By Cheryl Miller | April 25, 2017
California's Department of Motor Vehicles on Monday closed the public comment period on its proposed testing and deployment rules for driverless cars. On Tuesday it opened the doors to a public hearing on those rules. Dozens of manufacturers, software developers, insurers and interested residents showed up. Here are four takeaways.
By Cheryl Miller | April 25, 2017
A Southern California assemblyman on Monday shelved legislation that would have blocked cities from taxing streaming video services such as Netflix and Hulu.
By Cheryl Miller | April 22, 2017
Attorney General Xavier Becerra has filled top posts in his office with civil rights and federal agency lawyers, a nod to his 24 years in Congress and his new role as a Trump administration antagonist.
By Marcia Coyle | April 20, 2017
A team from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, representing the medical marijuana advocate Americans for Safe Access, isn't holding its breath for federal drug enforcement officials to erase their alleged misstatements about the health risks of cannabis.
By Victoria Hudgins | April 20, 2017
The state House of Representatives passed HB 595, an act that provides condo owners and condo associations with procedures for alternative dispute resolution and filing complaints to the Bureau of Consumer Protection when issues arise.
By C. Ryan Barber | April 20, 2017
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, is proposing to rename the Obama-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to the "Consumer Law Enforcement Agency." The proposed change was tucked into a nearly 600-page draft of Hensarling's new Financial Choice Act, which the House Financial Services Committee is set to discuss at a hearing April 26.
By Cheryl Miller | April 19, 2017
California judges and their spouses should not hold a financial interest in marijuana enterprises, even though medical and recreational cannabis use is legal in California, a state Supreme Court ethics committee said in a formal opinion Wednesday.
By David Gialanella | April 19, 2017
Among the myriad topics New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino was asked to address by lawmakers was the Department of Law and Public Safety's proposed budget reductions, and how that might square with outside legal fees.
By Cheryl Miller | April 18, 2017
Faced with opposition from the tech lobby, a Bay Area lawmaker has gutted legislation that would have required self-driving cars registered in California to be zero-emission vehicles.
By C. Ryan Barber | April 18, 2017
Netspend and its parent company Total System Services have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying on prepaid card rules and other regulatory matters. The two companies are not backing down. Netspend is pushing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to delay its new rule, and on Capitol Hill, Total System Services is jumping into an effort, sponsored by Republican lawmakers, to tear up the new regulation.
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