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MI to Weigh Ban on Stock Buybacks for Companies Receiving Tax Breaks Michigan Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) introduced a bill ( SB 783 ) that would prohibit publicly traded companies receiving economic incentives...
VA House Passes Paid Sick Leave Bill Virginia’s House of Delegates approved a bill ( HB 5 ) that would expand the state’s current paid sick leave law, which applies only to a small segment...
VA Lawmakers Okay Prescription Drug Affordability Board Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation ( SB 271 / HB 483 ) that would create a prescription drug affordability board to review drug prices...
Geolocation data has become a new frontier in privacy protection. This year, Virginia could join Maryland and Oregon as the first states to prohibit the sale of information that provides the precise...
Insurance Bill Raises Concerns in FL A fast-moving bill ( SB 1028 ) in Florida, sponsored by Sen. Joe Gruters (R), chairman of the Senate’s Banking and Insurance Committee, would require Citizens...
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Nineteen states are considering bills that would limit the use of third-party software relying on competitor data to set rental housing prices, according to analysis by the American Economic Liberties Project, a non-profit, non-partisan, anti-monopoly think tank. New York enacted such a law (SB 7880) in October, while California enacted a broader law (AB 325) banning the use of price algorithms trained on “nonpublic competitor data” the same month. (REUTERS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee advanced legislation (HR 2675) aimed at increasing transparency and oversight of third-party litigation by foreign persons. U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) has introduced a companion version of the “Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act” in his chamber. The legislation drew immediate support from the insurance industry trade association the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA). (INSURANCE JOURNAL)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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