Podcast: A Conversation with Geoff Burgan, Communications Director for the Democratic Attorneys General Association
The Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine and the Food, Beverage and Agribusiness Industry — What You Need to Know
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Policing Reform
Privacy Concerns When Contact Tracing in the Health Care Workplace - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast
Privacy and Data Protection Issues for Employees in the COVID-19 Environment
Global privacy in the age of COVID-19
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[WEBINAR] Laying the Foundation for Maximizing Benefits Around Emerging Technologies
[WEBINAR] Automated Vehicle Pilot Project Risks and Smart Infrastructure
Straight Talks: Innovations in product liability for autonomous and connected vehicles
K&L Gates Triage: Drones and Disruption in the Health Care Field
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 137, interview with Loren Steffy
Directs federal agencies to support the expanded use of civil commitment and institutional treatment for homeless individuals with serious mental illness or substance use disorders, while conditioning federal grants on the...more
Through October 15, 2025, all executive departments and agencies are prohibited from filling vacant federal civilian positions or creating new ones unless exempted by law or approved under a limited review process...more
On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) titled “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats.” This order launched a 60-day...more
Commissioner Peter A. Feldman has been named Acting Chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, effective January 22, 2025. Mr. Feldman is not a new face to the agency as he has held various positions within the...more
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove issued a Memorandum to all Department of Justice (DOJ) employees outlining interim guidance in light of the Executive Orders issued by President Donald Trump on his first day in...more
Special Election Set for SD-35 Following Passing of Rep. Gergely State Rep. Matt Gergely - (D-Allegheny) passed away last weekend, leaving the state House once again tied 101-101. A special election will be held March 25 to...more
Throughout 2024, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) endeavored to curb sales of unauthorized electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) in the U.S. In light of persistent demand for flavored ENDS — nearly all of...more
DETROIT — City Becomes Largest U.S. City to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments - Detroit residents will have the option beginning in mid-2025 to make payments with the digital currency through a secure platform managed by...more
Yesterday, EPA finalized its decision to retain the existing PM2.5 NAAQS of 12 ug/m3, rejecting substantial scientific evidence that PM2.5 causes significant harm at concentrations below 12 ug/m3. In fact, as noted in one of...more
In Washington - The House of Representatives, in a 257-150 vote, passed legislation providing US$25 billion to the United States Postal Service and bans any operational changes to the agency, while reversing...more
On July 24, 2020, President Trump issued a series of Executive Orders to address prescription drug costs, one of which specifically focuses on facilitating drug importation, a longstanding goal of the Trump Administration....more
In response to President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a notice that it does not intend to...more
Covid-19 has changed our way of life. Meeting old friends, dinner with the parents, a first date for our single friends, have all been forbidden, arguably making some of our favorite pastimes criminal. In places like Santa...more
From federal guidance addressing FERPA and the School Safety Commission Report and DOE withdrawal of discipline guidance to Illinois law requiring threat assessment teams and the creation of the Illinois Educational Safety...more
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. It was a busy week for the states, as Virginia moved towards decriminalization. The state House and Senate passed...more
On February 5, 2020, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that New York residents will no longer be eligible to apply or re-apply for several Trusted Traveler Programs (TTPs), which serve to expedite...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Within the last few days, the Trump Administration has expanded an existing travel ban and initiated a new one related to the Coronavirus; similarly other countries have added entry restrictions to try to...more
EPA filed a status report on October 15 in the slow-moving mercury and air toxics (MATS) litigation, which is now Murray Energy Corp. v. EPA, No. 16-1127 (D.C. Cir., filed April 26, 2016). The case is a challenge to EPA...more
The Trump Administration’s recent lawsuit against California’s climate change policies has cast a spotlight on a stark and troubling reality. U.S. v. California is just the latest salvo in a sustained, direct assault by EPA...more
Years in the making, the first global report on the Environmental Rule of Law (ERL) was issued by the United Nations Environment Program and the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) in January 2019. The report is a...more
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is one step closer to eliminating protections availed in so-called sanctuary cities....more
West Virginia Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in EQT Doddridge County Trespassing Case - "The state Supreme Court will decide if a lower court judge got it right when he ruled natural gas production company EQT trespassed...more
No cabinet department stands more in the center of the federal shutdown drama than the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Indeed, the issue at the shutdown's heart – President Trump's proposed border "Wall" – would be a...more
On May 30, 2018, the White House released a key report, entitled "Assessment of Electricity Disruption Incident Response Capabilities," which was required by the May 2017 White House Cybersecurity Executive Order 13800...more
In a major development for the commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drone) industry, U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao, announced the first round of participants in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s...more