Government Regulation and Public Sector Law

Virginia's retail cannabis market faces continued delays as Governor Spanberger Meanwhile, Idaho voters may decide whether to restrict their own ability to legalize marijuana through ballot initiatives...

In a July 18, 2025 article, we discussed an amendment to New York Labor Law (NYLL) §191 (now codified at NYLL §191(1)(a)) that eliminated liquidated damages in cases involving the late payment of wages for manual workers if certain conditions are met.

New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection has proposed extending the legacy period for its Resilient Environments and Landscapes (REAL) Rules by one year, allowing qualifying permit applications to be reviewed under the previous regulatory framework until July 2027. This extension would provide the agency time to assess potential amendments to streamline permit reviews while maintaining the rules' environmental protection goals, following Governor Sherrill's directive to evaluate regulatory initia

Policy developments over the past two weeks underscore a central theme of today’s space economy: the need to scale. Projections that U.S. launch demand could quadruple in the next decade...

If you have been following water infrastructure construction news over the past year, you have certainly been keeping up to date on the tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump and wondering how these tariffs have affected, and will affect, the price of water infrastructure projects throughout the United States.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a new Binding Operational Directive to federal agencies that updates vulnerability management processes and instructs agencies to prioritize...

The U.S. Department of Justice's April 2026 rescheduling of medical cannabis to Schedule III has fundamentally altered the regulatory and financial landscape for cannabis businesses.

Congress faces mounting challenges as partisan divisions over the Trump Administration's proposed anti-weaponization fund stall FY26 funding negotiations and complicate the FY27 appropriations process.

Our Legislative & Public Policy team is pleased to provide the May 2026 edition of Capital Snapshot, which includes a monthly summary of the issues, events, and timelines driving federal policy and political decisions.

On May 20, 2026, the Justice Department unsealed a superseding indictment against Cuba’s Raúl Castro and five co-defendants for the 1996 shoot-down of two unarmed civilian aircraft over international waters...

The Sanctions Update is compiled by Steptoe’s International Trade and Regulatory Compliance team and Steptoe’s Strategic Risk team.

Former Treasury official Anna Morris discusses the evolution of US counterterrorism and sanctions policy, examining what strategies have succeeded and failed in the war on terror. The conversation explores how sanctions continue to shape American foreign policy objectives and the changing landscape of terrorist financing enforcement.