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House AI Task Force Unveils Report with Focus on Sectoral Regulatory Framework

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The bipartisan task force on artificial intelligence (AI) in the US House of Representatives on December 17, 2024 released its highly anticipated report providing guiding principles, recommendations, and policy proposals to...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Federal District Court Grants Partial Victory to Hemp Operators Challenging the NJHAA

In a decision that reads as one of the strongest endorsements of state-based intoxicating hemp regulatory controls in recent memory, the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey (“Court”) recently upheld, in part,...more

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Federal Judge Says Virginia Did Not Overstep Its Authority in Regulating Intoxicating Hemp Products

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On October 30, Virginia’s hemp industry suffered an early defeat in its effort to overturn Virginia SB 903, a law that imposed stricter limitations on hemp products than what is currently required under federal law....more

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Legal Cannabis on Trial: Federal Preemption and Connecticut’s Cannabis Challenge

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On August 9, a lawsuit was filed in Connecticut that aims to stop all legal cannabis activity in the state and declare the state’s 2021 legalization framework as unconstitutional. The complaint, filed by a local homeowners...more

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FAA Updates Its Stance on Preemption of State and Local Drone Laws

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The Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") released an updated Fact Sheet clarifying its perspective on the limits of state and local governments to regulate drones. ...more

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State AGs Choose Products Liability Case as Battleground for State Sovereignty

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A bipartisan coalition of 23 state attorney generals led by Virginia AG Jason Miyares recently went up in arms about a products liability ruling they believe will threaten state consumer protection laws. On May 30, the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Against Private Right of Action in Privacy Legislation

Although the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the Chamber) “strongly urges Congress to pass durable, bipartisan national privacy legislation that protects all Americans equally,” it will “strongly oppose legislation that fails to...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

How the Anti-Drunk Driving Technology Mandated by Recent Legislation May Impact the Liability of Automobile Manufacturers and the...

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (the “Act”), signed into law on November 15, 2021, has been followed closely by the transportation sector.  One section of the Act has the potential to impact the landscape of...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Collaboration Among Drone Industry, Town, and State Government to Preempt Local Ordinance

This week the Pennsylvania Drone Association, the Pittsburgh Drone Masters, and Allegheny County worked together to address Allegheny County Code § 650-2(A), which prohibits the operation of drones in areas not expressly...more

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WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage, Tip, and Overtime Developments (December 2019 Edition)

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We remember when legislative and regulatory developments rarely occurred in December, but those days are behind us. A Reminder About New Year's Eve & New Year's Day Rate Increases: Many minimum wage, tipped and exempt...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Review Zero Emissions Credit Schemes

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In two related cases, Petitioners are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down state generator subsidies that Petitioners argue distort competitive wholesale power markets that are under the exclusive jurisdiction of the...more

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D.C. Circuit Hears Challenge To Federal Communications Commission’s 2018 Restoring Internet Freedom Order

On Friday, February 1, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit held a marathon oral argument in Mozilla Corp. v. FCC, No. 18-1051 (D.C. Cir. Feb. 22, 2018), in which various petitioners challenged the Federal...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Food and Beverage Law Update: December 2018

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Regulation - FDA-USDA Propose Joint Regulatory Framework for Cell-Grown Meat - On Nov. 16, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a joint statement...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Seventh Circuit Issues Two Opinions Limiting Scope of State and Local Authority over Labor Law

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Over the course of the past two weeks, the Seventh Circuit has issued two separate opinions that limit the ability of state and local governments to craft their own labor law policy. In doing so, the court created a circuit...more

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USDA Sends National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard to OMB While Facing Lawsuit for Failing to Meet Statutory Deadline

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On August 1, 2018, two consumer groups sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue, and Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Administrator Bruce Summers for failing to meet the statutory...more

Carlton Fields

Expect Focus - Volume II, June 2018

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New York Pushes Mutual Fund Active Share Disclosure - New York’s Attorney General issued a report on its recent investigation of fees charged by actively managed equity mutual funds and a metric known as “Active Share.”...more

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DOL Issues Final Association Health Plan Rule

On June 19, 2018, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule that offers new options for associations to sponsor health plans for their members. These new options allow more small businesses to come together to...more

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Federal "Right to Try": Don't Disregard Your State Laws Just Yet!

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How Federal Preemption (or Lack Thereof) Could Influence the Use of Federal "Right to Try" - As discussed in our Alert of June 4, "Right to Try" Comes to the Federal Stage: What Stakeholders Should Do Now, manufacturers,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Ten Drone Test Sites Expand States’ Regulatory Role

At test sites in ten states –Alaska, California, Florida, Nevada, North Dakota, North Carolina, Kansas, Oklahoma, Virginia and Tennessee – the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) granted local-backed drone projects...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Right to Try Legislation: Worthwhile or Window Dressing?

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"Right to Try" legislation, which enables terminally ill patients or patients with a "life threatening disease or condition" to seek access to investigative drugs with little to no oversight from the FDA, has been enacted in...more

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Vermont Legislative Update 03-30-2018 - An analysis from DRM's Government & Public Affairs Team

Senators Berate ANR Secretary over Missed Deadline - Agency of Natural Resources Secretary Julie Moore said on Thursday she's learned to put requests in writing after she sought legislative permission to delay promulgation...more

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Student loan servicers seek to clarify federal preemption of state student loan servicing regulations in suit to enjoin...

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The Student Loan Servicing Alliance, a trade group representing student loan servicers, has sued the District of Columbia to enjoin the operation of Law 21-214, the Student Loan Ombudsman Establishment and Servicing...more

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State AGs urge rejection of bill to preempt state regulation of federal student loan servicers

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A bipartisan coalition of 30 state attorneys general led by New York AG Eric Schneiderman and Colorado AG Cynthia Coffman have sent a letter to members of Congress urging them to reject a proposed amendment to the Higher...more

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Third Circuit Grants Express Preemption in “Hybrid” Medical Device Case

On March 1, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Shuker et al. v. Smith & Nephew PLC, affirmed a District Court’s ruling that claims against a medical device manufacturer are expressly preempted by federal law....more

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Oh Deer! Local Hunting Laws and New York State Preemption Doctrine

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In 2014, the New York State Legislature enacted a significant amendment to the Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) reducing setbacks required to discharge a long bow in the lawful act of hunting from 500 feet to 150 feet...more

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