Jan 13, 2024 · Over 110 million animals die in U.S. laboratories used for animal testing every year. Their deaths are painful, as lab animals subjected to testing are often immobilized, mutilated, and exposed to toxic substances.. The safety of many medications and consumer products, such as cosmetics, food additives, and cleaners, is evaluated through animal testing. . The United States has one of the ...

Nov 9, 2024 · After U.S. states ratified the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote in 1920, suffragists shifted their focus to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). Written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman in 1923, the ERA would provide Congress with the power to enforce sex-based equality as a constitutional right.. Opponents to …

Nov 6, 2024 · A 2024 Supreme Court case, Securities and Exchange Commission v.Jarkesy, held that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s imposition of civil penalties in securities fraud adjudications violated the defendant’s right to a jury trial, which is guaranteed in federal court by the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. If the SEC can no longer impose civil penalties in its ...

Mar 6, 2023 · Susan Dudley is the director of the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center and served from 2007 to 2009 as the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs within the Office of Management and Budget.

Nov 14, 2024 · Every American, at some point in time, interacts with the sprawling federal bureaucracy. When people get lost in the bureaucratic maze or cannot access the information or attention they need, they often ask their members of Congress to intervene.

Nov 4, 2024 · This past June, the U.S. Supreme Court shifted the ground under regulators by repealing Chevron deference to agencies in Loper Bright v. Raimondo and tasking courts with determining the “best reading” of statutes. Health care—one of the most technically regulated industries—will undoubtedly feel the impact, but how exactly?

Jan 31, 2024 · In just four years, the Trump Administration rolled back over 100 environmental rules, including those designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, cut methane emissions, protect wetlands, and conserve public lands.. In a recent article, Stephen Johnson argues that although President Donald J. Trump’s short-term deregulatory record was successful, his long-term record was not.

Dec 29, 2024 · In a conversation with The Regulatory Review, Ropes & Gray partner David Peloquin discusses how clinical research studies are regulated in the United States to protect patients and accommodate changing practices.. In recent years, clinical research studies in the United States have increased in complexity alongside the rise of new trial formats, sources of data, and health technologies.

Dec 28, 2024 · In the past few decades, facial recognition has emerged as one of the most powerful and controversial tools of artificial intelligence. Capable of identifying and verifying individuals by analyzing their facial features, facial recognition technology has integrated into everyday life, revolutionizing tasks such as unlocking …

Sep 28, 2024 · Drivers across America know the phrase “Stay alive, don’t text and drive.” Yet crashes caused by distracted drivers kill nine people every day in the United States.. Distracted driving broadly includes visual, manual, and cognitive distractions—and texting while driving creates all three of these distraction types. Over 12 percent of fatal crashes involving distracted driving in 2022 ...