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Week in Review

Week in Review

The FTC challenges the Kroger-Albertsons merger, President Biden moves to protect the personal information of service members, and more…

Administrative Law Essay Competition Winners

Administrative Law Essay Competition Winners

Two essays by the student winners of a Penn Carey Law essay competition describe important regulatory issues.

Plugging Holes in the Clean Water Act

Plugging Holes in the Clean Water Act

Scholar sees design flaws in federal water pollution law as fueling rival legal theories.

Estimating the Impact of Regulation on Business

Estimating the Impact of Regulation on Business

Scholars claim that the cost of regulatory compliance disproportionately affects medium-sized firms.

How Fair Are Online Retail Recommendations?

How Fair Are Online Retail Recommendations?

Scholars offer a new analytic approach to testing platforms for self-preferencing bias.

Making Workplaces Safer Through Machine Learning

Making Workplaces Safer Through Machine Learning

OSHA should use machine learning to improve the effectiveness of its regulatory inspections.

Betting on Improvements to Sports Gambling Regulations

Betting on Improvements to Sports Gambling Regulations

Scholars recommend regulations to address the risks associated with sports gambling legalization.

Week in Review

Week in Review

President Biden approved a plan to cancel $1.2 billion in student debt, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear challenges to New York’s rent stabilization laws, and more…

Will Students for Fair Admissions End Affirmative Action?

Will Students for Fair Admissions End Affirmative Action?

Scholars predict that colleges may continue affirmative action practices despite contrary Supreme Court decision.

Clearing the Cloud on E-Cigarette Regulation

Clearing the Cloud on E-Cigarette Regulation

Scholar calls for regulation to counter cigarette addiction while limiting increased vaping among non-smokers.

How Lawyers Hinder Climate-Related Risk Disclosure

How Lawyers Hinder Climate-Related Risk Disclosure

Scholars advocate greater accountability for lawyers who guide what public firms share with investors.

How the Freedom of Information Act Fails Immigrants

How the Freedom of Information Act Fails Immigrants

The U.S. government should improve access for noncitizens to evidence in immigration hearings.