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Improving the Management of Public Comments in a Digital Age

Improving the Management of Public Comments in a Digital Age

ACUS recommends best practices for how agencies manage mass, computer-generated, and falsely attributed public comments.

Improving Participation, Impact, and Fairness in the Administrative State

Improving Participation, Impact, and Fairness in the Administrative State

ACUS issues new recommendations to enhance administrative governance.

Paid Family Leave Is No Child’s Play

Paid Family Leave Is No Child’s Play

Experts examine the benefits and complexities of a paid family leave mandate in the United States.

Putting Brains on the Witness Stand

Putting Brains on the Witness Stand

Neuroscientific evidence in the courtroom may test judges and standards of admissibility.

Too Many Eyes on the Road

Too Many Eyes on the Road

Existing federal privacy laws may not cover data collected from autonomous vehicles.

When Securities Enforcement Hurts the Securities Market

When Securities Enforcement Hurts the Securities Market

Scholar argues that traditional enforcement against digital assets will only reduce information for investors.

A Fili-Busted Balance of Power

A Fili-Busted Balance of Power

The filibuster has caused Congress to give up its constitutional power to oversee the administrative state.

Climate Progress in Glasgow Depends on Domestic Politics

Climate Progress in Glasgow Depends on Domestic Politics

Despite global summits and accords, the solution to climate change rests with individual countries.

Crisis Standards of Care May Discriminate Against Patients With Disabilities

Crisis Standards of Care May Discriminate Against Patients With Disabilities

COVID-19 has triggered discussions around the discriminatory impacts of crisis standards of care in medicine.

Fixing Fraud at For-Profit Colleges

Fixing Fraud at For-Profit Colleges

Scholars advocate enhancing regulations to decrease fraudulent practices used by for-profit schools.

The Threat of Insider Giving

The Threat of Insider Giving

Scholars advocate greater regulation of manipulative stock donations.

Taking Disability Discrimination Out of the Public Charge Rule

Taking Disability Discrimination Out of the Public Charge Rule

The Biden Administration should avoid discrimination against people with disabilities in the redraft of the public charge immigration rule.