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United States: Rhode Island Enacts Comprehensive Pay Equity Law - Littler Mendelson

Mondaq

Rhode Island has joined the growing ranks of states that have enacted a sweeping pay equity statute. The Rhode Island law, which takes effect on January 1, 2023

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Environmental Rights in State Constitutions

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

However, the constitutions of six states do have provisions with explicit environmental rights – Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Montana, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. (The plaintiffs are now back in the district court seeking much more modest relief.).

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Using New York Law to Advance Equity in the Transportation & Climate Initiative Program: New Report

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Four jurisdictions (Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut and the District of Columbia) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding committing to the TCI program. The initiative seeks to reduce greenhouse through a cap-and-invest model that taxes fuel providers and reinvests the proceeds in clean transportation.

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Too Clever By Half: Why Public Nuisance is Again at the Heart of a Public Health Debate

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It has limits, however—most notably the standard statute of limitations, which commonly range from one to four years. By alleging a nuisance that creates a continuing injury, litigants can dispense with the statute of limitations. The claims were based on third parties’ illegal or harmful use of them. In State v.

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FDA Takes Another Small Step to Increase Naloxone Access

FDA Law Blog

Harm reduction programs typically aren’t medical clinics or pharmacies and would not hold any state licenses that would allow them to purchase prescription drugs; although, at least one state (Rhode Island ) has created a licensure category for harm reduction centers.

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US Supreme Court declines to hear oil company petitions to move climate change cases to federal court

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Each petition focuses on two federal statutes regarding the transfer of a case to federal court: 28 U.S.C. The Rhode Island government brought identical complaints in Shell Oil Products Company LLC v. Rhode Island. 1441(a) and 28 U.S.C. Justice Samuel Alito did not participate in the decision to deny certiorari.

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December 1 Deadline for Biennial Ownership Reports Begins A Busy Regulatory Month for Broadcasters

Broadcast Law Blog

December 1 is also the deadline for noncommercial ownership reports to be filed by noncommercial radio stations in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont , and noncommercial television stations in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota (see our Advisory here ).

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