Crime In California The U.S. Supreme Court rules that police cannot be held liable for injuries they caused as part of a search unless the search itself is “unreasonable.” The decision overturns a lower court’s ruling in a CALIFORNIA...
California Approves AB 406 The CALIFORNIA Assembly approves AB 406 , which would ban for-profit companies from owning or managing charter schools in the Golden State. It moves to the Senate (LEXISNEXIS STATE NET). Nevada Signs AB 64 NEVADA Gov...
California Rejects AB 378 The CALIFORNIA Assembly rejects AB 378 , a bill that would have extended the state’s cap-and-trade program – which limits the amount of greenhouse gas emissions businesses are allowed to emit and charges those...
California Approves SB 562 The CALIFORNIA Senate approves SB 562 , which would implement a single-payer health care system in the Golden State. It moves to the Assembly (LEXISNEXIS STATE NET). California Approves AB 402 The CALIFORNIA Senate...
Illinois Approves SB 31 The ILLINOIS House approves SB 31 , a bill that would prohibit Prairie State law enforcement agencies from being able to stop, arrest or search people because of their citizenship status and ban officials from detaining someone...
Nevada Signs SB 201 NEVADA Gov. Brian Sandoval(R) signs SB 201 , which makes it illegal for a physician or other health professional to perform so-called gay conversion therapy, which seeks to change the sexual orientation of patients, on individuals...
Nevada Approves SB 538 The NEVADA Senate approves SB 538 , which would require Internet providers to disclose what types of personal information they collect from users. The bill, which would also require providers to publish information on any third...
Within hours of President Donald Trump’s announcement last Thursday that he would pull the United States out of the Paris Climate Agreement, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D), Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced...
Gov. Scott Vetoes VT Weed Bill VERMONT Gov. Phil Scott (R) vetoed a measure ( SB 22 ) that would have made the Green Mountain State the first to legalize recreational marijuana through legislative action. Scott said he still supported the bill in concept...
Republican Greg Gianforte defeated Democrat Rob Quist by a vote of 50 percent to 44 percent in a special election last month in Montana to claim the state’s sole congressional seat, formerly held by Ryan Zinke, whom President Donald Trump selected...
Democrats in Iowa would be able to participate in their party’s presidential caucuses without actually having to be present, under a proposal made last week by the party’s caucus review committee. The proposal called for allowing voters who...
Oregon is the only state in the nation that doesn’t have a process to impeach and remove its governor from office. Last month the state’s Democrat-controlled House overwhelmingly passed a resolution that would ask voters to approve one. HJR...
TX Lawmakers Approve Changes to Voter ID Law The TEXAS Legislature approved a bill ( SB 5 ) loosening the requirements of the voter ID law passed by the state in 2011, which the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year discriminated against...
Talk of tax reform in the nation’s capital at the start of the year had state lawmakers and governors scrambling to prepare for it. But the panic has subsided, evidently because state officials no longer think it will happen before the end of the...
Last month, without any fanfare, the Trump administration laid out its vision for the $1 trillion infrastructure plan the president has been promising. Outlined in a six-page fact sheet included with Trump’s proposed 2018 budget, the plan calls...
Unemployment is still a big problem in some states like those in the Rust Belt. But in a growing number of other states the trouble isn’t too few jobs but too many. In Utah the unemployment rate fell to 3.1 percent in March. And almost a third...
Tax Swap In Works In LA The LOUISIANA House passed a pair of bills last week ( HB 359 and HB 360 ) that would establish flat tax rates for individuals of 3.95 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively, while eliminating the state deduction for federal...
Since 2012, 32 states have introduced legislation to establish retirement plans for workers in the private sector or study the feasibility of providing such plans, according to the Pension Rights Center, AARP and Georgetown University’s Center for...
Undaunted by opposition from Wall Street, Congress and the Trump administration – or by potential litigation down the road – a growing number of states are moving forward with implementing state-run pension plans for millions of private-sector...
Headlines publicizing the latest data hack or ransomware attack have kept data security and privacy in the public eye, but the College Transparency Act of 2017, a bipartisan bill introduced in Congress this month, looks to reverse a ban on federal student...
While the White House has been inching forward with its promise to reduce regulatory burdens on business, the rumor mill gone into overtime with speculation about what that could mean for enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In its...
LexisNexis attended the REALTORS® Legislative meetings & Trade Expo last week and had a great time leading dynamic thought-leadership conversations and discussing industry best practices with attendees. This week-long series of meetings is a premier...
Recent allegations that Novartis bribed doctors in Greece serve as a reminder that the pharmaceutical industry has a high risk of bribery and corruption. We look at the reasons behind the risk, and how companies can enhance compliance risk mitigation...
Recently, the FCPA blog featured an article by one of our own—Senior Sr. Entity Due Diligence and Monitoring Specialist Karen E. Gray. Taking inspiration from the investigative journalism that followed the “breadcrumbs” to reveal corruption...
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has had his share of difficult times since taking office, but probably none harder than the task he had last week: saying the final goodbye to Chloe, his family’s 16-year-old Sheltie. Cooper broke the news on the First...