by Kris Satkunas and Stephanie Beck Virtually every legal department is under pressure to reduce and tightly manage costs. And for most legal departments, legal spend cost saving with outside counsel represents a very large portion of that cost. In addition to...
STATE NET ® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES Interest in Artificial Intelligence Creates a Flurry of Legislative Activity Not too long ago the social conversation about generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools—which utilize algorithms to generate seemingly...
STATE NET ® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES States Taking Lead on Regulating Data Privacy With so much of our world online, data privacy has become a major concern for American policymakers. But in the absence of comprehensive federal legislation addressing data...
STATE NET ® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES The first bill signed into law by President Barack Obama was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 , which amended Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and other federal statutes to make it easier for employees to file...
STATE NET ® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES The political mood has shifted in recent years as legislative bodies worldwide have begun taking action to more aggressively regulate major technology companies. And while much attention has been paid to the noisy hearings...
STATE NET ® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES The state regulatory process can be a bewildering landscape for any organization seeking to have an inputon proposed rules that might impact its operations or merely stay in compliance with all applicable rules that...
STATE NET ® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES States Aim to Improve Banking Access for Legal Cannabis Industry Legal cannabis is one of the fastest-growing industries in America. But due to the continued treatment of marijuana as a banned...
STATE NET ® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES Formal and Informal Differences Among State Legislatures The nation’s 50 state legislatures differ in numerous ways, some of which are formally dictated, while others are unwritten behavioral...
STATE NET ® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES Why You Should Be Monitoring Local Government Actions—and Why It’s So Hard to Do If your organization is tracking state and federal legislation and regulations, you may think you...
STATE NET ® THOUGHT LEADERSHIP SERIES The Royal Power of Gubernatorial Executive Orders State governors wield the power to set public policy without the involvement of the legislature through the use of executive orders. Those actions...