Pending Legislation, Fees

Alabama Bill Proposes Rewrite of Pharmacy Practice Act

Quarles & Brady LLP on 2/25/2025

The future direction of the Alabama Board of Pharmacy (“the Board”) hangs in the balance following recent legislation that, if passed, would revise many portions of the state Pharmacy Practice Act. House Bill 123, sponsored...more

HK Security of Payment Bill: Government Responds to Submissions from the Public

BCLP on 10/8/2024

The Hong Kong Government received 37 submissions from the public in July 2024 regarding the Construction Industry Security of Payment Bill (“Bill”) and held discussions with deputations from different stakeholders at a LegCo...more

California’s SB 1524 Seeks to Exempt Restaurants from Forthcoming Hidden Fee Ban

BakerHostetler on 6/27/2024

On July 1, California Senate Bill 478 (SB 478) will take effect. Enacted to augment the Consumer Legal Remedies Act’s ban on certain deceptive advertising practices, this measure seeks to address the growing prevalence of...more

White House Releases Policy Statement Calling For Elimination Of Federal Funding For FDA’s Pre-Market Review Costs

Goodwin on 7/28/2017

The White House released a statement of administration policy on July 12 in response to the House of Representatives passing H.R. 2430, a bill that would reauthorize the FDA’s user fee programs, including FDA’s biosimilar...more

FTC Weighs in on State Lawmaking on Appraisal Fees

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 7/13/2017

Last month, the FTC staff sent a letter warning North Carolina’s General Assembly that a pending bill regarding the state’s real estate appraisal board could run afoul of competitive principles. The staff notes that it is...more

2015 Omnibus Provides $123 Million in Funding for the CPSC with No User Fee Authorization; Report Language Focuses on Test Burden...

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints on 12/11/2014

Update: After some uncertainty, Congress passed and the President is expected to sign the 2015 Omnibus bill into law. The report language of the Omnibus bill incorporated by reference House Report 113-508, which...more