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Blog Post:
Flurry of Statehouse Action On Daily Fantasy Sports
Mary Peck
Legislation related to daily fantasy sports (DFS) has been drafted or introduced this year in 16 states, according to LegalSportsReport.com, which covers the legal online sports wagering industry. The bills generally seek to legalize DFS in states that don’t allow fantasy sports or to regulate...
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13 Nov 2015
Blog Post:
States Still Divesting from Iran
Mary Peck
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books prohibiting at least some state pension or retirement funds from investing in companies that do a certain amount of business in Iran. Ten of those states also have laws on the books prohibiting at least some government contracts with...
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12 Feb 2016
Blog Post:
More States Oppose Obama Immigration Policy Than Support
Mary Peck
Texas and twenty-five other states have filed suit to block President Obama’s executive actions in November shielding undocumented immigrants from deportation for three years, according to the Pew Research Center. Twelve states have filed an amicus, or “friend of the court,” brief in...
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18 Mar 2016
Blog Post:
Flurry of Remote Sales Tax Bills in States This Year
Mary Peck
At least a dozen states have introduced legislation in 2016 related to out-of-state, or remote, sales taxes, according to LexisNexis State Net’s legislative tracking database. Most of the bills have been aimed at expanding the definition of a state presence, or “nexus,” for sales tax...
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8 Apr 2016
Blog Post:
Little Correlation Between Gun Laws and Worst Mass Shootings
Mary Peck
Three of the eight states where the deadliest mass shootings since 1984 have occurred - California, Connecticut and New York - are among those with the strictest gun laws, according to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. None of those shootings took place in states ranked lowest on gun laws by the...
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8 Jul 2016
Blog Post:
Texas et al Win Challenge To Obama Immigration Policy
Mary Peck
Twenty-five states joined Texas in challenging President Obama’s executive actions on immigration policy in November 2014, expanding temporary relief from deportation for undocumented immigrants. Fifteen states also filed amicus, or “friend of the court,” briefs supporting those executive...
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15 Jul 2016
Blog Post:
Most States Allow Transportation Network Companies
Mary Peck
Thirty-seven states have passed laws regulating transportation network companies (TNCs), according to the R Street Institute and LexisNexis State Net’s legislative tracking database. The most recent addition to that group is Delaware, where Gov. Jack Markell (D) signed SB 262 last week. TNC legislation...
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12 Aug 2016
Blog Post:
Most States Taking Action on Cybersecurity
Mary Peck
As of Oct. 30 at least 43 states had introduced over 240 bills and resolutions related to cybersecurity this year, according to analysis of LexisNexis State Net data by the National Conference of State Legislatures. Twenty-seven of those states have enacted bills, and four have adopted resolutions. Among...
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8 Dec 2017
Blog Post:
Sports Wagering Getting Play in States This Year
Mary Peck
Fourteen states have introduced over 40 bills dealing with sports betting this year, according to LexisNexis State Net’s legislative tracking system . Four states - Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and West Virginia - account for more than half of the measures. One of the bills, West Virginia SB 415...
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5 Apr 2018
Blog Post:
Half of States Have Considered Internet Privacy Bills in 2017-18
Mary Peck
At least 27 states have considered but only two, Oregon and Virginia, have passed legislation dealing with internet privacy in the current session, according to information compiled from the National Conference of State Legislatures and LexisNexis State Net. Many of the measures were introduced last...
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8 Jun 2018
Blog Post:
Many States Taken Action but Many Yet to Act on Wayfair Ruling
Mary Peck
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that a law passed by South Dakota had freed it from a longstanding legal precedent barring states from imposing sales taxes on internet and mail-order retailers that did not have a physical presence within their borders, some predicted there would be a flurry...
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7 Sep 2018
Blog Post:
Data Privacy Popular Issue in States
Mary Peck
At least 33 states have considered legislation this session dealing specifically with the privacy of personal data. Nineteen of those states have enacted data privacy measures. They include California, which enacted AB 375 , modeled after the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation...
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14 Sep 2018
Blog Post:
Over Half of States Have Passed Private-Sector Data Security Laws
Mary Peck
As of the start of this year, at least 25 states had passed laws requiring businesses that handle personal data to implement security procedures to protect that information from unauthorized access, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. LexisNexis State Net’s legislative tracking...
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31 May 2019