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Editor: Rich Ehisen Associate Editor: Korey Clark Contributing Editor: Mary Peck, David Giusti Editorial Advisor: Lou Cannon Graphic Design: Vanessa Perez Design

After years of tentative growth, the U.S. job market will pick up a bit more this year, according to Moody's Analytics. The global economic forecasting company projects the nation will add 2.6 million jobs this year — up from 2.2 million in...

Budget & taxes 2014 expected to be 'breakout year' for jobs Politics & leadership Bridge closure controversy comes to head in NJ Governors Cuomo outlines NY medical pot plan Bird’s Eye View Hot...

Hard part just beginning for CA cap-and-trade program: By most measures, California's nascent cap-and-trade program had a solid first year of operation, producing hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for state coffers and, perhaps more important...

States in Regular Session: AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, US, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV States in Special Session: DE "b", WI "b" States in Recess...

States becoming more 'hostile' to abortion: Twenty-two states enacted provisions restricting access to abortion in 2013, making the year second only to 2011 in the number of such enactments, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive...

2014 EXPECTED TO BE 'BREAKOUT YEAR' FOR JOBS: After years of tentative growth, the U.S. job market will pick up a bit more this year, according to Moody's Analytics. The global economic forecasting company projects the nation will add 2.6...

BRIDGE CLOSURE CONTROVERSY COMES TO HEAD IN NJ: The controversy over lane closures on the George Washington Bridge that has been brewing in New Jersey for months reached a crisis point last Wednesday with the release of a cache of email messages linking...

01/14/2014 Arkansas Special Election Senate District 21 Florida Special Primary US House (Congressional District 13) 01/21/2014 Rhode Island Special Primary House District 49 Virginia Special Election Senate District 33 01/28/2014 Alabama Special Election...

CUOMO OUTLINES NY MEDICAL POT PLAN: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced plans to issue an executive order that will launch a pilot program to allow 20 Empire State hospitals to dispense medical marijuana. Conditions for which the drug can be prescribed...

BUSINESS: The NEW JERSEY Assembly approves SB 1226, which would require Garden State bars and other businesses hosting teen social nights to hire police officers for security, limit the age groups that may attend and forbid registered sex offenders from...

At any given time, State Net tracks tens of thousands of bills in all 50 states, US Congress, and the District of Columbia. Here's a snapshot of what's in the legislative works: Number of 2014 Prefiles last week: 1,634 Number of 2015 Prefiles...

THE NAME GAME: For years, Hawaii resident Janice "Lokelani" Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele's driver's license has been not quite right. As Fox News reports, for years Aloha State licenses have only accommodated 35 total characters...

Many states found 2013 to be a year of living dangerously as they struggled with increased pension debts of their own making and unresolved issues dumped in their laps by the federal government. In case you missed it, the story can be found on our...

Editor: Rich Ehisen Associate Editor: Korey Clark Contributing Editor: Mary Peck Editorial Advisor: Lou Cannon Correspondents: Richard Cox (CA), Lauren Davis (MA), Steve Karas (CA) and Ben Livingood (PA) Graphic Design: Vanessa Perez Design

Only three states — Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York — reached their enrollment targets in the first month of open enrollment in the health insurance exchanges created under the Affordable Care Act. All three states, which run their...

Obamacare is clinging to existence. After the bungled rollout of the federal health care website and President Obama's contrite admission that he misled millions of Americans into believing they could keep their insurance policies, opponents of Obamacare...

U.S. multinational companies that adopt global codes of conduct in an effort to “do the right thing” may find those good intentions backfiring?with the results including civil or criminal liability. Read on for The Advisory’s exclusive...

The vast majority of data breaches can be avoidable with even a medium level of security. Experts at a recent cyber risk conference offered guidance on preparation, response teams, rules of engagement and the importance of tracking what you do when a...

Special from ALM Media Properties LLC The Legal Intelligencer® In a compliance meltdown, failure is on such a massive scale that it can put the company in peril of dissolution. Reputation is lost, customers and suppliers avoid the organization...

Special from ALM Media Properties LLC Corporate Counsel® Some companies provide antibribery compliance training because they want to start a dialog with their employees; they hope that broad buy-in from their whole team will translate to good decisions...

As changes implemented by the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) roll out in 2013 and 2014, employers must get a handle on their workplaces. LexisNexis assembled three experts on March 6, 2013, to lead a Webinar focusing on challenges. Read on for...

U.S. Treasury Department Increases Economic Pressure on Iran, Targeting Its Oil Reserves and Human Rights Violations On Feb. 6, the United States tightened sanctions on Iran’s access to its oil revenues and further exposed the Iranian government’s...

BYOD, or Bring Your Own Devices, is a tidal wave, and like any tidal wave, corporations and government agencies are way past the stage of stopping it. We are well into the stage of embracing it, minimizing risks, and making it work to our advantage. Where...

Special from ALM Media Properties, LLC., The Legal Intelligencer® By now, the concept of Upjohn warnings should be familiar to any counsel, whether in-house or external, who represents a corporation’s interests in an internal investigation...