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John Block: Sound Science
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block Last week on Saturday, it was Earth Day. I always thought of Earth...
Regulatory Tools Depend on the Craftsmen Who Use Them
There has been a great deal of discussion, and in some circles hand-wringing, about President Trump’s regulatory reform initiatives and...
John Block: How Do We Raise Prices?
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block I can report that I was on my Illinois farm last week. Weather...
OFW Law Supports Medical Device Innovators at the 2017 Rice Business Plan Competition
On April 8, 2017, Forest Devices, Inc. from Carnegie Mellon University was awarded OFW Law’s Regulatory Strategy Prize at the...
What Would You Change About the Federal Government?
President Trump issued an Executive Order (Reorganization EO) on March 13 directing the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to...
John Block: Confirmation Process
This week, I stopped by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and met with Governor Perdue’s Chief of Staff and Policy...
Trump’s New OCR Director and HIPAA Policy
As federal policy rapidly develops under the Trump Administration, much of it reversing or seeking to reverse the Obama legacy,...
Employment Law: Title VII Protects LGBTs From Discrimination, Says 7th Circuit
In a ground-breaking ruling this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit ruled in an en banc...
John Block: Slow Process
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block President Trump took his oath of office with a priority list of actions...
Good Grammar Matters Under the Law
I have been accused by my children of being a “Grammar Nazi.” After years of haranguing, they know better than...
John Block: Farm Economy
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block I was back on the farm in Illinois last week. I’m glad to...
John Block: Organic Foods
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block Before focusing on today’s ag issue, I want to pay tribute to Clayton...
John Block: Trump Speaks
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block President Trump’s first major address to a joint session of Congress got a...
John Block: Two Issues
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block I have two issues to put forward today. They aren’t related, but we...
John Block: Controversy is Good
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block The headlines in the papers and on the evening highlights: “White House in...
John Block: Regulations
By former USDA Secretary John R. Block President Trump is aggressively working to relieve the heavy burden of excessive regulations...
Welcoming New Leadership at the CPSC
Although it took a while, new leadership has finally come to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. After a flurry of...
Biotech Regulations Must be Based on Facts, Not Fears
By Dr. Nina Fedoroff, as published in Agri-Pulse The Coordinated Framework (CF) for the Regulation of Biotechnology was first implemented...