Category: Policies and Practices

House Votes Once Again To Decriminalize Marijuana

The U.S. House of Representatives, on pretty much a party-line vote, has once again approved a bill that would decriminalize marijuana under federal law, establish a process to expunge convictions for marijuana-related offenses, and impose a federal tax on marijuana products sold at the state level, among other things. The so-called Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act was passed...

U.S. and EU Announce Agreement on New Framework To Facilitate Cross-Border Data Transfers

In an important development for U.S. companies that operate within the nations of the European Union (EU), U.S. and EU negotiators have reached an agreement in principle on a new framework to govern cross-border data transfers that the two sides hope will facilitate compliance with the EU’s strict privacy laws. As explained in more detail below, it likely will be...