Litigation and Regulation

WASHINGTON—Gasoline-powered lawn mowers that are a big cause of air pollution will have to be dramatically cleaner under rules issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The long-awaited regulation requires a 35 percent reduction in...

About 1.1 million Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. customers will receive $170 credits on their September electricity bills during the coming days as part of a state settlement with Maryland's largest utility. The credits, part of a $2 billion settlement...

Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced new regulations designed to combat bias-based bullying in city schools through prompt reporting and comprehensive tracking of incidents. "Simply put, there is just no place for prejudice or hate or bullying in our...

When I read about the founder of Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals being sentenced last week to 25 years in prison for defrauding customers with dubious herbal remedies, I asked myself yet again: Why doesn't the government regulate this stuff? Unlike...

The Q: Everyone's worried about rising gas prices lately, even the telephone company it seems. Yakov Shafranovich of Baltimore said he signed up for a bundled package of data and local and long-distance service from Virginia-based Cavalier...

Florida workers-compensation insurance rates may drop for a sixth year in a row. The National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed a request with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation to reduce rates by an average 14.1 percent throughout...

WASHINGTON — When Joe Biden's brother and son wanted to buy a hedge fund company two years ago, they turned for financing to an Illinois law firm that had lobbied the Delaware senator's office on an important piece of business in Congress—...

When Joe Biden's brother and son wanted to buy a hedge fund company two years ago, they turned for financing to a law firm that had lobbied the Delaware senator's office on an important piece of business in Congress — and in fact had just...

They call themselves the 2,172. That's the number of pilots laid off by United Airlines in the turbulence that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, who then waited five years or so to resume their old jobs, even taking pay cuts to do so. They are the...

Over the years, you have read a lot of positive articles about me and my office. Recently, there has been some negative press, but the facts are not right. I've heard claims that I am "hiding something" and "wasting" taxpayer money. I disagree strongly...

Fifty-four holes of regulation and two playoff holes were required to determine the Connecticut State Golf Association Mid-Amateur champion at Woodbridge Country Club. When Tom Scarrozzo's 15-foot birdie putt rolled into the cup on the 56th hole of the...

The Bush administration proposed stronger job protections yesterday for doctors and other health care workers who refuse to participate in abortions because of religious or moral objections. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt said...