Obtaining a Recreational Marijuana License from Your Local Municipality
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The State of Cannabis in New York
Williams Mullen's COVID-19 Comeback Plan: Part I – Doing Business With the Commonwealth of Virginia
Lifting the Fog Over Lobbying Compliance
Homeless Assistance Centers and the NIMBY Response
Rapid Transit Zones in Miami-Dade County
[WEBINAR] Exploring the CPRA’s Investigatory Privilege
Real Estate Developer Rights When Cities Demand Too Much
[WEBINAR] Clearing the Smoke: 3 Years of Legal Cannabis in California
[WEBINAR] Housing and Land Use Legislative Update
[WEBINAR] Navigating California’s New Regulations for Wetlands and State Waters
[WEBINAR] Understanding and Responding to the FCC Cable In-Kind and Mixed Use Order
[WEBINAR] Advancing the Policy Discussion Around Housing
[WEBINAR] Innovative Partnerships to Overcome Housing Challenges in Communities
[WEBINAR] Focusing on the “US” in HoUSing: Merging Housing, Transportation, Incentives and Community
[WEBINAR] Update: Social Media Meets the First Amendment
[WEBINAR] Planning in the Coastal Zone
Before a local government can build a new town hall building or upgrade its water and sewer infrastructure using federal funds, it needs to navigate a complex maze of federal procurement requirements....more
The Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers takes effect on September 3. The law applies to employers doing business in the unincorporated areas of LA County, if they employ five or more employees....more
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) recently published the Workers’ Bill of Rights, a comprehensive guide to employee, applicant and independent contractor rights in the workplace in New York...more
As the Kansas City Chiefs were winning the big game, New York made a big change to its law governing credit card surcharges. While definitions of the term may vary, a "surcharge" is generally understood to mean a higher...more
On September 15, 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection issued a Final Rule (Final Rule) amending the Rules of the City of New York governing the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (the Act). The...more
New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) is expected to begin enforcing the City’s novel artificial intelligence (AI) bias audit law on July 5, 2023. This law prohibits the use of automated decision...more
Last year, new lobbying regulations took effect in New York state that expanded the scope of lobbying and caused some confusion. This year, the New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) has promised to provide...more
State agencies and New York State municipalities must have a reasonable basis to deny Freedom of Information Law (“FOIL”) requests or they will be subjected to mandatory attorney’s fees when a denial is successfully...more
On July 6, 2015, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit unanimously rejected a challenge brought by agricultural and builder groups to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Chesapeake Bay...more
The Securities Exchange Commission announced June 18 the first major wave of underwriter sanctions under its Municipalities Continuing Disclosure Cooperation (“MCDC”) Initiative. The SEC sanctioned 36 municipal underwriting...more
The SEC last week approved new MSRB Rule G-44 implementing supervision and compliance requirements for municipal advisors. The MSRB touted the Rule as “its first dedicated rule for municipal advisors” under the Dodd-Frank...more
Municipal securities issuers have the opportunity to self-report material misstatements in official statements regarding prior compliance with continuing disclosure undertakings under a new initiative introduced by the...more
In an era of increased scrutiny and regulation of the municipal market, the final rules on what constitutes, and the registra- tion of, “municipal advisors”, became effective July 1, 2014. Concurrently, the SEC initiative to...more
Today, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) announced that it will distribute a confidential electronic survey to registered municipal advisors to assess the business activities of municipal advisory...more
The lessons taught by the Fifth District Court of Appeal in its recently-published decision in Protect Agricultural Land v. Stanislaus County Local Agency Formation Commission (City of Ceres, RPI), ___ Cal.App.4th ___, 2014...more
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act requires municipal advisors to register with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). On September 20, 2013, the SEC adopted final rules governing...more
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) was signed into law by President Obama on July 21, 2010. The Dodd-Frank Act was enacted in response to the financial crisis that began in...more
On December 3, 2013, the Common Council of Madison, Wisconsin passed ORD-13-00211 to prohibit employers from discriminating against job applicants based on their unemployment status. ...more
National employers often find it challenging to navigate the employment laws of the various states in which they do business. In most cases, the easiest solution may be to adopt national policies that follow federal law. This...more
July 2013 was a big month for the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in its quest to increase enforcement in the municipal market. On July 19, 2013, the SEC charged the City of Miami, Florida ("Miami"), and its...more
On June 26, 2013, New York’s City Council overrode Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto and adopted the “Earned Sick Time Act,” making New York City the largest municipality in the country requiring employers to provide paid...more
On May 7, 2013 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania concluded a years-long SEC investigation in a first-of-its kind settlement....more
A number of municipal entities have been receiving a solicitation to purchase a post-issuance debt policy and procedure manual. The advertisement suggests that having such a policy is required by the Internal Revenue Service...more