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Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Oregon Update: Two Significant Developments in the Project Labor Agreement and Community Work Agreement Saga

We've previously addressed Oregon Gov. Kotek's Executive Order No. 24-31 requiring the use of Project Labor Agreements on certain state construction projects. On March 24, 2025, Marion County Circuit Judge Thomas M. Hart...more

Stevens & Lee

The Need for More Uniformity and Standardization in New Jersey’s Bid Protest Procedures

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Nearly 60 years ago, the New Jersey Supreme Court published one of its seminal bidding cases in Commercial Cleaning Corp. v. Sullivan, holding that a trial-type hearing is not required when challenging a bid award....more

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Democratic AGs Sue Over Access to Clean-Energy Funds

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A group of four Democratic AGs sued the EPA and Citibank, N.A., as a financial agent for the federal government, alleging that they wrongfully denied the states access to funds appropriated by Congress for clean-energy...more

Mandelbaum Barrett PC

New York’s Cannabis Regulations: Understanding the Amendments to Proximity Requirements and Public Convenience and Advantage Rules

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New York’s Cannabis Control Board (“CCB”) amended its cannabis regulations to refine licensing criteria, adjust distance restrictions, and strengthen public convenience and advantage considerations. These amendments aim to...more

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New York Court Issues Decision and Order Declaring the DOH’s August 2024 Reimbursement Rate Adjustment for Fiscal Intermediaries...

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On March 20, 2025, a New York Supreme Court Justice in Albany County issued a decision and order declaring the New York State Department of Health (NY DOH)’s August 2024 implementation of an administrative rate reimbursement...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Albany Supreme Court Decision Overturns Health Care Rate Reduction; Requires Rule-Making for Reimbursement Methodology Change

In a case brought by Bond, Schoeneck & King, the Albany County Supreme Court has overturned hundreds of millions of rate cuts implemented at the direction of the New York State Department of Health. The court, fully adopting...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Supreme Court declines final review in Territorial Act dispute involving electric vehicle charging stations

The Georgia Supreme Court has denied a request by Sawnee EMC to take up and consider a final appeal in a long-running lawsuit over the right to serve an electric vehicle (EV) charging station. The case arose from Georgia...more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Ohio Appellate Court Holds Commission’s Approvals of Nominations for Leasing State Lands Are Not Subject to Appeal

Recently, in Save Ohio Parks v. Oil & Gas Land Mgt. Comm., 2025-Ohio-847, Ohio’s Tenth District Court of Appeals held that R.C. 119.12 does not provide a right to appeal the decisions of the Oil & Gas Land Management...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB inaction harming state consumer protection efforts, Democratic AGs allege in amicus brief

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The Trump Administration’s efforts to “effectively shutter the CFPB” amounts to a “total dereliction of all mandatory statutory duties,” that will harm state consumer protection efforts, Democratic state attorneys general...more

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Democratic AGs File Amicus Brief Supporting CFPB Funding

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A group of 23 Democratic AGs filed an amicus brief supporting a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to prevent the CFPB’s Acting Director from declining to draw additional funds on behalf of the agency....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Backwards Down the Number Line: Assessing the State of Alabama’s Medical Cannabis Program Four Years After Its Enactment

Ronald Reagan famously asked voters, on the eve of the 1980 presidential election, to ask themselves whether they were better off than they were four years ago. It was a powerful question that asked Americans to take stock of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

State attorneys general and CFPB file briefs in City of Baltimore case against defunding CFPB

On February 19, a group of states filed an amicus brief in support of a request by the City Council and Mayor of Baltimore to preliminarily enjoin the CFPB and its Acting Director, Russell Vought, from actions that would...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

City of Baltimore and National Treasury Employees Union file separate suits to keep the CFPB funded and operating

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Accusing the CFPB of planning to use its funding mechanism to abolish the agency, the mayor and the city council of Baltimore (the “City of Baltimore”) and the Economic Action Maryland Fund (the “Economic Fund”), a nonprofit...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Massachusetts District Court Temporarily Blocks NIH Research Funding Cut

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A Massachusetts federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing the implementation and enforcement of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) research funding cut (NOT-OD-25-086) (the Rate Change Notice)....more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Half-Baked: Proposal to Reform Alabama Medical Cannabis Licensing Seems Poised to Go Up in Smoke

Advocates and stakeholders in the medical cannabis world of Alabama are desperate. And as it is so often when we are faced with a desperate situation, we make well-intentioned but ultimately flawed decisions....more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Federal Freeze Rescinded: Implications for Tribal Governments and ANCs

On January 27th, the Trump administration ordered a freeze on all disbursements of federal funds through a memorandum signed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The OMB memo stated that the freeze does not apply to...more

Cozen O'Connor

Democratic AGs Give Chilly Reception to Federal Funding Freeze

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A coalition of 23 Democratic AGs, led by New York AG Letitia James, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island to block a directive from the Trump administration’s Office of Management and...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Waiting Game: Tennessee’s New Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Rules Delayed Again

At the end of last year, it seemed like Tennessee’s final hemp-derived cannabinoid (“HDC”) rules would (finally) take effect as scheduled on December 26, 2024. As we discussed in an earlier blog post, since 2023 when the...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Federal Court Invalidates President Biden’s Mandatory PLA Requirements on Federal ‎Projects Over $35 Million

On January 21, 2025, the Court of Federal Claims issued an order that, in effect, invalidates President Joe Biden’s February 4, 2022 Executive Order (14063) and 48 C.F.R. Subpart 22.5, Use of Project Labor Agreements for...more

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EOHLC Files Emergency Regulations to Implement the MBTA Communities Law

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On January 8, 2025, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a significant decision in Attorney General v. Town of Milton, SJC-13580, affirming the constitutionality of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation...more

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The Week in Weed: January 2025 # 3

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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we give you an update on the DEA re-scheduling hearing. ...more

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Balancing Local Control and State Mandates: The Implications of the MBTA Communities Act Ruling

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The state’s highest court has affirmed the Legislature’s power to force towns to adopt denser, transit-friendly zoning. In 2021, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Communities Act (G. L. c. 40A, § 3A)...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Bid Protests in New Jersey

Bradley has been publishing an ongoing survey of state-level bid protest processes and procedures (see our posts on “Bid Protests in Georgia,” “Bid Protests in the District of Columbia,” “Bid Protests in New York,” “Bid...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Breaking: Mass. SJC rules MBTA Communities Act is constitutional but its implementing "guidelines” are invalid

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In its eagerly anticipated decision issued this morning in Attorney General v. Town of Milton, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled that the MBTA Communities Act (the Act), which former Governor Charlie Baker signed...more

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New Cannabis Litigation Questions New York’s Compliance with Governing Laws

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A new lawsuit recently commenced within the Onondaga County Supreme Court alleges the New York State Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) and the New York State Cannabis Control Board (“CCB”) have allegedly handled New York...more

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