Welcome to the first edition of Byte Back AI, a weekly newsletter providing updates on proposed state AI bills and regulations, an AI bill tracker chart, summaries of important AI hearings, and special features…
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/ Civil Rights, Consumer Protection, Elections & Politics, Health, Science, Computers, & Technology
On December 17, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its final rule implementing Section 307 of the 2018 Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) and amending Regulation Z…
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/ Consumer Protection, Energy & Utilities, Finance & Banking, Real Estate - Residential, Taxation
Released yearly in December, the American Tort Reform (ATR) Foundation publishes its annual “Judicial Hellhole” rankings for the upcoming year. The Hellholes represent the worst of the worst jurisdictions to defend tort lawsuits…
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/ Civil Procedure, Insurance, Personal Injury, Toxic Torts
Few areas will be as impacted by the incoming second Trump administration as international trade policy. Check out our team’s assessment of what the coming year may bring for trade regulation and enforcement.
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/ Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Government Contracting, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade, Transportation
Congress is considering a Continuing Resolution that, if passed, would extend the reporting deadline for certain reporting companies under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) from January 1, 2025, to January 1, 2026…
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/ Administrative Law, Business Organizations, Elections & Politics, Finance & Banking
In this episode, Husch Blackwell's Hilary Bricken hosts Jennifer Morris, former Supervisor of the Cannabis Enforcement Team for Riverside County, California, who discusses her experience navigating one of the toughest cannabis…
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/ Agriculture
Host Gregg N. Sofer welcomes Husch Blackwell partner Catherine Hanaway to the podcast to discuss the recent sentencing of Nishad Singh, a former key lieutenant of Sam Bankman-Fried, the cryptocurrency mogul responsible for one…
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/ Administrative Law, Criminal Law
In a landmark decision in Mothering Justice v. Attorney General, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled on the constitutionality of legislative actions surrounding the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act (Wage Act) and the…
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/ Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Labor & Employment Law
On December 18, 2024, American Active Anode Material Producers (“AAAMP” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of Active Anode Material from the People’s…
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/ International Law & Trade
On December 9, 2024, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Kousisis v. United States, a case that has the potential to limit the scope of federal criminal fraud charges. Kousisis involves allegations that a defendant…
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/ Civil Procedure, Commercial Law & Contracts, Criminal Law, Government Contracting
On December 13, 2024, Cargill, Incorporated (“Cargill” or “Petitioner”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. imports of Erythritol from the People’s Republic of China (“China”)…
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/ International Law & Trade
As of the posting of this article, reporting companies nationwide do not need to comply with the Corporate Transparency Act’s (CTA) January 1, 2025, beneficial owner information (BOI) reporting deadline. Yet, given the appeal…
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/ Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Finance & Banking
On Friday, December 13, 2024, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced that it has initiated an investigation into Nicaragua’s acts, policies, and practices related to labor rights, human rights, and the rule of…
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/ Civil Rights, International Law & Trade, Labor & Employment Law
On November 20, 2024, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed the Mass Leads Act, an expansive economic development bill, into law. Section 226 of the act amends MGL c. 112 §9 to create a new pathway towards full medical…
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/ Health, Immigration Law, International Law & Trade
On December 11, 2024, the Texas Medicaid Agency filed suit against CMS in Federal District Court in Austin to fight an $83 million disallowance of Medicaid payments made to hospital providers in the Austin area between 2014 and…
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/ Civil Procedure, Health
