Jim Tozzi and the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness

 Over the past couple of years there's been much change in administrative law, and much of it positive in my view. The Supreme Court's adoption of the Major Questions Doctrine in West Virginia v. EPA, the overturning of the Chevron deference doctrine in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, and the limitation on the SEC's ability to seek civil penalties in SEC v. Jarkesy are examples of recent decisions reorienting administrative law to check overly aggressive administrative agencies.

Periodically I like to remind readers of the sometimes overlooked contributions of Jim Tozzi. Among other accomplishments, Jim played a leading role in the 1970s and 1980s as a senior official of the Office of Management and Budget in establishing centralized review of proposed regulations of the executive agencies and requiring cost-benefit analyses. These were early steps in the direction of formalizing processes intended to promote increased efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, and accountability in agency policymaking initiatives.

If you want to learn more about Jim Tozzi -- one of the more interesting, but lesser known Washington legends  -- and Jim's contributions of the development of administrative law, along with his take on some current issues, I recommend a visit to his Center for Regulatory Effectiveness website. Or if you happen to encounter Jim, just ask him about the "early days" of regulatory reform and you'll be in for a treat!

 

Interested in Ad Law? Check Out CRE"s Regulatory Perspectives

Periodically, I like to remind those that are interested in the administrative state and administrative law and regulation to check out the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (CRE) website and especially its Regulatory Perspectives page. 

Always some useful material for those interested in ad law and regulatory perspectives. CRE is run by Jim Tozzi, one of the real "godfathers" -- in a good sense! -- of a centralized regulatory review process for the executive branch and the use of cost-benefit analysis.

Thanks to Jim for all he's done and continues to do in the interest of good government.

Regulation (or Not) of Social Media

With all the current discussion regarding whether and, if so, how social media might be regulated, I want to point you to a resource with a  website with various resources on the subject. You'll see the home page features a proposal for a FINRA-like largely self-regulatory model. And it contains a number of other resource materials on the subject.

The CRE site is run by Jim Tozzi, someone with a lot of regulatory expertise and policy chops, so if you're interested in the discussion and debate regarding regulating social media, Jim's website is certainly worth checking out, regardless of your current views.

Jim Tozzi and "Regulation of Social Media"

Jim Tozzi, one of the nation's foremost experts on regulation, and a "founder" of the notion of centralized executive branch regulatory review, has started a new site to track developments relating to regulation of social media. His new page is here.

This is part of Jim's long-standing efforts at the Center for Regulatory Effectiveness to track key developments in the administrative state and to foster regulatory reform.

As I say, Jim is one of the "founders" of the modern regulatory reform movement, so whatever he is doing at any time bears watching - and certainly, now, no one denies that potential regulation of social media bear watching.