On October 17, 2018, Canada celebrated Legalization Day – an event marking the end of a prohibition against recreational cannabis use. 

Don’t waive the checkered flag yet in autonomous race in San Francisco.

On Friday, October 19, 2018, the Maryland Attorney General (AG) filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) regarding Maryland’s drug price gouging law (the Law)– the first state law enacted to prohibit alleged drug price gouging by manufacturers.

Long-anticipated changes to California’s Proposition 65 warning requirements took effect on August 30, 2018, through amendments and new rules issued by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.

President Trump is expected to sign into law a bill which will – among other things – expand the scope of the Open Payments reporting requirements mandated by Section 6002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (often referred to as the Sunshine Act).

Long-anticipated changes to California’s Proposition 65 warning requirements took effect on August 30, 2018, through amendments and new rules issued by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.

Efforts to update FDA’s personal care products regulations continue as Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) recently introduced H.R. 6903, the “Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2018.” 

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On September 28, 2018, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) filed an amended complaint to revive its lawsuit seeking to block implementation and enforcement of California’s drug price transparency law.

In December 2017, Congress passed major changes to the tax laws.

On October 1, 2018, the New York State Department of Labor announced its final regulations to prevent workplace harassment.

In the last hour of the last day of last month, with 30 minutes to spare, US Trade Representative Lighthizer met the US self-imposed deadline and formally sent to Congress the agreed-upon text of a US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA.

The newest auto and tech BFF’s have joined the club.

California Gov. Jerry Brown, in a surprise move, vetoed a wide-ranging bill backed by the California New Car Dealers Association over his concerns regarding a formula automakers would have had to use to pay dealers for warranty and recall repairs.

Last week, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) published in the Federal Register its Final Order placing FDA-approved cannabidiol drug products (CBD) containing no more than 0.1 percent tetrahydrocannabinols in schedule V of the Controlled Substances Act. 

US Customs and Border Protection’s Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations, Todd Owen, recently spoke with Politico and confirmed that CBP will continue to apply long-standing US federal laws and regulations that treat marijuana as a banned substance at the US border. 

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Starting on January 1, 2020, fashion and retail companies from around the world will need to comply with the strongest online privacy law in the United States, the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.

Arent Fox is pleased to announce the launch of the Investigations Blog, a dedicated resource for legal updates and analysis on key enforcement news for companies and executives in highly regulated industries.

The residents will get to participate in the process.