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States Enact Slew of Tech Legislation in 2024, Social Media Warning Label Bill in CA & More

State Lawmakers Continuing Focus on Telehealth & NY’s New EpiPen Insurance Law

State Legislators Debate ‘Wage Earned Access’ Products

Pornographic Deepfake Bills in TX & Data Center Energy Challenges for States

Nursing Home Industry’s Push for Repeal of New Staffing Regulation

Crypto Craze Draws Attention of State Lawmakers

States’ Leadership on AI Regulation to Continue Next Year, Legal Challenges to New CA Tech Laws & More

NLRB’s Ban on Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings

Move to Block UnitedHealth’s Acquisition of Home Care Company, Drug Maker Lawsuits against HHS & More

New Frontiers in AI Regulation

End of ESG?

Social Media Warning Label Bill Coming in CA Next Year

Uncertain Future for Obamacare

Voters Decide Ballot Measures Relating to Healthcare, Labor and Tech

Major AI Bill Coming to TX Next Year

Minimum Wage Ballot Measures, MI’s ‘Right to Sit’ Bill & More

Legal Challenge to IL Swipe Fee Law, Possible Delay of New WA Insurance Premium Transparency Requirement & More

New Front in Fight Over Social Media Age Gating?

Tech Titan’s Battle over Age Gating & Big Tech’s Embrace of Nuclear Power

Insurance Coverage for Speech Therapy Enactments & DE’s Mammogram Coverage Mandate

California Fails to Counter GOP-Backed Bans on Gender-Affirming Care

Continuing Wave of AI Legislation & Multiple State Lawsuits Against TikTok

Multiple Healthcare Enactments in MI, GOP AG’s Challenge to Federal Nursing Home Staffing Requirements & More

Curious State of Corporate Responsibility Legislation

Earned Wage Access Legislation & Biden Admin’s Opposition to IL’s Interchange Fee Law

App- and Device-Based Age Verification Legislation Coming in SD & TX AG’s Lawsuit Against TikTok

CA’s Ban on ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings & Suspended Dockworkers’ Strike

CA’s Enactment of AI in Healthcare Bills, CA Gov’s Veto of Private Equity in Healthcare Bill & More

Fight Over California Bill Shows How Tricky Regulating AI Becoming

NetChoice’s Leadership of Tech’s Legal Fights with States, States’ Call for Social Media Warning Labels & More

CA’s AI in Healthcare Legislation, NJ’s Health Insurer Oversight Bill & More

How Autonomous Vehicles Could Dramatically Change Car Insurance

Fight Over AI Bill in CA, Skyrocketing Bitcoin ATM Fraud & More

CA’s Private-Equity Healthcare Acquisition Bill & MA’s Nursing Home Industry Law

Democrats Seek to Protect Workers from Anti-Union Captive Audience Meetings

CA’s Potentially Standard-Setting AI Bill & Brazil’s Shutdown of Social Network X

Passage of PBM Bill in CA, States’ Tussle with Drug Makers Over Discounted Drugs

Legislation Regulating Brain-Wave Monitoring May Become Trend

CA’s Journalism Funding Deal with Google, WY’s Digital Dollar & More

MA’s New Maternal Health Care Access Law, NJ’s Elimination of $100M in Medical Debt & More

Legal Status of Fantasy Sports in Limbo in Many States

AI Doomsday Bill in CA, Possible Wave of Biological Privacy Laws & More

PBM Bill Nearing Passage in CA

As Temperatures Rise, Lawmakers Eye More Heat Protections for Workers

AI at NCSL Summit, AI Enactments in IL & More

Moratorium on Some Homeowners’ Insurance Policy Cancellations in CA, LA Tackling High Insurance Rates & More

State Lawmakers Turn Attention to Pharmacy Benefit Managers

Gig-Driver Ballot Measure Upheld in CA & Call for FTC Investigation of Driver Data Collection

MT Follows Nonprofit Hospital Oversight Trend & PBM Bill in MA

Ozempic’s Popularity Spurs Renewed Interest in Off-Label Prescriptions

State Crackdown on Cell Phone Use in Schools, Musk’s Protest of CA Trans Privacy Law & More

Regulatory Challenges of Compounded Weight-Loss Drugs, VT’s Lawsuit against Major PBMs & More

States Continue to Push for Hospital Price Transparency

PA Bill Targeting PBMs, IL Laws Prohibiting ‘Predatory’ Insurance Practices & More

Disclosure Becomes Legislators’ Latest Tool for Regulating AI

Enactment of Social Media Protections for Minors in NY & Planned Legislation to Restrict School Smartphone Use in CA

Changes Coming to Costly CA Labor Law, Amazon Union Joining Forces with Teamsters & More

PBMs Driving Up Cost of Prescription Drugs, Nixed HHS Guidance on Hospital Web Trackers & More

“Food as Medicine” Gains Acceptance in State Legislatures

Veto of VT’s Tough Privacy Bill, Passage of Social Media Protections for Minors in NY & More

Hospital Cost Transparency Bill in PA, New Law Hindering Nursing Homes Sales in IA & More

NY’s First-in-the-nation AI Disclaimer Bills, New Gig Driver Protections & More

FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Against MDMA-Assisted Therapy, OH Effectively Bans Nine Synthetic Opioids & More

Some State Lawmakers Getting Tougher on Data Privacy

Republican AGs Challenge EEOC Rules for Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

LA County’s Ambitious Plan to Reduce Medical Debt, AI-in-Health Care Bills in CA & More

Interest in Labor Issues Remains Strong in State Legislatures

Homeowners Insurers Struggling in Multiple States & Farmers’ Resumption of Business in CA

CO’s Sweeping New AI Law, VT’s Strong Data Privacy Bill & More

AL Allows Off-Label Medical Treatment & U.S. Facing $478B in “Avoidable” Expenses from Mental Health Inequities

Plastic Pollution May Be Bigger Legislative Priority Than You Knew

Bills Aiding Insurers in LA, Bill Regulating ‘Bitcoin ATMs’ in VT & More

CO’s Sweeping New AI Bill, MD’s Enactment of Data Privacy and Youth Online Protection Bills & More

Psychedelics, Nurse Licensing and Breast Exam Insurance Coverage Bills in AK & More

State Lawmakers Take Aim at Junk Fees

CA’s Cap on Health Care Providers’ Annual Price Increases, IVF Protection Bill in LA & More

VT Retailers’ Opposition to Data Privacy Bill, Minors’ Social Media Access Bill in AK & More

Climate Change Legislation Continues to Flood Statehouses

Loosening of State Occupational Licensing Laws, CA’s ‘Right to Disconnect’ Bill & More

ME’s Restrictive Data Privacy Bill, AR Revisiting Crypto Mining Regulation & More

State Lawmakers Lowering Bar for Workplace Harassment

MD Drug Affordability Board Zeroing In on Eight Drugs, More Docs Working for Corporate Entities Than Ever & More

Passage of Major Data Privacy Bills in MD, CO Senate Leader’s AI Bill & More

Common Themes Emerge in State AI Legislation

Passage of Health Care Facility Permitting Bill in GA, IN Sues Drug Makers and PBMs over High Insulin Prices & More

Antitrust Suit Against Apple, Proposed Ban on ‘Mommy Run’ Social Media Accounts in MN & More

Potentially Big Year for Prescription Drug Affordability Boards

U.S. House Passes Potential TikTok Ban, World’s First Comprehensive AI Law & More

Bad Faith Insurance Claims Bill in VA, Record Growth of CA’s Insurer of Last Resort & More

Health Insurance Reform Legislation in IL, MD Aims to Improve Undocumented Residents’ Access to Health Insurance & More

State Lawmakers Look to Keep Utilities Out of Politics

Legislative Scramble to Protect IVF in AL, AL IVF Ruling Sidelines FL Bill & More

Musk’s Lawsuit Against OpenAI, DeSantis’ Veto of Youth Social Media Ban & More

States Embracing New Form of Gambling: iGaming

Controversial AL Court Ruling on IVF, FL Lawmakers Pass Health Care Workforce Bills & More

FL Lawmakers Pass Youth Social Media Ban, Broad AI Bill Introduced in CT & More

State Lawmakers’ Interest in Psychedelic Drugs Not Waning

Youth Social Media Access Bills Keep Coming, OpenAI’s Foray into Video & More

State Prescription Drug Affordability Review Boards, Weight Loss Drug Insurance Coverage & More

Pro-Labor Bill in WA, Anti-Union Bill in GA & More

State Lawmakers Wade Into Third-Party Litigation Funding

Abortion Pill Case Coming to SCOTUS in March, New Anti-Transgender Approach in AZ & More

Youth Social Media Bills in CA, NY; States Receive Failing Grades for Data Privacy Laws & More

State Lawmakers Continue to Tackle Health Care Workforce Shortage

Stronger SEC Oversight of SPACs, IA’s Renewed Effort to Ban State ESG Investing & More

‘First Comprehensive AI Legislation’ of 2024, FL’s Aggressive Children’s Online Safety Bill Passes House & More

CA Close to Requiring Insurers to Cover PrEP, Bill with Medical Malpractice Caps Emerges in FL & More

State Legislatures Turn Attention to Citizens’ Crushing Medical Debt

FL’s Aggressive Children’s Online Safety Bill Advances, UT Revising Children’s Online Safety Laws & More

Health Care Workforce Bills Advance in FL, Holdout States Considering Medicaid Expansion & More

Gender-Affirming Care Continues to Occupy—and Divide—State Lawmakers

SEC’s Approval of Bitcoin ETFs, FL’s Aggressive Children’s Online Safety Bill & More

Health Care Bills Advance in FL, Veto Override of Transgender Care Ban in OH & More

State AI Legislation Off to Quick Start in 2024

Generative AI Has State Legislatures Rushing to Take Action

Top Issues for State Lawmakers in 2024

Epic Games’ Courthouse to Statehouse Battle with Apple and Google, Changes Ahead for UT Social Media Law & More

End of Medical Debt Reporting in NY, Big Health Care Spending Bills in FL & More

States Take Another Look at Nuclear Power to Combat Climate Change

Potential Regulatory Pushback to P/C Rate Increases Next Year & Lower Surplus Lines Tax Rate for KS Insurers

NM AG Accuses Meta of Facilitating Sex Abuse, Push for Open-Source AI from Meta and IBM & More

FL Senate President’s 2024 Health Care Agenda, Repeal of Drug Maker Liability Shield in MI & More

AI in Insurance: The Good, the Bad and What Worries Regulators

Four-Day Work Week Bill in MA & Financial Benefit of Remote Work

Long-Term Care and Prescription Drug Reforms in MA & Lawmakers Address Health Worker Licensing Backlog in IL

Ouster of OpenAI CEO, Social Media Protection Bill in FL & More

Good Year for Labor on Picket Line and in State Legislatures

End Near for IL’s Nuclear Power Plant Moratorium & AL’s Planned Bill to Restrict Underage Access to Porn Sites

End of Hollywood Actors’ Strike, Hotel Workers’ Union Win in Vegas & More

Passage of Pharma Immunity Shield Repeal Bill in MI, FL Senate’s Healthcare Focus in 2024 & More

State Legislation to Curb Workplace Violence Raises Compliance Concerns

Biden’s AI Executive Order, Sam Bankman-Fried’s Conviction & More

Uber, Lyft Wage Theft Settlement; Passage of COVID-19 Vaccine Ban in TX & More

Medicare Cuts for Doctors, Hospitals; GOP Govs’ Opposition to Long-Term Care Staffing Requirements & More

Will Other States Follow California’s Lead on Industry-Specific Minimum Wage Hikes?

TX’s Proposed COVID-19 Vaccine Ban & Many U.S. Employers’ Lack of Abortion Coverage

CA’s New Crypto Business Laws, AI Bills in MI & More

MI Moves Step Closer to Repealing Drug Immunity Law, CA Enacts $25 Healthcare Worker Minimum Wage & More

States Slowly Embracing Psychedelic Drugs

U.S. Small Business Underinsurance Crisis, FL Homeowners Insurance Rates Unlikely to Drop & More

Children’s Online Safety Bill in NY, Enactment of Data Delete Act in CA & More

Bill to Repeal Drug Immunity Law in MI, Flurry of Health System Consolidation Legislation & More

Positive Developments in Looming Homeowners Insurance Crisis

State Lawmakers Planning AI Measures; SCOTUS to Weigh FL, TX Social Media Anti-Censorship Laws & More

No Unemployment Benefits for Striking Workers in CA & $20 Minimum Wage for CA Fast Food Workers

Coming Federal Guidelines on Cross-Market Mergers, National Abortion Pill Ban & More

Children’s Online Safety Bills Suffer Legal Setbacks

Amazon Antitrust Suit, Multistate Lawmaker Effort to Grasp AI & More

Preemption of Local Minimum Wage Rates in NC & Workplace Violence Bill on Verge of Becoming Law in CA

NC’s Medicaid Expansion, NE’s Extension of Postpartum Medicaid Coverage & More

Unwinding of Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Messy Process for States

Biden Administration Takes Aim at Reporting of Medical Debt, Insurance Premiums Poised to Rise for Millions of U.S. Homeowners & More

Passage of Data Delete Act Nears in CA, Landmark CA Children’s Data Privacy Law Blocked by Federal Judge & More

$25 Minimum Wage for Healthcare Workers in CA, Push for Prescription Drug Price Controls in MD & More

State Lawmakers Slow Down Healthcare Mergers

TX ‘Death Star’ Law Declared Unconstitutional & Court Ruling with Implications for AI Regulation in CA

State Errors to Blame for Post-Pandemic Medicaid Disenrollments & More

Court Ruling Could Tighten Regulation of Broker-Dealers, Farmers Slashing Workforce & More

Advances in Financial Scam Tech Raise Alarms with State Legislators and Financial Sector

Post-Pandemic Medicaid Termination Lawsuit in FL, Increase in Workers’ Mental Health Needs & More

Biden Administration’s U-Turn on MA Right to Repair Law, Nvidia’s Revenue Surge & More

Averted UPS Strike & CA Bill Aimed at Making Striking Workers Eligible for Unemployment Benefits

States Beginning to Regulate Popular Usage-Based Car Insurance

Insured Losses from Lahaina Fire, MO’s New Approach to Restricting ESG Investing & More

Bipartisan Embrace of Children’s Online Safety, Second Thoughts about AR Crypto Mining Law & More

State Lawmakers’ Workforce Development Focus & Coming Increase in CA Minimum Wage

Pandemic’s Lasting Health Policy Changes, Troubling Opioid Epidemic Stats & More

State Legislators Look to Regulate Use of AI in Healthcare

New Infrastructure Workforce Development Program in PA, McDonald’s Franchise Violates Child Labor Laws in LA, TX

More E-Cigarette Regulation Possibly Ahead, Impact of CEO Ownership Stake on Medical Device Recalls & More

Challenge to Porn Site Age-Verification Law Dismissed in UT, Proposed Class Action Suit Against Tesla in CA & More

Battle Over Water Breaks Latest Front in State-Local Preemption Fight

Higher Capital Requirements Proposed for Big Banks, Allstate Threatens Full Withdrawal from CA’s P&C Market & More

Legal Battle Over CA Children’s Online Privacy Law, States Enacting AI Laws & More

WA’s Healthcare Facility Geofence Ban, Congressional PBM Reforms & More

Data Privacy Landscape Continues to Change as States Pursue More Laws

Drones Drawing State Lawmakers’ Attention, Security Risks Posed by EV Chargers & More

Precipitous Rise in Maternal Death Rates, Healthcare Implications of Affirmative Action Ruling & More

States May Need to Scramble to Address Possible Homeowners Insurance Crisis

New Abortion Restrictions Could Trigger Medical Malpractice Suits, MO Responds to Cancer Drug Shortage & More

Possible AI Chip Export Restrictions, Legal Challenge to AR Social Media Law & More

Paid Leave Continues to Be Big Issue for State Lawmakers Post-Pandemic

Tougher Federal Rules for Banks, Consumer Protections for Alternative Home Financing & More

Tougher Federal Rules for Banks, Consumer Protections for Alternative Home Financing & More

FTC’s Lawsuit against Amazon, OR’s Effort to Lure Semiconductor Makers & More

CA Gov’s Push for $5B More in Mental Healthcare, NY Bill Blocking Reporting of Medical Debt & More

Precision Problem with Pay Transparency Laws, ME Paid Leave Bill & More

State Lawmakers Continue to Grapple with Gender Pay Gap

AI Regulation Advancing in EU, TX’s $1.4B Effort to Lure Microchip Industry & More

More States Pass Health Data Privacy Bills, Big Post-Pandemic Medicaid Disenrollments & More

Another Insurer Aims to Lower Its Risk, Continuing Surge in Cyber Insurance Premiums & More

States Explore Array of Proposals to Bolster Healthcare Workforces

Protection for Purdue Pharma Owners in Opioid Bankruptcy, Spike in Health Insurance Claim Denials & More

TX on Verge of Becoming 6th State to Enact Comprehensive Data Privacy Law, Existential Threat of AI & More

Battle Over Abortion Pill Spreads from Courthouses to Statehouses

Tech Platforms’ Liability Shield Survives SCOTUS Tests, TikTok Ban Becomes Law in MT & More

State Mental Healthcare Access Legislation, Insurer Crackdown on Weight Loss Drugs & More

Red-State, Blue-State Divide on ESG Legislation

State Leadership on Data Privacy Creating Regulatory Patchwork

FL’s Broad Anti-ESG Law, Feds’ Take on Bank Failures & More