Michigan Approves New Laws Limiting COVID-19-Related Liability - H.B. 6030, H.B. 6031, H.B. 6032, H.B. 6101 Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 10/23/2020 2:56:00 PM Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed four bills into law on October 22, 2020 - - H.B. 6030, H.B. 6031, H.B. 6032, H.B. 6101 -- to limit unwarranted COVID-19 exposure-related lawsuits against businesses and protect workers against workplace infection. The Insights Association supported the bills, which were locked together as a legislative package. Read More
New California Law A.B. 1281 Extends B2B and Employee Data Exemptions in CCPA That Were Expiring Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 9/30/2020 4:18:00 PM California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed A.B. 1281 into law, extending the sunset date on critical exemptions for employment and business-to-business data from the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as urged by the Insights Association. Read More
Insights Association Joins TCPA Challenge at the Supreme Court Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 9/14/2020 4:41:00 PM The Insights Association joined an amicus brief in a U.S. Supreme Court challenge to the definition of an autodialer in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The leading nonprofit trade association representing the marketing research and data analytics industry joined 10 other business groups in the filing, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Financial Services Association, and Business Roundtable. Read More
DC Rejects New Tax on Data Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 7/29/2020 9:26:00 AM The City Council for Washington, DC voted on July 28, 2020 to reject the proposed three percent tax on the sale of data, as requested by the Insights Association and a large coalition of interested businesses and associations. Read More
New Louisiana Law S.B. 435 Provides COVID-19 Liability Protection to Insights Businesses as They Reopen Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 6/23/2020 3:07:00 PM A new law in Louisiana, backed by the Insights Association, provides people and businesses in the state basic protection from liability for exposure to COVID-19 during the “public health emergency” if following “applicable government standards and guidance.” Read More
Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act Signed Into Law Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 6/5/2020 3:14:00 PM President Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act (H.R. 7010), legislation advocated by the Insights Association, into law on June 5, 2020. It improves the ability of small businesses to utilize the Small Business Administration (SBA)'s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to offset the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. IA endorsed the Act (and its Senate counterpart) and urged Congress to pass it. Read More
California A.B. 3007 Defeated, Would Have Prevented Most Research Calls to Californians Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 6/3/2020 3:42:00 PM Legislation opposed by the Insights Association that would have prohibited most marketing research calls to Californians (at their residential, business or cell phone lines) has been defeated in the state legislature. Read More
President Trump Signs Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act into Law Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 4/20/2020 3:19:00 PM President Donald Trump signed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 226) into law on April 25, 2020, providing $484 billion in financial assistance and funding for various programs in response to the COVID-19 crisis, including the small business loan programs launched and expanded by the March 27th CARES Act. Read More
Insights Association Calls for Suspension of Non-Compete Agreements Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 4/7/2020 1:32:00 PM The Insights Association today called upon its members and all organizations operating in the market research and data analytics space during this time of economic tumult to forgo enforcement of noncompete agreements for staff involuntarily separated from their organizations without full compensation. Read More
Non-Compete Agreements in the Insights Industry Howard Fienberg Government Affairs 4/7/2020 1:23:00 PM How should the U.S. insights industry approach the “iron triangle” of employment agreements – Non-Competes, Non-Disclosures and Non-Solicits – especially during the COVID-19 crisis? Read More