Keypoint: It was a very busy week with Kentucky on the cusp of passing a consumer data privacy bill, Maryland advancing consumer and children’s bills, and movement on bills in Minnesota, Vermont, Georgia, Maine, and New York.
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Keypoint: It was a very busy week with Kentucky on the cusp of passing a consumer data privacy bill, Maryland advancing consumer and children’s bills, and movement on bills in Minnesota, Vermont, Georgia, Maine, and New York.
Below is the…
On March 14, 2024, the Corteva Agriscience LLC (“Corteva” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of 2, 4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid from the People’s Republic of China (“China”) and India.
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Keypoint: While not as far-reaching as bills under consideration in other states, the Utah bill creates some obligations for private sector companies deploying generative artificial intelligence, including disclosing its use.
In early March, the Utah legislature unanimously passed SB 149…
Keypoint: The European Parliament voted to approve the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act and it will enter force 20 days after publication in the EU Official Journal.
On March 13, 2024, the European Parliament voted to approve the European Union’s Artificial…
On March 6, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted rules requiring registrants to disclose certain climate data in annual reports.
The rules were originally proposed in 2022, and the final language adopted scales back some of the earlier…
U.S. Senators Angus King (I-ME) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) recently introduced a bill addressing cybersecurity protections and oversight in the healthcare industry. The Strengthening Cybersecurity in Health Care Act, introduced on February 8, 2024, aims to bolster a vulnerable…
In a strongly worded and unanimous opinion, a panel of judges from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals determined that Florida’s STOP W.O.K.E. Act[1] is unconstitutional. The court noted that Florida’s defense of the law’s validity represented “clever framing…
Employers in the United States received a significant win on March 8, 2024, when a federal court in Texas struck down the National Labor Relations Board’s (“Board”) expansive new “joint employer” rule, and upheld the existing (and more employer-friendly) 2020…
Last month, in 89 FR 9920, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“USFWS”) published a final rule revising the eagle take permit (“ETP”) process. USFWS believes the new rule will encourage more participation in the ETP program and account…
In the United States, mental health (“MH”) and substance use disorder (“SUD”) (collectively “MH/SUD”) have continued to represent areas of intense concern. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the MH struggles of essential workers and health care professionals were pushed to the…