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Week in Review

Week in Review

Controversy over insurance coverage for contraception, changes to military family leave policies, highway fund woes and more.

FDA Warns Patients of Stem Cell Scams

FDA Warns Patients of Stem Cell Scams

The FDA cautions patients to undergo only approved stem cell treatments.

Regulatory Conference Discusses Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests

Regulatory Conference Discusses Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests

Regulatory conference highlights need for defined governance of laboratory developed diagnostic testing.

Regulating Systemic Risk

Regulating Systemic Risk

PPR seminar speaker argues that financial regulation cannot eliminate systemic risk.

USDA Finalizes New Standards for School Lunches

USDA Finalizes New Standards for School Lunches

Guidelines require more vegetables, less fat.

Mitt Romney’s Ideas about Environmental and Energy Policy

Mitt Romney’s Ideas about Environmental and Energy Policy

Republican front-runner proposes reining in regulation while increasing production of domestic energy sources.

Google’s New Privacy Policy Provokes New Questions

Google’s New Privacy Policy Provokes New Questions

Members of Congress call for an FTC investigation.

USDA Proposes to Modernize Poultry Slaughter Inspection

USDA Proposes to Modernize Poultry Slaughter Inspection

The USDA would inspect operations while decreasing its focus on expensive slaughter line inspections.

Randomizing Regulation

Randomizing Regulation

Governments can best determine the efficacy of regulations through randomized trials.

Taking Regulation Seriously

Taking Regulation Seriously

President Obama’s joke about spilled milk helps illustrate the need to understand how regulations actually work.

Week in Review

Week in Review

Obama’s State of the Union Address, EU data protection overhaul, revised U.S. school lunch standards, the World Economic Forum, and more.

The Stakes in the Fracking Debate

The Stakes in the Fracking Debate

Fracking holds great promise as a source of U.S. energy.