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New Jersey Passes Law to Regulate/Restrict the Sale of Intoxicating Hemp Derived Products

The Governor of New Jersey signed into law Senate Bill No. 3235 (the “Intoxicating Hemp Law”), designed to regulate the production and sale of certain intoxicating hemp products. At a high level, this law would limit the...more

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A Look at Increased Oversight of Financial Institutions in Florida

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For several years, leaders in the Florida executive and legislative branches have sought regulatory and legislative changes to increase banking oversight at the state level. During the 2023 legislative session, House Bill 3...more

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Foie Gras Faux Pas: City Runs A-fowl of State Farming Protections

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In City of New York v Ball, 2024 NY Slip Op 24179 [Sup Ct, Albany County 2024], the Albany County Supreme Court upheld a determination of the Commissioner (“Commissioner”) of the Department of Agriculture and Markets...more

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Newly passed Colorado AI Act will impose obligations on developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems

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The Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act will impose mounting obligations on developers and deployers of high-risk AI systems in an effort to protect consumers from discriminatory consequential decisions by such systems....more

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AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - Norway

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Position paper informs Norwegian approach to AI, with sector-specific legislative amendments to regulate developments in AI. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) Currently, there are no...more

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AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - United States

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The US relies on existing federal laws and guidelines to regulate AI but aims to introduce AI legislation and a federal regulation authority. Laws/Regulations directly regulating AI (the “AI Regulations”) Currently,...more

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‘I Will Not Rest’; ‘I Am All In’: Remarkable Breach Hearing Sees Pledges by UHG CEO, Sen. Wyden

United Healthcare Group (UHG) CEO Andrew Witty was in a board meeting on Feb. 21 when officials interrupted with the news that Change Healthcare—a clearinghouse UHG subsidiary Optum had purchased for $1.3 billion in October...more

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State Law Updates in Maryland, West Virginia

In state law news, the West Virginia legislature is considering two new telemarketing bills, while a new law has taken effect in Maryland....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Bridging the Gap: Cannabis Rescheduling to Align Policy with Research

In a much-anticipated move, sources recently reported that the Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) will recommend rescheduling cannabis from a Schedule I substance to a Schedule III substance under the federal Controlled...more

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Proceso constituyente en Colombia Parte II

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En este episodio de "A Lo Legal En Par Minutos", nuestro socio Edwin Cortés continúa su conversación con José Rengifo, abogado de derecho constitucional, retomando el tema del proceso constitucional en Colombia. Discuten la...more

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FDA Chief Says CBD Is Not NBD, Urges Congressional Action

Supporters of hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD) who hoped the Food and Drug Administration would adopt a more progressive view of CBD were disappointed when FDA Chief Robert Califf recently testified that FDA does not consider...more

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What Is at Stake in the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has exploded onto the scene — both the technology and the scramble for laws and regulations to control it. We are often asked what's happening on the AI regulatory front. Here is what we know so...more

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Navigating the Storm: Receiverships in the Cannabis Industry

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With rapid technological advances, expanded regulatory oversight, and constantly shifting market dynamics, owning and operating a business in the modern world has become an increasingly difficult challenge. Chief among the...more

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Hong Kong Consults on Proposed Approach to Stablecoin Legislation

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The proposed regulatory framework would create substantive obligations on issuers of fiat-referencing stablecoins to safeguard the public. On 27 December 2023, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB) and...more

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New Artificial Intelligence Executive Order Contains Numerous Healthcare Implications

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President Joe Biden on Oct. 30, 2023, signed a sweeping executive order (EO) and invoked the Defense Production Act to establish the first set of standards for using artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare and other...more

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Federal Legislation Seeks To Change Online Child Safety Reporting Obligations and Impose Content Safety Obligations

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A significant number of federal legislative proposals that focus on online child safety have been introduced. If enacted, they would modify online providers’ obligations to remove and report child sexual exploitation (CSE)...more

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Legislative Developments in AI: The Bipartisan Framework for the US AI Act

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On September 12, 2023, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law convened a hearing to discuss potential legislation focused on AI models, the third in a series of hearings by the subcommittee...more

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Ctrl-Alt-Delete: California Legislature Passes Delete Act

Legislation requires data brokers to register with the California Privacy Protection Agency and comply with a one-stop consumer deletion mechanism by 2026 - The wave of data privacy legislation in California continues as...more

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Legal Cannabis on Trial: Federal Preemption and Connecticut’s Cannabis Challenge

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On August 9, a lawsuit was filed in Connecticut that aims to stop all legal cannabis activity in the state and declare the state’s 2021 legalization framework as unconstitutional. The complaint, filed by a local homeowners...more

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New California Fast Food Worker Law Would Raise the Minimum Wage, Establish a “Fast Food Council,” and No Longer Fund the...

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For years, California has led the way in the fast food industry, with several prominent brands having their origins in the Golden State.  More recently, California has shown innovation in the ways that the employment of fast...more

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AI Legal News Summer Roundup: Edition 3

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Welcome to the third edition of our AI Legal News Summer Roundup! After five class actions were filed between June 28 and July 11 (as reported on in our first edition of this series), on July 21, another class action lawsuit...more

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Take Two: The Lummis-Gillibrand Crypto Assets Bill 2.0

On July 12, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democratic senator from New York who sits on the Senate Banking Committee, and Senator Cynthia Lummis, a Republican senator from Wyoming who sits on the Agriculture Committee, joined...more

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Congress Proposes National Commission to Create AI Guardrails

The U.S. Congress has introduced a bipartisan bill that would create a National AI Commission (“Commission”). A focus of the Commission will be to ensure that through regulation, the United States is mitigating the risks and...more

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Public Finance Tennessee Legislative Update from the First Session of the 113th General Assembly

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In the First Session of the 113th General Assembly, Tennessee legislators sponsored numerous bills that impacted local governments in some measure. Due to this uptick in legislative activity, the Bass, Berry & Sims Public...more

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Connecticut Enters AI Fray

The Connecticut governor recently signed SB 1103, bringing the state into the artificial intelligence regulation fray. The law regulates state agencies, and calls on the Department of Administrative Services to perform...more

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