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The National Law Review provides visitors a free online legal news resource, providing the latest news, legislation, and relevant stories in utilities and transportation law. Covering topics from autonomous vehicles and artificial intelligence, to the new legal issues emerging surrounding these technologies in the US and around the world, visitors will learn about the latest developments in utilities and transportation law as they unfold.

The utility law section provides detailed information on Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the Department of Transportation (DOT), and other agency news. The National Law Review has weekly updates on Airline regulations from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the use of unmanned aircraft carriers, use of drones in military actions, and other government stories are analyzed by the legal experts at the National Law Review.

Visitors will find details on new legislation from government agencies that regulate the utilities and transportation sector. Compliance under the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) guidelines relating to new vehicles, and regulations related to self-driving cars, are covered on the site. Safety concerns in transportation, including litigation and regulation developments, are reported on and analyzed.

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Feb
13
2012
Audit Evaluates Compliance with Accounting and Reporting Regulations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
9
2012
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Nonmetallic Mining Ordinance is not a Zoning Ordinance Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Feb
9
2012
Pizza Delivery Driver's Accident Uncovered Because Insured Failed to List All of its Businesses Williams Kastner
Feb
8
2012
States Added to Coverage Under the Transport Rule Excused from Compliance ArentFox Schiff LLP
Feb
7
2012
New Lakers Will Have Latest Emissions Scrubbing Technology Varnum LLP
Feb
7
2012
Q&A / Exploring Global Opportunities: Challenges and Resources for Midwest Companies Much Shelist, P.C.
Feb
7
2012
FERC Staff Proposes Process on Advising EPA on Extension Requests Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Feb
6
2012
Yes Auditors, Our Legislation Encourages “Deadhead” Travel Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
6
2012
Maryland Poised to Develop Offshore Wind Resources McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
5
2012
Presidential Commission Recommends Nuclear Waste Management and Funding Reforms McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
5
2012
EPA Offers a Regulatory Reprieve to Great Lakes Steamships Varnum LLP
Jan
30
2012
Italian Government Stops Incentives for Ground-Mounted PV plants on Agricultural Lands McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
30
2012
Loophole in Senate Bill May Create Nuclear Risks Center for Public Integrity
Jan
29
2012
Ozarks Electric Cooperative Sued By EEOC For Religious Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Jan
29
2012
Texas Commission Requires Public Disclosure of Fracking Chemicals McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
28
2012
Cell Tower Emissions (or Radiation) - the Law Varnum LLP
Jan
25
2012
Michigan Initiates 2011 Ballast Water Reporting Program Varnum LLP
Jan
17
2012
Here We Go Again: Another Attempt at Recovery for Ratepayers Resulting from KeySpan-Morgan Stanley Swap Bracewell LLP
Jan
16
2012
Congress Passes New Bill Aimed at Pipeline Safety Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
15
2012
New Federal Excise Tax Rates: New FET Rate Will Apply to Certain Aircraft Operators Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
15
2012
Wyoming: Work at Your Own Risk Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jan
15
2012
EC to Regulate Market Abuse in Wholesale Power and Natural Gas Transactions McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
14
2012
Top 12 Energy Issues for 2012 Bracewell LLP
Jan
7
2012
Insurance for 50 Years? Check Cell Tower Leases. Varnum LLP
Jan
6
2012
West Virginia Enacts Comprehensive Horizontal Gas Wells Statute Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jan
3
2012
FERC Imposes Conditions on Proposed Duke-Progress Merger Poyner Spruill LLP
Dec
31
2011
Energy Center Planned for Site TBD on Muskegon Lake Varnum LLP
Dec
30
2011
Europe’s Cargo Theft Troubles: Risk Atlas Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Dec
28
2011
No Countervailing Duties on Chinese Imports: Possibility of Refunds Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
26
2011
MSHA Announces Results of November Impact Inspections U.S. Department of Labor
Dec
26
2011
EEOC Sues Midwest ISO for Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Dec
26
2011
Michigan Coal Plant(s) Off the Table Varnum LLP
Dec
20
2011
D.C. Circuit Upholds Rule Change by National Mediation Board Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
19
2011
Treasury Clarifies 5 Percent Safe Harbor Ownership Guidelines for Section 1603 Grants for Renewable Energy Projects McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
18
2011
Mercury Falling: Groundbreaking Power Plant Emissions Rule Imminent Center for Public Integrity
Dec
16
2011
Paper Mill Air Pollution Standards 25 Years Out of Date, Environmental Groups Sue EPA Center for Public Integrity
Dec
11
2011
Transit Pass and Vanpool Benefits to Shrink to $125 Per Month in 2012 McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
10
2011
As Congress Tries to Wrest Control from Agencies, Questions on Safety and Health for Citizens Center for Public Integrity
Dec
10
2011
Commission Orders BPA to Provide Comparable Transmission Access Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
7
2011
Task Force Established by President Obama Releases Final Strategy for Reversing Deterioration of Gulf Ecosystem/USDA $50 million financial assistance for restoration projects announced as Task Force efforts shift from planning to action U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dec
6
2011
Charting Supply Chain Risk in China – It’s Worse Than in Japan Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Nov
27
2011
Limits on Mercury and Soot Could Save Billions, Improve Public Health, Studies Say Center for Public Integrity
Nov
22
2011
EPA Proposes Changes to Underground Storage Tank Regulations Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Nov
20
2011
China’s First Merger Control Decision Approving a Joint Venture—GE & Shenhua McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
7
2011
FAA Scrutinizes Non-Citizen Trusts Vedder Price
Nov
6
2011
Allegations of Conspiracy to Fix Prices in Ohio Rock Salt Duopoly Flunk "Plausibility" Analysis Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
6
2011
Nebraska May Trip Up Pipeline: Canadian Company that Wants to Build Oil Pipeline Through Six States Increases Lobbying in Nebraska and Washington, D.C. Center for Public Integrity
Nov
6
2011
California's High Speed Rail Project: Business Plan Released Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Nov
2
2011
Reregistering Vessels After Foreclosure Sale Vedder Price
Nov
1
2011
HS Football Playoffs = Use of Charter Buses Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
 

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