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The 113th Tennessee General Assembly Adjourns Sine Die – Highlighted Overview

Baker Donelson on 4/29/2024

The 113th Tennessee General Assembly adjourned sine die on April 25, 2024. The session was dominated by debate over the size and scope of the $1.6 billion legislative fix to the state franchise tax that naturally dashed plans...more

Look Ahead to the Week of March 4: The State of the Union and Government Spending

Alston & Bird on 3/5/2024

Look Ahead to the Week of March 4: The State of the Union and Government Spending - Both the Senate and House are in session. This week, Congress will attempt to pass the first tranche of government spending bills after...more

Bad Medicine: 5 Lessons from the Connecticut AG’s Report on CTDPA Cure Notices

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 2/15/2024

On February 1, 2024, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) issued a Report to the General Assembly’s General Law Committee (“Report”), summarizing the OAG’s enforcement efforts during six months since the...more

Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: Governor Signs Critical Infrastructure Bill, Budget Negotiations Continue

Brooks Pierce on 6/26/2023

Gov. Roy Cooper this week signed a new critical infrastructure law and legislators continued budget negotiations. Budget Negotiations - Budget negotiators this week continued work on a conference committee report for...more

For Virginia Employers: Employment Law Changes Effective July 1, 2023

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC on 6/21/2023

On July 1, 2023, laws that were passed by the General Assembly and signed into law by Governor Glenn Younkin become effective in Virginia. In the most recent legislative session, a number of new employment laws were passed...more

Public Finance Tennessee Legislative Update from the First Session of the 113th General Assembly

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on 6/21/2023

In the First Session of the 113th General Assembly, Tennessee legislators sponsored numerous bills that impacted local governments in some measure. Due to this uptick in legislative activity, the Bass, Berry & Sims Public...more

Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 1

Clark Hill PLC on 1/13/2022

Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both back in session this week, where they will largely focus on the path forward for voting rights and FY22 appropriations. The House also...more

Virginia State Legislature IT Provider Hit with Ransomware

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 12/16/2021

The Division of Legislative Automated Systems, which provides IT services to the Virginia General Assembly (the Assembly), detected a ransomware attack on December 10, 2021, that included “extremely sophisticated malware”...more

Illinois End of Session Update

McGuireWoods Consulting on 6/22/2021

Speaker Welch First-Term Highlights - Illinois elected a new Speaker of the House for the first time in almost 40 years after former House Speaker Michael Madigan was ousted from his leadership and later resigned at the...more

Brooks Pierce Capital Dispatch: Updates from the NC General Assembly and Governor’s Office - May 2021 #2

Brooks Pierce on 5/14/2021

This week, legislators considered dozens of bills as they worked to pass versions in one chamber prior to the crossover deadline. Crossover and Bill Filing Deadline - Legislators left Raleigh this week after working...more

United Nations Working Group Approves Cybersecurity Report: What is it and What are the Implications?

Foley Hoag LLP on 4/28/2021

On 12 March 2021, the United Nations Open-ended Working Group (“OEWG”), established by General Assembly Resolution 73/27 and consisting of all United Nations Member States, adopted by consensus its Final Substantive Report on...more

2020 Iowa Legislative Report - Week Two

Dentons on 1/27/2020

The second week of the legislative session was a short week as the legislature observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, January 20. Nonetheless, the legislature made up for lost time by doubling down on subcommittee...more

Legislative review and 2020 legislative and electoral preview

Bricker Graydon LLP on 1/17/2020

With the start of a new decade, our team wants to share an overview of the past year and a look ahead to the coming months. Please find here a review of relevant legislation that the General Assembly passed in 2019, a summary...more

2018 Virginia General Assembly Wrap-Up: Modest Privacy-Related Bills Adopted

McGuireWoods LLP on 4/30/2018

The 2018 Regular Session of the Virginia General Assembly recently concluded after considering approximately 3700 bills and resolutions during the 60-day session. Several privacy-related bills were on the legislative agenda,...more

Virginia General Assembly to Tackle a Variety of Privacy Related Bills

McGuireWoods LLP on 1/23/2018

The Virginia General Assembly is underway and several privacy related bills are on the legislative agenda for 2018. The Virginia legislature will consider approximately 3,000 bills during its 60-day session that will end in...more

Connecticut Legislation Establishes Strategic Partnerships in Cybersecurity

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 7/24/2015

On July 10, 2015, Governor Malloy signed into law Special Act No. 15-21 – An Act Establishing Strategic Partnerships in Cybersecurity. The Connecticut legislation directs the Department of Labor, in conjunction with the...more

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