Tuesday afternoon, the New York Office of Cannabis Management responded to concerns of its strict cannabis testing requirements by eliminating criteria for bacteria, yeast and mold limitations.

The Office of Cannabis Management in New York state has provided further guidance on how adult-use conditional cultivators (AUCCs) must measure and report the square footage...

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance (the "Department") has created a new webpage addressing the adult-use cannabis product taxation structure...

Gov. Kathy Hochul recently vetoed a bill that would have drastically changed the notification requirements for trust beneficiaries and fiduciaries. Bill No. S8892, introduced by Sen. James Skoufis...

On May 26, the New York State Department of Health ("DOH") published the 2022 Value Based Payment (VBP) Reporting Requirements Technical Specifications Manual, available on the DOH website.

As Buffalo was dealt a deluge of snow, Albany found a flurry of legislation being signed into law by Governor Hochul.

Beginning in 2023, the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government ("CELG"), formerly known as the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (commonly referred to as "JCOPE...

The regulations, which are nearly identical to what the CCB proposed June 1, go into effect immediately.

For nearly 75 years, employers have held the right to gather employees at work for mandatory meetings to discuss, in a non-coercive manner, the employer's views concerning unionization.

On December 28, 2022, New York State Register published a summary of the New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General's ("OMIG") Notice of Adoption for Rulemaking...

After New York Governor Kathy Hochul created a new Pharmacy Benefits Bureau within the Department of Financial Services specifically charged with regulating and licensing Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs),...

On January 5, 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) reported Peloton agreed to pay a $19,065,000 civil penalty as a settlement regarding its Tread+ treadmill, approximately a year and a half after the CPSC and Peloton jointly announced the recall of the Tread+ treadmill in May 2021.

New York State's mask mandate on private business will expire on Thursday, February 10th, 2022. The mandate required mask-wearing indoors at all "indoor public places" (e.g., businesses) unless the business required proof of vaccination for entry.

Today we're visiting the desert and exploring Arizona's approach to this important area of public finance law.

On December 5, 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed adding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) subject to reporting under the Emergency Planning and Community...

The ripple effect from the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization has prompted the federal Office of Health and Human Services...

The Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General ("OIG") has offered an opinion on providing a gift card to certain Medicare Advantage plan enrollees who complete...

The New York Department of Health (DOH) announced on October 31st it was extending the deadline for claim submissions on the Healthcare Worker Bonus (HWB) Portal until November 30.

The New York Department of Health (DOH) announced November 30th it is releasing a survey for enrolled Medicaid providers who meet the eligibility criteria for the Healthcare Worker Bonus...

We continue our series exploring the lack of uniformity – and sometimes lack of guidance – that makes it challenging to interpret state Blue Sky laws...