Today, the Commission published its annual list of rules scheduled for review in the next twelve months (the “Rule List”).[1] The Rule List is responsive to the Regulatory Flexibility Act requirement that the Commission perform a periodic review of rules that have or will have a significant economic impact upon a substantial number of small entities within ten years of the publication of such rules as final rules “to determine whether such rules should be continued without change, or should be amended or rescinded.”[2] But, notably, the Rule List is not limited to rules that affect small entities. As in prior years, the Commission has determined to review a broader set of rules;[3] this year’s analysis focuses on rules adopted in 2005,[4] including Regulation NMS.[5]
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