All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 27 2017 // Vermont businesses should see a $28 million reduction in expenses this year from lower workers’ compensation and unemployment insurance costs.Democratic House Speaker Mitzi Johnson tells the Rutland Herald the state...
Mar 27 2017 // Republicans may have failed to overthrow Obamacare last week, but there are plenty of ways they can chip away at it.The Trump administration has already begun using its regulatory authority to water down less prominent...
Mar 24 2017 // Republicans in the Iowa House passed a bill to overhaul how workers in the state are compensated for on-the-job injuries, though they backed off some key proposals amid internal concern over the extent of the changes.The...
Mar 24 2017 // The Trump administration doubled down on its demand that House Republican leaders hold a vote Friday on their embattled healthcare bill without any changes and with lingering uncertainty about whether they have enough...
Mar 24 2017 // Rules on what benefits health insurance plans must cover have become a major negotiating point as Republicans wrangle votes to repeal Obamacare, even though removing the regulations is likely to upset U.S. insurance...
Mar 24 2017 // One afternoon in mid-January, Prime Minister Theresa May walked into a meeting room in the Swiss resort of Davos to face Wall Street’s most powerful bankers.May had delivered her vision two days earlier for pulling...
Mar 24 2017 // A small, all-natural dairy isn’t being deceptive when it calls its skim milk “skim milk,” a federal appeals court has ruled – a victory for a Florida creamery that fought the state’s demand to...
Mar 24 2017 // A Tennessee committee has voted down a bill to protect drivers from lawsuits if they hit protesters who are blocking traffic.On Wednesday, the House Civil Justice Subcommittee voted against the legislation by Republican...
Mar 23 2017 // Arkansas’ governor has signed a sweeping gun rights measure into law that will allow concealed handguns at state colleges, some bars, government buildings and even the state Capitol.The measure approved by Republican...
Mar 23 2017 // The European Commission could introduce EU passporting and lower regulatory requirements for financial technology firms, moves that could undercut London’s leading position in “fintech” as Britain gets...
Mar 23 2017 // The White House is talking with House conservatives about last-minute changes to the embattled GOP health-care bill aimed at wooing enough holdouts to secure House passage.Lawmakers and Trump administration officials are...
Mar 23 2017 // Parliament got back to work on Thursday after London’s worst terror attack in more than a decade left four people dead, including the assailant and the police officer he stabbed.Lawmakers, and those investigating the...
Mar 22 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that basic elements in cheerleader uniform designs merit copyright protection, handing a victory to the top American maker of the garments in a decision with serious implications...
Mar 22 2017 // Backers of legalized recreational marijuana urged Massachusetts legislators Monday to hold off, at least for now, on making any significant changes to a law voters approved in November.The appeal came during the first...
Mar 22 2017 // By the time President Donald Trump’s first nominee for labor secretary withdrew from consideration, there was little doubt where he stood on the big issues facing the department.In contrast, his replacement,...
Mar 22 2017 // Airbnb and other home-sharing platforms face more restrictions in Miami, where the mayor plans for more aggressive enforcement of regulations prohibiting rentals of single-family homes in its residential areas.Amid spring...
Mar 20 2017 // What does the Trump Administration have in store for the development of autonomous vehicles and smart roads?With the administration’s ambitious infrastructure plan still far from finalized, Hilary Rowen, a partner in...
Mar 20 2017 // The recently finalized Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)-related FDA Regulations on Sanitary Transportation of Human and Animal Food has the potential to significantly affect risk management strategies employed by food...
Mar 20 2017 // As the insurance industry has closely followed developments regarding The New York State Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) cybersecurity regulation, concerns remain in terms of how the final regulation, set to...
Mar 20 2017 // The Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee on March 9 heard testimony on a revised bill that aims to limit the number of policyholder lawsuits filed against property insurance companies following severe weather...