening the issue and rating rules, incorporating high-risk pools, allowing sales across state lines, or […]
Crowell & Moring LLP has released its third annual regulatory outlook, "Regulatory Forecast 2017: What Trump Means for Business." The report provides in-depth analysis on how the new administration, Congress, and the federal courts are changing the regulatory landscape and what it means for business in the months ahead. "The first year of a new […]
The United States spends $218 billion each year on food that is never eaten. The nation's staggering food waste problem reflects chronic inefficiencies in the American food system—40% of food produced in the US ends up in the landfill at the same time that one in seven Americans faces food insecurity. The US currently uses […]
Thales recently announced the results of its 2017 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition, issued in conjunction with analyst firm 451 Research. When it comes to data breaches, 34% of federal respondents experienced a data breach in the last year and 65% experienced a data breach in the past. Almost all (96%) consider themselves "vulnerable," […]
Bipartisan legislation (H.R. 2148) introduced last week by Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC) and Rep. David Scott (D-GA) would help clarify and reform the Basel III High Volatility Commercial Real Estate (HVCRE) Rule, which is negatively affecting certain commercial real estate loans and impairing economic growth. The bill is supported by The Real Estate Roundtable and […]
Janice Kephart, former 9/11 Commission border counsel and partner with Identity Strategy Partners, LLP (IdSP), recently issued the following statement: "With or without President Trump's March 6th 2017 Executive Order: Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry, refugee vetting can be instilled with greater confidence, enabling the reactivation of legitimate refugee resettlement. (Right now, all refugee applications […]
The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: New disclosure documents filed this week show the big tobacco companies are spending huge sums and hiring an army of lobbyists to influence Congress and the Trump Administration, including giving $1.5 million to President Trump's inauguration. It's no secret what the […]
A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies analyzes the fraudulent abuse of the "credible fear" process by aliens seeking to enter or remain in the United States, fraud made possible by weaknesses in the US asylum system, resource constraints, and evidentiary limitations. Already more susceptible to exploitation by terrorists than the refugee process […]
A new tool published by the independent Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Charging Ahead: ‘An Energy Storage Guide for State Policymakers’, provides regulators and other decision makers with specific guidance on key issues for policy consideration, including foundational policies for advanced energy storage—a new generation of technologies characterized by flexible operating capabilities and diverse applications. The […]
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