A conservative free speech group appeared successful Friday at persuading a Sixth Circuit panel that a Detroit-area public transit authority cannot ban its anti-Muslim ads for being overtly political.
Read moreThe National Rifle Association’s legal challenge to a Los Angeles ordinance requiring businesses to disclose any links with the advocacy group received a boost Wednesday when a federal judge temporarily blocked the law.
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The California Fish and Game Commission approved protections Wednesday for five of six populations of the foothill yellow-legged frog.
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The Libertarian Party of Arkansas argued before an Eighth Circuit panel Wednesday that the state’s new election law requiring more than double the signatures within a 90-day timeframe to get on the ballot is unconstitutional.
Read moreAlligator farms and retailers claim California passed an unconstitutional law barring them from selling crocodile or alligator leather goods, in federal court.
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More than three years after California voters broadly legalized marijuana, a state panel is considering whether its high-inducing chemical, THC, should be declared a risk to pregnant women and require warnings.
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The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday extinguished a sweeping legal challenge from an e-cigarette company claiming the Food and Drug Administration has violated federal law in how it has chosen to regulate the company’s products.
Read moreWith a monumental privacy law set to take effect in just a few weeks, privacy advocates, corporate lawyers and representatives from trade groups and financial institutions flocked to a public hearing in San Francisco on Wednesday to voice the almost unanimous view that the California Consumer Privacy Act still needs some work.
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Hundreds of thousands of Americans are set to lose their food stamp benefits under tighter state requirements unveiled by the Trump administration Wednesday.
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Several hospital groups sued the Trump administration Wednesday in an effort to keep their procedure prices secret as health care costs – and profits – continue to rise.
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The Trump administration announced new rules Friday that would require hospitals and insurers to disclose the actual cost of common medical procedures.
Read moreThe Environmental Protection Agency cannot ignore “legacy uses” of chemicals when evaluating their impact on public health, the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday while upholding most new rules for reviewing toxic substances.
Read moreThe D.C. Circuit on Friday reinstated tech workers’ challenge to a Homeland Security rule allowing the spouses of guest workers to apply for jobs, finding they face increased competition due to the rule.
Read moreImmigrant advocacy attorneys attacked a government rule Thursday, saying it would restrict people crossing the U.S-Mexico border from seeking asylum in the U.S. without providing a safe alternative.
Read moreA government agency is recommending that all 50 states enact laws requiring bicyclists to wear helmets to stem an increase in bicycle deaths on U.S. roadways.
Read moreAnnouncing the latest in a series of regulatory breaks for the coal industry, the Trump administration called Monday to roll back a set of 2015 Obama-era guidelines crafted to reduce the concentration of toxic coal-ash runoff into waterways.
Read moreEverglades Harvesting and Hauling et al. sued Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia in federal court, claiming he illegally reversed a policy on whether transportation of agricultural products to storage or processing constitutes agricultural labor for eligibility for the H-2A nonimmigrant visa program.
Read moreThe USDA on Thursday issued its interim final rule on hemp production in America, clearing the way for farmers to cultivate what could be a highly lucrative — or highly speculative — new crop.
Read moreA civil rights group and the Wyoming ranchers it represents are celebrating the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to walk back its new cattle-tagging regulations after the ranchers challenged the rules in court.
Read moreThe New York City Council approved an ambitious new street-safety plan Wednesday that includes 250 miles of new protected bike lanes as well as more space for pedestrians.
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