By
Aly McDevitt2025-08-18T17:44:00
In 2020, German carmaker Daimler AG (now known as Mercedes-Benz Group AG) paid $1.5 billion to settle with U.S. authorities after it was accused of cheating emissions tests in 250,000 Mercedes-Benz diesel vehicles. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) found illegal software in the cars following the Volkswagen scandal, and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) supported the case.
Today, the issue isn’t emissions cheating. It’s about CARB’s legal authority. And now, the carmaker is on the other side of the fight.
2025-08-28T18:44:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The Trump administration has intensified its fight with California as the DOJ launched an investigation into whether the state’s environmental agency is violating federal law by pursuing racial equity.
2025-08-13T19:45:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reopened its guidance portal on Wednesday. This online portal is a searchable database of EPA guidance documents, first created during President Donald Trump’s first term and shuttered under the Biden administration.
2025-07-30T15:56:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has placed a decades-old rule that limits air pollution from cars and trucks on the chopping block, potentially endangering the Clean Air Act.
2025-10-24T18:05:00Z By Adrianne Appel
Nine states are collaborating to write and enforce comprehensive data privacy laws, in an effort to protect consumers across jurisdictions and due to the absence of a broad, federal privacy law.
2025-10-24T16:45:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
Canada’s financial intelligence agency has issued its largest-ever penalties against a cryptocurrency exchange, a fine of $126 million (CA$176.9 million). The agency said the exchange’s compliance failures represented a “severe breach of Canada’s anti–money laundering framework.”
2025-10-22T18:22:00Z By Adrianne Appel
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) wants financial firms to step up their game when it comes to third parties and cybersecurity.
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