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Stuck in the Middle: Self-Funded Health Plans and Recent Challenges to State PBM Laws

In recent years, prescription drug prices have been top-of-mind for state legislators, who have responded by passing laws that seek to control that pricing in a variety of ways, including by regulating pharmacy benefit...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

Short Term Rentals in Rhode Island: Municipality Restrictions and Subsequent Litigation

The legality and regulation of Short Term Rentals, which in some municipalities are defined as “guest house” or “transient guest facility” uses (“STRs”), has, with the explosion in popularity and use of hosting platform...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

District court receives motion for preliminary injunction in Illinois interchange fee suit

On March 17, a group of banking and credit union trade associations (the plaintiffs) filed a motion for summary judgment in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, arguing the Illinois Interchange Fee...more

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Trump Administration Receives 8,755 Comments for AI Action Plan — AI: The Washington Report

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The Trump administration’s Office of Science and Technology Policy received 8,755 comments in response to its Request for Information for the development of its AI Action Plan implementing the Trump AI Executive Order issued...more

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Illinois swipe fee injunction extended to cover out-of-state banks, but not federal credit unions

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Chief Judge Virginia Kendall of the Northern District of Illinois has extended her preliminary injunction prohibiting Illinois from enforcing the Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act (the “IFPA”) to cover out-of-state...more

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Regulatory and Legal Implications of the Surgeon General’s Call For Cancer Warning On Alcohol Labels

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On January 3, 2025, outgoing US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy released a new advisory outlining the alleged causal link between alcohol consumption and cancer, claiming “numerous high-quality observational studies and...more

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OEMs Seek to Enjoin Enforcement of Maine Right to Repair Act

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On Friday, January 31, 2025, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (“Auto Innovators”), a trade association representing manufacturers in the auto industry, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Maine seeking to enjoin...more

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Virginia’s ‘Total THC’ Hemp Law Upheld by Fourth Circuit: What It Means for the Hemp Industry

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On January 7, 2025, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited decision in Northern Virginia Hemp & Agriculture v. Commonwealth of Virginia, holding that Virginia could implement “total THC” standards for...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

NYC DCWP Delays Enforcement of Amended Debt Collection Rules

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This week, we discussed the constitutional legal challenge against New York City’s recently amended debt collection rules, which were scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2024. These rules would stringently regulate...more

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New York City’s Amended Debt Collection Rules Draw Legal Challenge

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New York City’s recently amended debt collection rules — scheduled to go into effect on December 1, 2024 and which would stringently regulate various debt collection activities by debt collectors operating in the city — have...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

The D.C. Circuit Affirms EPA’s Reinstatement of California’s Authority to Set Auto Emissions Limits; Don’t Get Too Excited About...

On Tuesday, in Ohio v. EPA, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied several challenges to EPA’s decision to restore California’s authority under § 209(b) of the Clean Air Act to regulate emissions from motor vehicles. It’s...more

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Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad: The Seventh Circuit Enters a Huge Win for the Freight Brokerage Industry

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The freight brokerage industry began humming Meat Loaf’s 1977 power ballad earlier today when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit became the third federal appellate court to consider the extent to which...more

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First Substantial Reform of Cosmetics Law Since FDR Administration

President Biden signed into law the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (“MoCRA”), as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023. This is the first major reform of cosmetics regulation since the Federal...more

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First Ever BIPA Trial Results in a $228 million Judgement Against Railway Company that Relied on Third Party Vendor to Collect...

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The judgement, which came down last week, exemplifies the risk of biometric information collection in Illinois and the risk that can result from relying solely on third party vendors. On October 12, 2022, a jury found...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

The Clock is Ticking: Comments to Proposed Federal Rules For Wholesalers and 3PLs are Due June 6th and Here’s What We Think

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On February 4, 2022, the FDA released its long-awaited proposed national standards for the licensure of third party logistics providers (3PLs) and wholesale drug distributors. The draft rules were years over-due and the delay...more

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OCC Previews Plans To Introduce Special Purpose National Bank Charter For Payment Companies

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In recent interviews including a podcast with the ABA Banking Journal reported by Forbes, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks previewed the OCC’s plans to introduce another special purpose national bank charter...more

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WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage, Tip, and Overtime Developments (January 2020 Edition)

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If January's minimum wage, tip, and overtime developments forecast what employers should expect throughout the remainder of the year, it could be a challenging 2020....more

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Charter Cities Must Adhere to Affordable Housing Requirements of the Surplus Lands Act

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The statewide concerns underlying the affordable housing provisions of the Surplus Lands Act superseded municipal home rule authority on the same subject and hence required charter cities to comply with the affordable housing...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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Railroads Seek to Avoid a Patchwork Quilt of Regulatory Requirements

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• The Clean Water Act imposes permitting obligations on "point sources." • Should those obligations apply to railroad cars, which move freely from state to state? • The U.S. railroad industry has asked the Surface...more

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Federal Court Rules that the FAA Preempts New York Law Prohibiting Mandatory Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Claims

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In response to the #MeToo movement, New York State has led the way in enacting legislation to expand employee rights to file and recover for sexual harassment claims.  ...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

What's Old is New Again: The Future of Bank Partnership Programs from Small Dollar Installment Loans to Mortgages to Everything

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Bank partnerships allow banks to offer loans to consumers and businesses by leveraging the resources of non-bank entities. The relationships between banks and their non-bank entity partners have existed for many years. In the...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

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OCC to Accept Applications from Fintech Companies Seeking National Bank Charters

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) announcement this week that it will begin accepting applications for special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters from financial technology (Fintech) companies represents...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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