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Abortion-Related Medical Malpractice Suits Ahead? Doctors in states with new abortion restrictions who refuse to end the pregnancies of women whose health is at risk, out of fear of criminal prosecution, could soon be facing a different legal risk:...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, paid leave emerged as a critical policy issue in state legislatures all over the country. Now, with the pandemic retreating in the rearview mirror, the paid leave landscape is changing, but the issue remains just as popular...

Stricter Rules Could be Coming for Banks with Over $100B in Assets The heads of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve said last week that bank regulators are considering applying a set of tougher capital rules to banks that...

Stricter Rules Could be Coming for Banks with Over $100B in Assets The heads of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Federal Reserve said last week that bank regulators are considering applying a set of tougher capital rules to banks that...

FTC Sues Amazon over ‘Dark’ Prime Practices The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit against Amazon, alleging the online retailer tricked millions of consumers into signing up for its Prime subscription program and made it difficult...

Pay Transparency Laws Followed More Loosely in Some Industries Thanks to pay transparency laws enacted in states like California, Colorado, Illinois and Washington, as well as in a handful of cities like New York, many job advertisements now include...

CA Gov Wants $5B More for Mental Healthcare California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced his support for two bills that would add treatment beds for homeless people suffering from mental illness or substance abuse ( SB 326 ) and pay for that additional...

For more than half a century, we’ve been talking about equal pay for women. Sixty years ago, the U.S. Congress passed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 , which required employers to pay men and women equally for equal work. (For more on this see Equal...

Nationwide Follows Other Insurers in Looking to Reduce Risk Nationwide announced last week that it would begin taking actions “to mitigate risk and manage the personal and commercial lines portfolios in the current environment.” “Strong...

EU Lawmakers Advance Landmark AI Rules The European Union’s Parliament approved the AI Act, which could become the first comprehensive regulations for the artificial intelligence industry in the West. Among other things, the act would require...

CT, NV Legislatures Pass Health Data Privacy Measures This month the legislatures of Connecticut ( SB 3 ) and Nevada ( SB 370 ) have both passed and sent to their respective governors measures aimed at protecting the privacy of consumer health data...

Healthcare, generally, is considered a growing industry in the United States. Yet headlines constantly scream about a healthcare workforce crisis—not enough nurses, doctors or home-health workers to meet the nation’s demands. How can that...

TX Legislature Passes Comprehensive Consumer Data Privacy Law Texas was poised last week to become the sixth state to enact a comprehensive consumer data privacy bill, after state lawmakers approved the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act ( HB 4 )....

Court Allows Purdue Pharma to Shield Sacklers in Opioid Bankruptcy The New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that members of the Sackler family who own bankrupt Oxycontin manufacturer Purdue Pharma could be shielded from current and...

It’d be understandable if you’re confused about the legal status of the abortion pill these days. A lot has happened with the drug mifepristone in the last few months. In early April, U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk of Texas –...

SCOTUS Refuses to Hold Tech Platforms Liable for Users’ Posts In a pair of decisions issued last week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hold social media platforms accountable for the posts of their users. In one case, Gonzalez v. Google , the...

State Lawmakers Seeking to Broaden Access to Mental Healthcare With over 1 in 5 U.S. adults and youths (13-18 years old) experiencing mental illness and cost keeping many of them from being able to access mental healthcare, state lawmakers are trying...

Environmental, social and corporate governance, ESG, has taken off in recent years. And in the process, it has broadened the ideological divide between liberal-leaning states and conservative ones, with lawmakers in the former embracing ESG principles...

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...

FL Enacts Broad Anti-ESG Law Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill ( HB 3 ) opposing the consideration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors with respect to the management of state and local funds. The measure codifies rules DeSantis...

Attacks on FL Gig Workers Raises Safety Concerns Three attacks on app-based drivers within days of each other in Florida last month, one of which was fatal, have raised concerns about the safety of such workers. A report issued last week by the activist...

FL Enacts Prescription Drug Reform Law Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed legislation ( SB 1550 ) aimed at curbing prescription drug prices. The measure codifies the governor’s actions last year restricting certain pharmacy benefit manager ...

The gig economy has transformed the world of work. Gigs like working as an on-demand driver for Lyft or Uber, or as a freelance web developer on Fiverr , offer flexibility and autonomy not found in traditional nine-to-five jobs. Americans are flocking...

Social Media Parental Consent Legislation Catching On Last month Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed SB 152 , making that state the first in the nation to require teenagers to get permission from their parents before setting up a social media account....

No SCOTUS Ruling on Abortion Pill—Yet Access to the abortion pill mifepristone remained in place after the Supreme Court delayed issuing a decision on whether to restrict access to the drug after a federal judge in Texas ordered a hold on FDA...