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Interstate Commerce
116 published works
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Illinois Workers’ Compensation and Truck Drivers
By Mike Helfand
We are a Chicago injury law firm that helps people with accidents anywhere in Illinois. We are experienced and fight for our clients for whom we get great results. If…
Cooking with SALT
Downstream Consequences Coming Into Focus A Year After Mississippi’s AT&T Dividend Decision
In October 2016, the Mississippi Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Mississippi Department of Revenue v. AT&T Corporation, concluding the state’s dividend exclusion statute violated the Commerce Clause of…
Inside SALT
House Judiciary Subcommittee to Consider Sensenbrenner Bill Tomorrow
By Eric Carstens, Stephen P. Kranz, McDermott Will & Emery
The No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017 (NRWRA) is scheduled for a hearing before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law on Tuesday, July 25…
Animal Law Update
Pet store owners will be criminals if California’s AB485 becomes law
California AB485 will criminalize what has been considered lawful interstate commerce since at least 1966, when Congress first passed the Animal Welfare Act, 7. U.S.C. §2131 et seq. "The Congress…
Food Safety News
Missouri dairy told to stop interstate sales of raw camel milk
By News Desk
A Missouri dairy owner is on notice from the FDA for selling unpasteurized, raw camel milk in interstate commerce, with the agency discounting the dairyman’s contention that camel milk is…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Employees’ use of goods and materials produced outside the state as part of their jobs creates a a genuine dispute of material fact whether their employer is an “enterprise engaged in interstate commerce” under the FLSA.
"Therefore, because Defendants have pointed only to her lack of evidence, to defeat summary judgment, Plaintiff must adduce evidence that goods or materials she or the collective plaintiffs she represents…
The Trademark Blog
Does an On-Premises Sex Club Affect Interstate Commerce
Plaintiffs are 32 professional models. Defendant is a sex club in Miami. Plaintiffs alleges the sex club used their photographs to promote the club on websites and social media, without…
Inside SALT
Breaking News: Physical Presence Requirement Bill Introduced in Congress
By Stephen P. Kranz, Eric Carstens, McDermott Will & Emery
Yesterday, Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) introduced the No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2016 (H.R. 5893) in the US House of Representatives (House). The bill would codify the physical presence…
Cooking with SALT
Property Purchased or Leased for Use Outside of Louisiana and Offshore Addressed in New Louisiana Guidance
The Louisiana Department of Revenue issued Revenue Information Bulletin No. 16-034 (July 14, 2016) to address the taxability of items of tangible personal property purchased or leased for use outside…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Supreme Court Limits Loose Hobbs Act Interstate Commerce Interpretation to Drug Cases
By Ellen Podgor
The Supreme Court ruled today in Taylor v. United States, examining the interstate commerce element of the Hobbs Act. Although it provided a broad interpretation, it limited the decision to "cases in…