Topic
Local Regulation
11 published works
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
Student presentation examines marijuana legalization and local regulations
Sadly, we are now into our final few weeks of students presentaions in my Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform seminar. Excitingly, we still have nearly a dozen more presentations coming.…
McNees Land Use Blog
Pennsylvania’s ACRE Law Protects Farmers from Unauthorized Municipal Regulation
By Rachel Rowe
In Pennsylvania, agriculture has provided approximately $83.8 billion in direct economic output, 280,500 jobs and $10.9 billion in earnings. Needless to say, agriculture is a major industry in the Commonwealth.…
Media & Privacy Risk Report
Parking Tickets, Jaywalking, and Cybersecurity Breaches at Multinational Companies: City ordinances are coming off the streets and into the server room
Smart companies have been worried about data security for years—no one wants to be in the headlines as the next big company to have a breach, the next corporation to…
McNees Land Use Blog
You Can’t Touch This? Supreme Court Hammers Away at Municipal Regulation of Public Utilities
By Jon Andrews
The municipal regulation of public utility facilities continues to be a topic of litigation. In April 2018, we discussed how municipalities cannot use zoning ordinances to regulate non-building facilities of…
Rocky Mountain Energy Essentials
In the Know: Update on Colorado’s Senate Bill 181
As discussed in our March 13 post, which can be found here, Senate Bill 181, introduced on March 1, proposed significant changes to Colorado’s long-standing oil and gas regulatory system.…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
Local Regulation of Charitable Solicitation in the US’s Largest Cities
Following up on yesterday's post on local land use controls of nonprofits, I want to briefly share some findings from a forthcoming article on local regulation of charitable solicitation. As…
Cannabis
Is a Cannabis Cap Coming to Sacramento? Hearings Tomorrow and Thursday!
If you’ve been following the state of affairs of commercial cannabis licensing in California, you know that it really is a tale of two cities (or counties). Both the Medicinal…
E2 Law Blog
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Invalidates PUC Review of Local Natural Gas Regulation
In February 2012, Pennsylvania adopted comprehensive revisions to its Oil and Gas Act known as "Act 13." Among the changes was an expanded preemption of local regulation of oil and…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
PA: Local Regulation and Preemption
By Greg Russell
We've reported previously on preemption and recent efforts in Pennsylvania to enhance local regulation (see here, e.g.). The Tribune-Review is reporting that the state's Public Utilities Commission has rejected Pittsburgh's ban…
Energy & Environmental Law Blog
Local Regulation and Development
By Greg Russell
We've reported a number of times on issues related to local regulation of oil and gas development (see here, e.g.). For example, we just reported on the recent Robertson Township decision…