Government in the Virtual World: A Look at Public Meetings and Hearings
On April 15, 2024, the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy (“Board”) posted a suite of proposed non-resident pharmacist rules that will require any pharmacist working in another state and who provides services on a Kentucky citizen’s...more
OSHA has partially reopened the rulemaking record and scheduled an informal public hearing to seek comments on several topics relating to the development of a final standard to protect healthcare and healthcare support...more
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has issued draft regulations to implement new electric weather-related requirements set forth in Texas Senate Bill 3 (SB 3), which was enacted in response to what the PUCT...more
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) recently released a 153-page preliminary draft staff report that analyzes one of its most controversial proposed rules in recent years: the Warehouse Indirect Source...more
Earthjustice on behalf of a number of environmental organizations sent a February 7th letter to United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Andrew Wheeler styled...more
On New Year’s Day in 1970, Richard Nixon signed the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (“NEPA”), creating the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) and proclaiming “that the 1970s must be the years when America pays...more
On January 9, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (“CEQ”) proposed major changes to National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) regulations originally issued more than four decades ago. The proposed rulemaking aims to...more
Businesses are keeping an eye on Sacramento as the California Attorney General has ramped up his public statements about the future and enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We walk through some of the...more
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) made significant changes to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (Section 162(m)), expanding the scope of individuals and entities subject to Section 162(m), in addition to...more
Fluctuating Workweek Reg Drops. On November 5, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued a notice of proposed rulemaking for computing overtime compensation for salaried nonexempt employees whose...more
After a long wait, the California Attorney General’s (AG) office held a news conference on October 10, 2019, and published proposed regulations implementing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Companies gearing up for...more
On October 10, 2019, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the “Department”) published the Notice of Proposed Rules for the State Hemp Program (the “Rules”). ...more
On August 28, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rulemaking that would remove certain natural gas and oil storage and transmission facilities from existing air emissions standards governing...more
• The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), pursuant to Section 131 of the Trade Act of 1974, has requested the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) to obtain public comment pertaining to the possibility of a...more
On January 31, 2019, the National Mediation Board (NMB) published a proposed rule and request for comments to amend its regulations to provide for decertification of labor unions. The NMB’s stated goal is to provide a “more...more
The U.S. Department of Education's (ED) higher education policymaking agenda so far in 2018 has to a large degree seemed to focus on rolling back initiatives of the Obama administration, including several rulemaking efforts...more