US Senators Tim Scott (R-SC), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stable coins (GENIUS) Act to implement a regulatory... Read more »
Santa Clara, CARidesharing services like Uber and Lyft have become an integral part of daily life in California, and with the introduction of Tesla’s robotaxi, they seem set to become an even... Read more »
Sacramento, CASeveral employer associations brought a California labor lawsuit against the California Apprenticeship Council’s new regulations governing the employment of apprentices on public works projects. On January 23rd, the Third District Court... Read more »
President Trump signed the executive order Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, revoking former President Biden’s 2023 executive order on AI and directing certain executive departments and agencies to take... Read more »
On January 31, 2025, President Trump signed executive order “Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation.” The Order requires, generally, that for every new rule and regulation ten existing rules and regulations be repealed. Source... Read more »
This Law Firm Publication by Ballard Spahr states that the acting bureau Director, Scott Bessent, has reportedly ordered the agency to stop virtually all work. Source link Read more »
On January 27, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit vacated the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Rule on Combating Auto Retail Scams (CARS Rule). Source link Read more »
On January 31, 2025, the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, denied a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) motion for a preliminary injunction to halt the proposed vertical... Read more »
Fort Worth, TXOn January 10, 2025, the Northern District of Texas rendered a decision in Spence v. American Airlines, Inc. The ruling (much to the surprise of many) does not challenge the... Read more »
This law firm publication by Troutman Pepper Locke discusses an emergency notice filed and other statements made by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in the appeal before the US Court of... Read more »