New York City recently amended its rules related to the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (ESSTA). The Act is enforced by the NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCW). The newly amended rules provide specific guidance…
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/ Health, Labor & Employment Law
Connecticut has made changes to its privacy law, including lower thresholds, exemptions updates, new categories of sensitive data, expanded consumer rights, and more…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
California microplastics case dismissed, MAHA Commission releases its report, federal PFAS priorities change, IARC classifies automotive gasoline, and more…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Toxic Torts
Immigration.
There were many decisions by classes seeking certification of habeas claims related to President Donald Trump’s invocation of the Alien Enemies Act that reached different decisions on whether to certify classes…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Elections & Politics, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Although the Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act expressly excludes nonsolicitation agreements from its definition of “noncompetition agreements,” the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) recently responded to a…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Texas’ legislature passed a business friendly “comprehensive” artificial intelligence (AI) bill, the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (House Bill 149). But this isn’t a Colorado AI Act copycat; the…
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/ Civil Rights, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The Presidential Commission to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) has released its assessment identifying key drivers of childhood chronic disease, including poor diet and aggregation of environmental chemicals. The report said…
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/ Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Health
The Presidential Commission to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) has released its assessment identifying key drivers of childhood chronic disease, including poor diet and aggregation of environmental chemicals. The report said…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Consumer Protection, Health, Products Liability
Highlights from this issue include Rule 23(b)(3) Damages…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies, Health
In a controversial decision, the American Law Institute (ALI) approved a novel “Special Rule on Vicarious Liability for Sexual Assault” that endorses a new strict liability tort claim against employers for certain sexual…
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/ Business Torts, Labor & Employment Law, Personal Injury
The New Jersey Pay and Benefit Transparency Act (NJPBTA), effective June 1, 2025, requires employers to disclose salary information and benefit details in job postings, both internal and external job postings. NJBPTA follows…
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/ Labor & Employment Law
In February, the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) announced that it would withdraw its lawsuit against the Manhattan District Attorney (DANY) for declaratory judgment that the museum was the rightful owner of a Greco-Roman bronze…
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/ Administrative Law, Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Civil Procedure, International Law & Trade
Montana’s governor signed Senate Bill 297 to overhaul key portions of the state’s Consumer Data Privacy Act and bring new protections for minors. The changes bring lower thresholds, updated exemptions, expanded notice…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy
Mootness and the Inherently Transitory Exception. The Sixth Circuit held that when analyzing a putative class action, the “inherently transitory” exception to the mootness doctrine applies when (1) the injury is so transitory…
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/ Civil Procedure, Civil Remedies
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have announced actions to phase out petroleum-based synthetic dyes from foods in the U.S. food supply. In a news release, FDA said it…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Health
