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Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

A New Era of Climate Accountability: State Climate Superfund Laws Gain Momentum

As climate adaptation and mitigation costs escalate, a wave of state climate superfund legislation is emerging across the United States. This novel approach to climate accountability, pioneered by Vermont and New York,...more

Jenner & Block

New US State Privacy Laws Taking Effect in 2025

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As we enter a new year, the patchwork of US privacy laws continues to expand and become more complex. With the change in control of the White House and Congress, the prospects for a federal privacy law have grown even less...more

Perkins Coie

2024 California Labor, Employment, and Independent Contractor Legislative Update

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With the 2024 California legislative year closed, it is once again time to summarize the new legislation that will affect businesses operating within California and highlight relevant action items related to this legislation....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

California’s New Price Transparency Law May Reshape Pricing Practices in Broad Range of Industries

Effective July 1, 2024, new California Senate Bill 478 (SB 478) bans the practice of “drip pricing,” where the price for product or service is advertised without including all mandatory fees and charges that consumers must...more

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

The Deadline is Approaching Fast on New Data Privacy Laws

The list of U.S. state-level data privacy laws will grow substantially this summer as three more comprehensive state laws become effective. Texas, Oregon and Florida each have a comprehensive data privacy law taking effect on...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

And Another: New Hampshire Passes New Consumer Privacy Law

On January 18, 2024, the New Hampshire Senate passed by voice vote SB255, the New Hampshire Privacy Act (NHPA), amended by the New Hampshire House of Representatives. The bill will head to Governor Chris Sununu’s desk. After...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Florida Adds a New Twist to Consumer Privacy Patchwork

On May 9, 2023, the Florida legislature passed the Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR), which adds a new twist to the growing body of state consumer privacy laws. The bill now heads to Governor Ron DeSantis’ desk, and it is...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick’s 2022 State Attorney General Election Report - January 2023

It was a busy 2022 election year for state Attorneys General (AGs) with races in 31 of the 43 states with elected AGs, including the District of Columbia. The Orrick State Attorney General Team’s election results report...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Top Noncompete Developments of 2022

2022 was a relatively quiet year in terms of noncompete developments. However, both state legislatures and courts continued to take steps to narrow the circumstances under which noncompetition and employee non-solicitation...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

California Legislative Update: What’s Left To Affect You?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Headlining the employment-related bills that passed the May 27, 2022, House of Origin Deadline is AB 85, which extended COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave to September of this year, as well as bills...more

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Utah To Become The Fourth State to Pass Privacy Legislation

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The Utah legislature has passed Senate Bill 227, otherwise known as the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA). Barring a veto from Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox, who, as of March 15, 2022, officially has the bill on his desk for...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

California Senate Passes the Climate Corporate Accountability Act

Continuing its leadership in the battle against climate change, California takes a big step forward by requiring transparency concerning the carbon footprints of the nation’s largest corporations doing business in the state. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

2021 California Legislative Update: California’s New Employment Laws

To close out the 2021 legislative season, Governor Gavin Newsom signed dozens of bills into law, many of which directly affect California employers.  In addition to the coverage in prior blog posts, which are linked below,...more

Perkins Coie

COVID-19 Related State Reopening Executive Orders & Guidance Tracker - Update

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Each state’s guidance is rapidly updated and changing, and each state’s orders and respective reopening guidance should be reviewed to determine any exceptions, restrictions, or other intricacies around the reopening of any...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Cannabis and the Law

Alabama on Track to Become 37th Medical Marijuana State

With barely half of 2021 gone by, the wave of cannabis legalization continues with Alabama poised to become the 37th state with a lawful medical marijuana program. In particular, on May 6, 2021, the State Legislature voted to...more

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Georgia Legislature Passes Broad COVID-19 Immunities Legislation

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On Friday, June 26, 2020, the Georgia Legislature passed a broad COVID-19 immunities bill that applies to health care providers and other business entities in the State of Georgia (Georgia SB 359). The protections go into...more

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