Here are some other big regulatory developments from the week:
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao was bullish out of the gate on self-driving cars, but her department has effectively pumped the brakes on efforts to advance autonomous technology on the roads. The Trump administration is operating without several key safety regulators, and an industry advisory panel has fallen inactive. [Recode]
Meanwhile, automakers and tech companies are facing a long road ahead in their attempt to reform transportation regulations premised on an assumption that may soon be rendered obsolete: that a human is steering. [Bloomberg]
Colorado’s governor says U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is blowing smoke with his missives to states airing “serious concerns” about their ability to regulate legalized marijuana. “When abuses and unintended consequences materialize, the state has acted quickly to address any resulting harms,” wrote Gov. John Hickenlooper, who’s seen as a possible Democratic candidate for president. [The Cannabist]
Wells Fargo is on the war path against a fired employee who claims she was retaliated against after trying to blow the whistle on what would blossom into the sham-accounts scandal. The bank has appealed a Labor Department decision ordering reinstatement and $577,500 in back pay. [National Law Journal]
Goldman Sachs, with alumni in key Trump administration roles, is seizing the moment and looking to roll back post-crisis financial regulations exacerbating its current trading funk. Though still highly profitable, the bank’s investment operation is a shadow of its former self. [Financial Times]
The Uber engineer whose blog post documented a hostile work environment at the ride-hailing giant has taken her story to the U.S. Supreme Court. In an amicus brief with the high court, Susan Fowler criticized the class-action waiver Uber had her sign as a condition of employment. [National Law Journal]
The Federal Reserve’s rarely-used in-house administrative court is beginning to come under fire, in a challenge similar to those raised against the Securities and Exchange Commission’s in-house proceedings. A defense lawyer for a banker facing an industry ban called the Fed’s proceeding “an affront to our justice system.” [New York Times]
