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Judge Strikes Down Part of MD Digital Ad Tax Law A federal judge struck down a provision of Maryland’s first-in-the-nation digital advertising tax law that prohibited online companies from notifying...
NLRB Sues California to Block Labor Board Law The National Labor Relations Board has filed a lawsuit to block a new California law ( AB 288 ) empowering the state’s Public Employee Relations Board...
TX AG Sues Johnson & Johnson over Claimed Tylenol-Autism Link Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson this week claiming the company hid the risks of Tylenol...
Over the past 47 years, seven states have enacted their own, state-level versions of the federal Community Reinvestment Act to ensure financial institutions within their jurisdictions are meeting the banking...
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A bill introduced in Montana (SB 212) and a proposed constitutional amendment in New Hampshire (CACR 6) would establish a right to compute, guaranteeing access to the hardware, software, networks and algorithms needed for developing artificial intelligence. The measures are part of a libertarian-oriented backlash against recent state efforts to regulate the use of AI. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
A bill introduced in Missouri (HB 1217) would provide for the establishment of a “Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Fund” in the state treasury. The measure would allow the treasurer to “accept gifts, grants, donations, bequests or devises of Bitcoin” from residents or governmental entities and require the Bitcoin to be stored for a minimum of five years. (KSDK, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
In his fiscal 2026 budget, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee (D) proposed imposing a 10% tax on the local share of digital advertising revenue of companies with $1 billion or more in gross revenue. The proposal is similar to a law passed in Maryland in 2021, which has faced legal challenges from Apple, Google, Meta and other digital ad giants. (RHODE ISLAND CURRENT)
The tech industry trade association NetChoice filed a legal challenge to the so-called Maryland Kids Code enacted last year (HB 603/SB 571 [2024]), requiring providers of online products and services to make their offerings safer for minors. NetChoice successfully blocked parts of California’s first-in-the-nation age-appropriate design code law last summer. (MARYLAND MATTERS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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