Utilities & Transport

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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Dec
8
2020
Pardon My Drone Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
31
2021
How Your Car Became a Surveillance Weapon Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
19
2022
New North Carolina Executive Order Sets Ambitious Targets for Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Boosting Zero-Emission Vehicle Usage Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jun
12
2023
Does The National Do Not Call Registry Protection Apply to Cell Phones? It depends... Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
6
2013
Checking the "Landscape" of the North Carolina General Assembly's Just-Concluded Session Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jun
17
2014
Coal Ash Afternoon in the North Carolina Senate Committee (SB 729) Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
1
2014
Last North Carolina Law Changes of 2014 - just in time for the holidays Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
9
2015
Regulatory Reform, Uber Decision, Summer Recess: July 2, 2015 North Carolina Legislative Update Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
9
2019
Heavy Metal Murder Machines and the People Who Love Them Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
27
2013
Comverge Asserts Infringement of Patents Disclosing Power Management/Energy Load Devices and Methods against Entek Systems, a Company Operated by Inventors of Some of the Patents Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
26
2013
Fights That Matter: Local Government and State Tangle Over Ownership and Control of an Airport Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
15
2013
Approval of Settlement in Housing Authority Class Action Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
2
2014
North Carolina Court of Appeals Addresses Limitations Period Applicable to Utility Easement Encroachment Claim Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
18
2017
Brexit Poses Issues For Airports, Airlines Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jan
16
2019
Settlement Tracker: Delta Airlines Settles FCRA Class Action Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
19
2021
Biden Administration to Lift COVID-19 Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Visitors and Plans to Reopen Land Border Crossings Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
31
2014
Georgia Federal Court Delivers Markman Order in UPS Case On Order of Text Message Deliveries Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
4
2014
The 'Rents: North Carolina DOT Is Looking to Charge Rents, While Residential Tenants Are Denied Class Certification to Collect Rent Deposits Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
4
2018
Uber Hit With Another TCPA Class Action Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
16
2020
Commercial Contracts: Anticipating and Mitigating Disruptions to Supply and Demand Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
27
2020
In the Market for a Private Jet? Bonus Depreciation, a Boon to Equipment Purchasers Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
27
2020
Frontier Communications Bankruptcy May Create Acquisition Opportunity for Rural Telcos Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
7
2013
City of Asheville and North Carolina Play Game of "Marco Polo" Over Water System Ownership Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Sep
24
2014
Steeda Autosports Seeks to Put the Brakes on Alleged Patent Infringement Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
24
2015
Western District of Virginia: Judge Moon's Denial of Preliminary Injunction in Route 29 Lawsuit Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
22
2015
North Carolina Water and Sewer District: Planning for the Future and Knowing the Past Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
21
2016
Tightening Up Regulations Over Commercial Vehicle Insurance Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
20
2020
Ninth Circuit Again Addresses FCRA’s ‘Standalone’ Disclosure Requirement Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
May
20
2022
Hydrogen: Near Term Challenges & Long Term Opportunities Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jul
31
2013
Federal Agency Approaches, or Lands On, Charlotte Airport Kerfuffle in North Carolina Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Dec
2
2023
Highlighting Key Economic Development Actions from Across the U.S. Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
17
2014
Augusta-Based Eagle Parts Files Complaint Against Allshields, Inc. Alleging Infringement of "Windshield Fastening Device" Patent Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jun
10
2014
North Carolina Trial Court Rules Unconstitutional State Law Transferring Ownership of City's Water System Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
11
2014
Dominion Resources Sending "Final" Requests for Permission to Survey Land for 550-Mile Pipeline Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Mar
26
2015
Take My Home, Please: In Wake of Court Decision, North Carolina General Assembly Seeks to Repeal "Map Act" Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
15
2022
Biden Releases Bipartisan Infrastructure Law “Rural Playbook” Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
17
2014
"Rails to Trails" or "Rails to Trespass": Supreme Court Speaks on the Abandonment of Certain Railroad Rights of Way Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
29
2015
Safely Boarding the School Bus - we're never done. Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Oct
17
2016
Quicksands and Cutting Edges of Law: Do Municipal Utility Customers Possess Due Process and Vested Rights to Continued Sewerage Service? Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Apr
12
2021
American Jobs Plan Targets Resilience, Green Tech, and Remediation to Strengthen Crumbling Infrastructure ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
6
2022
Biden Administration Adopts New Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jan
17
2023
Class Action Year in Review: Logistics ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
7
2023
The Tangle of US Trade Rules – A Market Builders’ Panel at EVS 36 [Podcast] ArentFox Schiff LLP
Apr
8
2014
Cooperation Between Propane Competitors Allegedly Morphs Into Collusion ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jun
25
2014
Supreme Court Limits USEPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations, Refuses to “Wave Goodbye” to Separation of Power Principles ArentFox Schiff LLP
Dec
2
2021
Illinois Sets Course for EV Manufacturing in Illinois ArentFox Schiff LLP
May
7
2012
Illinois Senate Passes Fracking Bill ArentFox Schiff LLP
Aug
11
2022
CFTC’s Historic Enforcement Action Impacting the Oil Industry & Related Derivatives ArentFox Schiff LLP
Feb
15
2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to Enhance Transparency in Natural Gas Market ArentFox Schiff LLP
Aug
8
2013
Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC) Asks BP To Show Cause Why It Should Not Be Assessed a $28 Million Civil Penalty And Disgorge $800,000 In Unjust Profits ArentFox Schiff LLP
 

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