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Shahien Nasiripour

Derivatives Just "A Sophisticated Form Of Gambling," U.S. Senators Say; Propose Bill Allowing State Gambling Laws To Apply

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Ron Wyden, Cftc, Financial Reform, Regulatory Reform, Derivatives, Maria Cantwell, Derivatives Regulation, Preemption, Bernie Sanders, Financial Regulation, Gambling, Financial Crisis, Gary Gensler, Business News

In describing the complex and little-understood world of derivatives trading as "a sophisticated form of gambling," three U.S. Senators proposed legis...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Investor Protection Act: Dems Square Off Against Republicans On Shareholders' Rights

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Shareholders, Mike Castle, Barney Frank, Preemption, Financial Crisis, Maxine Waters, Chamber of Commerce, Proxy Access, US Chamber of Commerce, Federal-Preemption, Business News

Democrats and Republicans faced off Wednesday in a congressional debate over whether shareholders should have an easier time nominating directors to c...

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Are States' Rights Right?

Harry Moroz | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Preemption, Marijuana, Financial Services, Education, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Progressives, Urban Policy, Health Care, States' Rights, Politics News
Harry Moroz

Democrats have been increasingly willing to embrace state -- and local -- governments as partners rather than adversaries in both oversight and in substantive policymaking.

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Ryan Grim

Dem Infighting Over Wall Street Regulation

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Regulating Wall Street, Wall Street Regulation, Financial Reform, Preemption, Melissa Bean, Consumer Protection Laws, Lisa Madigan, Politics News

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan pushed back against her fellow Democrat, Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.), on Wednesday, sending a letter (PDF) oppos...

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Shahien Nasiripour

States Should Be Allowed To Protect Consumers From Big Banks, Obama Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Cfpa, Financial Crisis, Preemption, Barack Obama, Martha Coakley, Business News

President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment Friday to allowing states to adopt stronger consumer protection measures than the federal government ...

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President Obama Reverses Bush Administration's Preemption Policy

Doug Kendall | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Preemption, Constitution, States, Barack Obama, President Obama, Politics News
Doug Kendall

Yesterday, the Obama administration recognized that states serve as "laboratories of democracy" and often are the most aggressive defenders of public health, safety, and the environment.

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FDA Approval Of Medical Devices Not Enough

Les Weisbrod | Posted 06.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Trial Lawyers, Supreme Court, Social Justice, Tort Reform, Fda, Preemption, Riegel v. Medtronic, American Associaton for Justice, Food and Drug Administration, Medtronic, Medical Device Safety Act, Riegel, Living News
Les Weisbrod

The Medical Device Safety Act would restore patients' right to hold the manufacturer responsible when their products are defective.

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Big Pharma's Loss is America's Gain: Obama's Outstanding First Choice for the Federal Bench

Ian Millhiser | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mandatory Binding Arbitration, Preemption, Medical Device Safety Act, David Hamilton, Judicial Nominations, Politics News
Ian Millhiser

Judge Hamilton's nomination is a marked change from the judges chosen in the Bush era and it is exactly the change which Americans voted for last November.

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Here Come the Four Horses of the Apocalypse, FDA Lawyers

Doug Bremner | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Preemption, US Supreme Court, FDA Approvals, Fda, Healthcare, Politics News
Doug Bremner

This weekend was All Soul's Day, so I thought it appropriate that our own four horsemen of the apocalypse are ushering in our day of doom.

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The Supreme Court, the Election and the Sad Story of Diana Levine

Doug Kendall | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wyeth, Supreme Court, Preemption, Bush Administration, Diane Levine, Food and Drug Administration, Politics News
Doug Kendall

Monday the Supreme Court will hear argument in Wyeth v. Levine -- Diane Levine is a Vermont musician who went to the hospital for treatment of a migraine headache and left with her arm amputated and career in ruins.

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Some of Us Physicians Actually Care About Our Patients

Doug Bremner | Posted 11.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Health, Carol Levine, Preemption, Fda, Legal, Living News
Doug Bremner

George Bush appointed a veterinarian to run our nation's drug regulatory body, who was foolish enough to not disclose or divest of the pharmaceutical stocks he owned, and had to resign.

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