Mexican officials presented a letter from President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to House Ways & Means Chairman Richard Neal Oct. 17 that he is asking the national legislature and state legislatures to increase what they are spending on labor reform in the coming year, including an additional $18.8 million for federal labor courts, $18 million for local conciliation center, $13.5 million for local labor courts and $10 million for training, public education and verification related to the new contracts. The federal government will provide a property worth $23 million to the new labor center, he said,
Mexican officials presented a letter from President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to House Ways & Means Chairman Richard Neal Oct. 17 that he is asking the national legislature and state legislatures to increase what they are spending on labor reform in the coming year, including an additional $18.8 million for federal labor courts, $18 million for local conciliation center, $13.5 million for local labor courts and $10 million for training, public education and verification related to the new contracts. The federal government will provide a property worth $23 million to the new labor center, he said,
The Commerce Department’s Oct. 9 blacklisting of several Chinese technology companies may not impact trade negotiations this week but could lead to significant retaliation against U.S. companies, trade experts said. And while the Trump administration insisted the Entity List decisions were unrelated to trade talks with China, the move unnerved U.S. companies impacted by the trade war that fear Commerce’s announcement could expedite the release of China’s so-called "unreliable entity list."
Ex-FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler hopes California and other states “rush through” the door opened by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruling the FCC can’t pre-empt state net neutrality policies with its 2018 order, he emailed Wednesday. Vacating the pre-emption declaration “in and of itself doesn’t mean California and Vermont can ignore parallel judicial process,” countered Wilkinson Barker's Raymond Gifford. California and Vermont AGs agreed not to enforce their net neutrality laws while the D.C. Circuit decision was pending, in exchange for challengers of the state laws pausing lawsuits against the states. “It is clear, based on judges’ language in the California and Vermont cases, that neither state can enforce their legislation (or, in Vermont’s case, its parallel Executive Order) yet -- regardless of any potential desire,” emailed Gifford, a former Colorado Public Utilities Commission chairman. The judge in the Vermont case stopped the state from enforcing or directing enforcement of the law and EO “in any respect until 30 days after the expiration of the stay,” and Gifford said the “stay doesn’t lift until either the period for seeking further review from the D.C. Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court expires, or the D.C. Circuit or Supreme Court issue a final decision.” In California, the judge’s “stay is predicated on the state of California, in a stipulation, agreeing to ‘not take any action to enforce, or direct the enforcement of, Senate Bill 822 in any respect, including through participation in private action seeking to enforce Senate Bill 822,’” he said. California and Vermont AG offices confirmed Wednesday they must wait (see 1910020028).
Ex-FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler hopes California and other states “rush through” the door opened by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruling the FCC can’t pre-empt state net neutrality policies with its 2018 order, he emailed Wednesday. Vacating the pre-emption declaration “in and of itself doesn’t mean California and Vermont can ignore parallel judicial process,” countered Wilkinson Barker's Raymond Gifford. California and Vermont AGs agreed not to enforce their net neutrality laws while the D.C. Circuit decision was pending, in exchange for challengers of the state laws pausing lawsuits against the states. “It is clear, based on judges’ language in the California and Vermont cases, that neither state can enforce their legislation (or, in Vermont’s case, its parallel Executive Order) yet -- regardless of any potential desire,” emailed Gifford, a former Colorado Public Utilities Commission chairman. The judge in the Vermont case stopped the state from enforcing or directing enforcement of the law and EO “in any respect until 30 days after the expiration of the stay,” and Gifford said the “stay doesn’t lift until either the period for seeking further review from the D.C. Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court expires, or the D.C. Circuit or Supreme Court issue a final decision.” In California, the judge’s “stay is predicated on the state of California, in a stipulation, agreeing to ‘not take any action to enforce, or direct the enforcement of, Senate Bill 822 in any respect, including through participation in private action seeking to enforce Senate Bill 822,’” he said. California and Vermont AG offices confirmed Wednesday they must wait (see 1910020028).
House Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., hopes for a bipartisan agreement with ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., on privacy legislation (see 1909060046). If one isn't reached, Schakowsky's prepared to move forward alone. “I’m more and more hopeful that we’re going to have a bipartisan bill, and once we confirm that, we can put out a draft for people to see,” Schakowsky told us last week. “If not, we’re still going to move forward, but I’m hopeful.”
House Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., hopes for a bipartisan agreement with ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., on privacy legislation (see 1909060046). If one isn't reached, Schakowsky's prepared to move forward alone. “I’m more and more hopeful that we’re going to have a bipartisan bill, and once we confirm that, we can put out a draft for people to see,” Schakowsky told us last week. “If not, we’re still going to move forward, but I’m hopeful.”
House Consumer Protection Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., hopes for a bipartisan agreement with ranking member Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., on privacy legislation (see 1909060046). If one isn't reached, Schakowsky's prepared to move forward alone. “I’m more and more hopeful that we’re going to have a bipartisan bill, and once we confirm that, we can put out a draft for people to see,” Schakowsky told us last week. “If not, we’re still going to move forward, but I’m hopeful.”
FCC allies in Tuesday's federal court decision on the Communications Act Title II rollback order (see 1910010018) consider appeal unlikely. Petitioner allies are less sure. California and Vermont’s litigated net neutrality laws remain on hold, those states’ attorneys generals confirmed Wednesday.
FCC allies in Tuesday's federal court decision on the Communications Act Title II rollback order (see 1910010018) consider appeal unlikely. Petitioner allies are less sure. California and Vermont’s litigated net neutrality laws remain on hold, those states’ attorneys generals confirmed Wednesday.