Regulatory Oversight, Administrative Agencies, State and Local Government

Capitol Connection: Wisconsin Supreme Court Shifts Rulemaking & Regulatory Landscape

Ruder Ware on 8/26/2025

In July, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Evers v. Marklein that reshapes how administrative rules are created and implemented in the state. The Court struck down the Joint Committee for Review of...more

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources to be Split – Trisected, Trifurcated, and now, Trilateral

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 3/21/2023

The Department of Health and Human Resources (“DHHR”) was West Virginia’s largest executive agency until the Legislature passed House Bill 2006 earlier this month. For several years now, West Virginia lawmakers have been...more

Cities Consider Creating Their Own Public Health Departments

Nossaman LLP on 1/11/2021

In response to public health restrictions ordered by county health departments and the resulting disruption of local business, a number of California cities are exploring whether or not to create their own health departments....more

California Dreamin': The Golden State Launches New Mini-CFPB

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/1/2020

Amid wildfires and viral plague, a new consumer protection agency rises in the West: The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI). Holland & Knight recently noted that a bill was pending on...more

Linda Lacewell nominated as new NY DFS Superintendent

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/8/2019

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has nominated Linda Lacewell to become Superintendent of the state’s Department of Financial Services....more

Connecticut Legislature Operationalizes New Health Oversight Agency: The Office of Health Strategy

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis on 5/31/2018

On May 14, 2018, Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Public Act No. 18-91 “An Act Concerning the Office of Health Strategy” (PA 18-91), a bill that operationalizes the Office of Health Strategy (OHS), a new...more