STATE NET® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES How Historic Adoption Rates Hold the Key to Forecasting Future Regulatory Action Just as state legislatures vary in their bill passage rates, some state agencies adopt far more of the rules they propose than others....
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 consumers about the tax via a fee, surcharge or line item...
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 to oversee some private-sector labor disputes and union...
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, which it sold for decades, from consumers. The suit...
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, lending and investing needs of consumers. Passed in...
STATE NET® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES New State Data Privacy Laws Spell Compliance Challenges Corporate legal and compliance teams may have their hands full navigating through the piecemeal state approaches to data privacy regulation, especially if the new...
STATE NET® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES The Role of Pharmacy Benefit Managers Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are companies that contract with health insurers and employers to manage the prescription drug benefits for millions of Americans. They function...
CA Bans Algorithmic Price Fixing California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed AB 325 , making it a violation of the state’s antitrust law, the Cartwright Act, “to use or distribute a common pricing algorithm as part of a contract, combination in the...
CO Becomes First State to Cap Prescription Drug Price On Oct. 3 Colorado’s Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board set an upper payment limit, or UPL, for Enbrel, a prescription drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases...
Move over, artificial intelligence. Quantum computing may be the next big thing in tech, and state legislators are beginning to take a look at it. For the uninitiated, quantum computing, like AI, is a new class of technology. But instead of relying upon machine...
Glowing Progress Report on FL Insurance Market from Gallagher Re The insurance industry reforms enacted in Florida in 2022 and 2023 in response to soaring homeowners’ premiums and carrier insolvencies have improved market conditions in the state, according...
CA Enacts AI Safety Law California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an artificial intelligence safety measure ( SB 53 ), exactly one year after vetoing a similar but broader bill (SB 1047 [2024]). The new law is aimed at preventing the most advanced AI systems from...
CA Enacts Bill Allowing Rideshare Drivers to Unionize California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill ( AB 1340 ) allowing drivers for ride-hailing companies to unionize and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits. The state is the second to allow such...
An international real estate investment firm wants to build a massive data center in north Delaware. The proposed campus would cover 6 million square feet across 11 structures , potentially creating what one industry insider described as “significant construction...
AI Industry Spending Big to Block State Regulations The AI industry has launched three super PACs in recent weeks that could spend over $100 million largely on statewide races next year. The industry views state regulation, like Colorado’s first-in-the...