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Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

In Potentially Groundbreaking Appeal, Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Consider Whether Public Utility Commission Can Regulate...

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It has been a long-standing cardinal rule in Pennsylvania that municipal authorities were beyond the regulatory reach of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (“PUC”). ...more

Venable LLP

[Webinar] Too Close to Home: How Local Enforcement Authorities Are Presenting an Often Overlooked Regulatory Threat to Advertisers...

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While many advertisers are aware of the ongoing threat of regulatory enforcement from federal and state-level government, significant regulatory authority can often go overlooked much closer to home. From municipal agencies...more

Saiber LLC

New Jersey Appellate Panel Confirms Towns Right to Regulate Cannabis Licenses

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The New Jersey Appellate Division recently affirmed a trial court’s decision to allow a New Jersey town to deny a prospective retail cannabis business to operate, determining that the municipality has the discretion to decide...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Town Of East Hampton Runs Aground At Truck Beach

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Last week, in The Seaview at Amagansett, Ltd. v. Town of East Hampton Justice Paul J. Baisely, Jr. found the Town of East Hampton and several of its officials in civil and criminal contempt of the Appellate Division, Second...more

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC

Two More States – New York and Mississippi – Have Expanded the Scope of Cannabis Use

The State of New York is expanding its cannabis program to include its adult-use, and Mississippi recently enacted a new law that provides for a medical cannabis program. The State of New York Is Expanding its Cannabis...more

Cozen O'Connor

Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Rules Two Municipal Permitting Fees Are Preempted by State Law

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The Pennsylvania Public Utility Code (Code) gives the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) extensive authority to regulate public utilities in Pennsylvania. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has held that the General...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Local Ordinance Imposing Residency Requirements of Ohio’s Workers on Public-Construction Contracts

On September 24, 2019, the Ohio Supreme Court announced the General Assembly has broad authority to regulate public-works contracts that subject Ohio’s workers to residency preferences or restrictions. In The City of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Solo alcaldes locales podrán certificar residencia de proyectos petroleros y mineros en Colombia

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Apreciado cliente, por considerarlo de su interés, Holland & Knight Colombia S.A.S. le informa sobre la expedición del Decreto 1158 de 2019, en el cual se regulan los criterios para la expedición de certificados de residencia...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

FCC’s OTARD Rule Proposal: Comment Period Open - Partner Gerry Lederer Discusses New Developments in PublicCEO

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed an expansion of its rules for Over-the-Air Reception Devices in what it says is an effort to spur the deployment of 5G infrastructure. The FCC’s recommended changes have...more

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