First effective in 2024, the Act bans the sale or distribution of various products that contain intentionally added PFAS chemicals. On January 1, 2026, as part of the product phase-out timeline, the new law bans the sale or…
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/ Consumer Protection, Environmental Law
Escalating what has already been a strong focus on combating customs and trade fraud in President Donald Trump’s second administration, on July 10, 2025, the Department of Justice announced it would be devoting significant…
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/ Criminal Law, International Law & Trade
California has approved new regulations requiring some companies to conduct annual audits of their cybersecurity programs, including the policies, procedures, and practices for protecting personal information. On July 24, 2025,…
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/ Administrative Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
It has been just over a year since the U.S. Supreme Court rebuffed a challenge to California’s controversial Proposition 12, which prohibits the sale of certain meat products within the state unless the animals were raised…
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/ Administrative Law, Agriculture, Constitutional Law
A report arguing for raising taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages, a law requiring labels to disclose if an animal was harmed during production, a lawsuit calling grain alcohol "inherently dangerous," and more. It has…
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/ Agriculture, Consumer Protection, Health, International Law & Trade, Toxic Torts
By statutory law, Colorado has generally prohibited restrictive agreements except for specific exemptions. More recent legislation provides greater clarity and specificity as it relates to restrictions on noncompetition…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Mergers & Acquisitions
A Northern District of California judge issued a sweeping dismissal of a microplastics class action that would have lowered the bar on the sufficiency of allegations of potential hazards from microplastics…
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Consumer Protection, Environmental Law, Products Liability, Toxic Torts
U.S. policymakers should consider reforms to close loopholes surrounding Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) substances, according to an issue brief from the America First Policy Institute. The report recommends against allowing…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Health
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
