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CPR Member Scholars letter to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Toyota safety recall

CPR Member Scholars Rena Steinzor and Sidney Shapiro's letter to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee re the failure of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration to address in a timely fashion engineering failures in certain Toyota models
Type: Letters to Agencies (Feb. 9, 2010)
PDF: Toyota Safety Letter. On February 9, 2010, CPR Member Scholars Rena Steinzor and Sidney Shapiro sent a letter to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
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Author(s): Sidney Shapiro, Rena Steinzor
Tags: enforcement NHTSA Toyota
Categories: Consumer Protection Consumer Protection Regulatory Policy Regulatory Policy

VW and GM scandals show why regulation matters

VW and GM scandals show why regulation matters, op-ed by Rena Steinzor and Rob Verchcik
Type: Op-Eds (Sept. 30, 2015)
PDF: VW and GM scandals show why regulation matters
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor, Robert Verchick
Tags: enforcement VW Consumer Protection
Categories: Consumer Protection Consumer Protection Regulatory Policy Regulatory Policy

Joint Letter to OMB on Civil Enforcement of Regulations

Comments from 14 CPR Member Scholars on the Trump administration’s attempt to further hamstring civil enforcement of agency regulations, and calling instead for strengthened enforcement.

Type: Letters to Agencies (March 16, 2020)
PDF: Comments to OMB Civil Enforcement
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Tags: torts OIRA enforcement
Categories: Consumer Protection Consumer Protection

The Pandemic and Industry Opportunism

Writing for The Regulatory Review, Rena Steinzor notes that in March 2020, with the coronavirus pandemic in full swing, EPA enforcement chief Susan Bodine issued a memo offering businesses assurance that EPA would overlook certain regulatory violations for the duration of the COVID-19 crisis. Public interest groups roundly criticized the new policy, prompting EPA to cry "fake news."

Type: Op-Eds (April 8, 2020)
Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Tags: enforcement coronavirus
Categories: Energy & Environment Energy & Environment Regulatory Policy Regulatory Policy