Commission Meeting Minutes

February 20 Meeting

The Mississippi Gaming Commission held its regular monthly meeting on Thursday, February 20, at 9:00 a.m. at the Jackson offices of the Mississippi Gaming Commission. Executive...

In a rescript opinion issued this morning in Gentili v. Town of Sturbridge (pdf), the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled that a municipality’s...

On February 20, 2020, the California Energy Commission approved its first community solar system under the 2019 Energy Code, which allows developers of new homes within Sacramento Municipal Utility District (“SMUD”) to meet...

In 2011, The Fair Share Act, 42 Pa. C.S.A. § 7402, became law. The Fair Share Act...

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has unveiled a sweeping legislative proposal regarding harassment in the workplace...

In a move that may not please Postmaster General Megan G. Brennan, California Assembly Member James Gallagher has introduced a ...

In a recent district court decision, Judge Stark (D. Del.) further clarified the scope of the rights derived from a Patent Term Extension (PTE) during the extension period.

On January 7, 2020, Judge...

As the #metoo movement strengthened in 2018, the State of California worked quickly to enact legislation requiring harassment prevention training, not just for supervisors, but for all employees. At the same time, California...

One practice that has plagued the insurance industry in recent years has been contractors soliciting homeowners to make insurance claims after a hailstorm, for example, and then obtaining an assignment of rights to the claim...

Welcome to the 2020 Legislative Brief, your one-stop shop for legislative news from a variety of sources throughout West Virginia, and my view of the legislative happenings on the horizon. Today marks the 45th day of the 60-Day...

Wrapping up our multi-part series on the recent revisions to the CCPA draft regulations...

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has issued numerous decisions over the past few years regarding an insurer’s duty to defend its insured under liability insurance. On February 13, 2020, the Court added Choinsky v. Germantown...

As everyone in the securities industry appreciates, a registered representative’s departure from one broker-dealer firm to join another is a not uncommon event. Such departures, even when voluntary and made on good terms, can...

RLUIPA’s equal terms provision requires municipalities to treat religious uses no worse than analogous secular assembly uses.  Generally, if a municipality wants to either prohibit religious uses from a certain zone or subject...

Why This Matters

Last week, the California Supreme Court dealt tech giant Apple Inc. a blow when the Court ...

In the class action, In re Towers Watson & Co. Stockholders Litigation, C.A. no. 2018-0132-KSJM (Del. Ch. July 25, 2019), the...

Act 45 of 2019 amended the definition of “Alcoholic Cider” to limit the definition of products that were produced from apples, apple juice concentrate and water, pears, or pear juice concentrate and water. This new definition...