State Legislatures, Business Ownership

Colorado Clarifies Limits on Noncompetes in Business Sale Arrangements

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. on 7/15/2025

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...more

Proposed Bill from Joint Cannabis Committee Would Adopt Meaningful Reforms to Struggling Mass. Cannabis Industry

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law on 5/29/2025

Nearly nine years after voters authorized the regulated sale of adult use cannabis in Massachusetts, the Joint Cannabis Committee is addressing the challenges (and that’s an understatement) the industry is facing with a very...more

Is This Statute The Most Anodyne And Meaningless Provision Of The California Corporations Code?

Allen Matkins on 8/16/2024

In 1989, the California legislature added Section 14200 to the California Corporations Code...more

Arkansas Businesses Should Prepare for New Laws Passed by the State Legislature

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,... on 7/6/2023

The Arkansas General Assembly adjourned from its 94th Regular Session on May 1, 2023, starting a 90-day clock until acts passed by the General Assembly become the law of Arkansas. Business owners, professionals and...more

Florida Businesses Subject to Mandatory New Hire and Contractor Reporting as of Oct. 1, 2021

Shutts & Bowen LLP on 10/15/2021

On June 16, 2021, Governor DeSantis signed legislation amending Fla. Stat. 409.2576, imposing revised reporting requirements of new hires, re-hires and independent contractors for businesses across the State of Florida....more

Gov. DeSantis Signs COVID-19 Lawsuit Protection Bill

Shutts & Bowen LLP on 4/2/2021

In our latest client alert, West Palm Beach partner Matthew Chait discusses SB 72, which was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis signed on March 29, 2021. The new law is expected to be a bulwark against certain COVID-19...more