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Regulation
Bookmarks
The Innovation Police: Code Academies and Regulation
Dean Florez's 2014 op-ed on the tension between state education regulators and coding bootcamps — arguing that regulatory frameworks designed for traditional vocational schools were being misapplied to a new category of technical education.
5-Hour Energy Cited in 13 FDA Death Reports
The 2012 NYT story revealing that 5-Hour Energy had been cited in 13 FDA death reports — a major moment for energy drink regulation scrutiny. Led to broader FDA review of high-caffeine products and Monster Energy faced similar reports shortly after.
Uber vs. DC Taxi Commission: Here We Go Again
Uber's own blog post fighting DC's taxi commission proposal to minimum-price ridesharing at taxi rates — an early example of the regulatory battles that defined Uber's growth strategy. Shows the playbook: go public, rally users, frame incumbents as anti-consumer.
How the FRA Is Regulating Passenger Rail Out of Existence
The East Bay Bicycle Coalition's analysis of how the FRA's freight-rail safety standards, when applied to passenger rail, mandate impossibly heavy trains that can't share infrastructure with light vehicles — explaining why US passenger rail is so expensive, slow, and rare compared to Europe and Japan. A case study in regulatory capture killing an industry.