Regulation Digest, Nov 11

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding consumer financial services providers making information about a consumer available to the consumer. Comments due February 4.

Foreign Tax Deductions

The Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations providing guidance on foreign tax deductions, along with a related notice of proposed rulemaking with comments due February 10, 2021.

H-2A Nonimmigrant Wage Rate Methodology

The Employment & Training Administration issued a final rule to revise the methodology by which it determines the hourly Adverse Effect Wage Rates for non-range agricultural occupations using wage data reported by USDA and BLS suveys.

Unlined Surface Impoundments

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule to allow facilities to request approval to operate an existing coal combustion residuals landfill with an alternative liner. Effective December 14.

Evidence-Building Activities

The Dept. of Homeland Security issued a request for information to expand ongoing efforts that implement the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018. Comments due December 31.

Transparency in Coverage

The IRS, EBSA, and HHS jointly issued a final rule with requirements for group health plans and health insurance issuers in the individual and group markets to disclose cost-sharing information upon request to a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee. Effective January 11, 2021.

The Opinion Section

Susan Dudley: Roadmap To A Regulatory Reset

Cass Sunstein: Watch for Biden Decision on Unsung Climate Metric

Michael Farren: Freelancers Win in California — But the Worker Classification Battle Continues

James Broughel & Yuliya Yatsyshina: To Boost Vaccination Rates, Empower Pharmacy Technicians

Patty Tehrani & Peter Rasmussen: Biden May Go Tougher on Financial Regs Than You Think

Omar Al-Ubaydli: Why Biden Must Continue Trump’s Legacy of Deregulation

Wayne Crews: Some Trump Executive Orders on Regulation Need to Be Kept No Matter What

Tim Culpan: Beijing Just Tore Up China’s Giant Internet Playbook

Robert Zwirb: Limits on Energy Derivatives—Does CFTC’s Rationale Fit?

Geoffrey Manne & Sam Bowman: Congress Considers Sending Antitrust Law Back to the Middle Ages

Gregory Chen: How America's Immigration System Can Work Again

Henry Miller: The Record-Time FDA Approval that Almost Didn’t Happen.

In the News

Congress & Regulatory Reform

What Will Regulatory Policy Look Like Under President Biden?, Government Executive
Meet the agency transition teams for President-Elect Biden, Federal News Network
Biden Charts Course for New Administration, Wall Street Journal
Biden Could Roll Back Trump Agenda With Blitz of Executive Actions, New York Times
Major Tax Regulations May Be on Chopping Block After Biden Win, Bloomberg
Bidenomics: More stimulus, tougher regulation, and gridlock, Associated Press
White House races to wrap up rules before Trump exits, Greenwire

Financial Markets & Housing

How the White House Rolled Back Financial Regulations, New York Times
5 Predictions For Banking Regulation In A Biden Presidency, Law360
Biden taps proponents of stricter Wall Street rules for his agency review teams during transition, Washington Post

Energy & Environment

Rolling back Trump's rollbacks: Biden seen reversing climate deregulation, Reuters
9 Things the Biden Administration Could Do Quickly on the Environment, New York Times
Investors Bet Biden Will Accelerate Shift to Renewable Energy, Wall Street Journal
Biden’s Plan to Shift Energy Policy Faces Headwinds, Wall Street Journal
Biden has a climate-change mandate — what can he actually achieve?, MarketWatch
On America’s Farms, Worries About Regulation, Hope for Trade Deals Under Biden, Wall Street Journal
Trump replaces head of energy regulatory commission, The Hill
Joe Biden's Novel Approach to Climate Change Could Side-Step a Divided Congress, Time
Climate promises will crash into regulatory bureaucracy, Politico

Health & Safety

Eli Lilly’s Covid-19 Antibody Drug Gets FDA Green Light, Wall Street Journal
Pfizer coronavirus vaccine could be cleared by mid-December, Washington Post
HHS Proposes Rule To Review And Eliminate Old Regulations, Modern Healthcare

Business

Biden Is Expected to Keep Scrutiny of Tech Front and Center, New York Times
The Big-Tech-Monopoly Crackdown Hits China, Wall Street Journal
Amazon Charged With Antitrust Violations by European Regulators, New York Times
Silicon Valley Gets Another President Skeptical of Big Tech, Wall Street Journal
For Business, Biden Bodes a Less Hospitable but More Predictable Presidency, Wall Street Journal
Fight Over Gig Workers Persists Despite Win for Uber and Lyft, New York Times

Technology

California voters pass ballot measure over data privacy regulation, The Hill

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