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Interstate Commerce
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Regulatory Oversight
Senate Democrats Unveil Comprehensive New Federal Cannabis Legalization Bill
By Christina Sava, Chris Carlson, Siran Faulders
Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer, Cory Booker, and Ron Wyden recently unveiled the latest legislative attempt to make cannabis legal at the federal level. The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act (CAOA)…
Food Safety News
South Dakota ninth state with cooperative interstate meat agreement with USDA
By News Desk
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and South Dakota have finalized a Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) agreement, which provides an opportunity for selected state-inspected meat and poultry processors to…
Food Safety News
California’s congressional Democrats do not want Prop 12 reviewed by high court
By News Desk
Fear of a Supreme Court review of California’s Proposition 12 has set the state’s congressional Democrats on a different strategy. They want to recall the amicus curiae briefs the federal government…
Wage & Hour Law Update
A Few Out-of-State Telephone Calls Per Week May Be Sufficient to Establish FLSA Coverage, 11th Circuit Holds
An administrative assistant, who regularly made three to five telephone calls out of state per week to her employer’s clients and vendors, may have sufficiently engaged in interstate commerce to…
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
"Economic Recovery Through Interstate Cannabis Commerce"
The title of this post is the title of this new paper recently posted to SSRN and authored by Nicholas Sgroi, a 2L at The Ohio State University Moritz College…
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
"Interstate Commerce in Cannabis"
The title of this post is the title of this notable new article authored by Robert Mikos now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: A growing number of states…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Ninth Circuit Upholds Federal Preemption of California’s Meal and Rest Break Laws for Interstate Commercial Drivers
By By: Spencer C. Skeen, Tim L. Johnson, Publisher, Nikolas T. Djordjevski
In one of the year’s most anticipated court decisions for the trucking industry, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 2785, et al. v. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, No. 19-70413 (January…
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
CIPL Publishes Concept Paper on an Interstate Privacy Interoperability Code of Conduct
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth recently published a concept paper titled "Why We Need Interstate Privacy Rules for the U.S." This blog entry provides highlights…
The Blunt Truth®
The Week in Weed: September 25, 2020
By Susan Ryan
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what's happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Vermont moves closer to legalized cannabis sales. The House delayed a…
Libation Law Blog
8th Circuit gives Missouri a hard-time in oral argument over important Commerce Clause wine (and beer and liquor) shipping case. Bonus: We’ve got the audio for you.
As one judge put it to the state during this oral argument – “The issue is whether Tennessee Wine undermines the 8th Circuit precedent the district court relied on to…