All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Regulation & Administrative Law

Plastic bag taxes remain a big issue internationally.  Now moves in Australia (where there is already an anecdotal take-up of woven bags) have placed the regulatory burden on retailers at the fore.  There is a political attraction in not imposing a tax, as is seen in the Australian Environment...

In an important policy document released yesterday, the government of India has sounded the possibility of increasing the limit of foreign investments in insurance and the entry of foreign investment into the retail sector.  Foreign investment in insurance has been permitted in India for a few...

HSA's are many involved with higher deductibles.  It is an attempt to lower health premiums, but with greater participation by the insureds. Depending on the plan the high premiums may be pretax and the balance left in an HSA can be rolled over into the next year and not lost like with...

The waste production of nuclear power plants is a function both of the frequency of removing waste products and of refueling. Many reactors currently in use and with many years of operation remaining could be retrofitted to utilize thorium in place of much of or all of their uranium. This would eliminate...

If market funds are some what of the most conservative investments why microscope them? The SEC's recent investigation into market funds may confirm what many financial investors already knew, if the market spirals downward expect the signal flares to go up!  

1.  Inconsistent statements are coming from NY and WI insurance regulators. 2.  Commentators also differ on the condition of the monolines. 3.  If these companies need rescue, there are implications for other financial companies that rely on ratings of Moody's and S&P.

Each time that first American and then European politicians succumb to pressure from small well organized pressure groups for social 'action,' they pass the costs of such action onto large, usually publicly owned, businesses, and usually also, specifically, exempt small, usually privately...

Most of the times selling the airports are not the right path to follow. There are others private participation options in public services, just like the concessions, specially the BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer).

This announcement suggests that the US government will accept the new Single Rate Business Tax (IETU) going forward, though the fact that it establishes a test period creates inherent doubt -- and therefore risk. Numerous other nations, including members of the European Union, Japan, Canada, and others,...

On the surface the Vodafone injunction against Deutsche Telekom (DT) would normally offend me. I hate using the legal system in a manner that prohibits competition. However, the injunction against DT is necessary. The whole idea of having a single device work on a single network effectively means...