West Virginia: Innovating in the Insurance Industry
West Virginia’s Cardinal Institute proved instrumental in ushering House Bill 2221 through their state legislature before receiving Governor Jim Justice’s signature. West Virginia now joins several other states that have created...
Utah Blazing a Trail for Welcoming Innovation
Known as a “regulatory sandbox,” this new legal option allows business owners to seek shelter under a one-year program (with a one-year extension option), which would suspend a law or regulation that stands in their way, while...
How a Sandbox Could Spur Economic Recovery
As applied to legal systems, a regulatory sandbox is an approach where a company can offer its products and services under the suspension of a particular law or regulation that might have otherwise inhibited it — and the concept...
First Non-Lawyer Owned Law Firm Opens in Utah
This was only possible because the Utah Supreme Court approved and created the country's first legal services sandbox. The goal of the sandbox program is to get companies like Law on Call to find new and innovative ways to...
How Utah Aims to Help Businesses Flourish After Pandemic
Where many states have created legal complications for companies wanting to serve their customers, Utah is providing them the option to hit the 'pause' button on any law or regulation that stands in their way.
South Dakota: Innovating in the Insurance Industry
The insurance industry is often bloated with extreme barriers for entry but is ripe for innovation. Rather than shutting down innovative companies or preventing creative products from ever making it onto the market, the insurance...
Utah Adopts Regulatory Reform to Encourage Innovation
As the state looks to recover from the pandemic, it needs to do everything in its power to position businesses to get back on their feet and be successful moving forward. Regulatory reform can offer a promising avenue to explore,...
Let’s prepare for Utah’s future economy
The state must be forward-looking as we recover from COVID-19, and ensure we cultivate an economy that can allow small and large businesses alike to thrive for decades to come. That is where a “regulatory sandbox” can be both a...
HB 217: Creating a Legal Structure to Encourage Innovation
This bill creates an all-inclusive regulatory sandbox so innovative companies and business models can be shielded temporarily from punishment for coming into conflict with outdated laws or regulations.
Utah’s legal sandbox is gaining steam
The regulatory "sandbox" for legal services in Utah is the first of its kind in the nation — and it's already making positive changes.