Latest Legislation Headlines
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McClenny Moseley Sanctioned by 3rd La. Judge for Duplicate Filings
Feb 2 2023 // Attorneys for McClenny Moseley & Associates appeared in a New Orleans courtroom Wednesday to explain why they claimed to represent a homeowner who says she didn’t hire the law firm, but did sign some paperwork...
Home Heating Oil Leak Is Covered Due to Pollution Ambiguity, Rhode Island Court Rules
Feb 1 2023 // The Rhode Island Supreme Court for the first time has found the definition of pollution in a commercial policy ambiguous enough to justify vacating a lower court’s summary judgment in favor of the insurer. The...
Twitter Asks Judge to Toss Out Proposed Sex Bias Class Action
Jan 30 2023 // Twitter Inc. has asked a federal judge to toss out a proposed class action claiming the company targeted female employees during its recent mass layoffs, saying the plaintiffs failed to identify any actual...
Madison Square Garden Ban on ‘Enemy Lawyers’ Prompts Legislation, AG Inquiry
Jan 26 2023 // New York City’s Madison Square Garden and other sports venues would be barred from refusing entry to perceived enemies of their owners under a bill introduced to the state Legislature Monday. The proposed legislation...
Judge Dismisses Former Charlottesville Police Chief’s $10M Wrongful Termination Suit
Jan 26 2023 // A federal judge has dismissed a former Virginia police chief’s $10 million wrongful termination lawsuit saying she didn’t have sufficient evidence of discrimination, conspiracy or malice. U.S. District Judge...
North Carolina Lawmakers Propose Power Grid Protections After Attacks
Jan 24 2023 // When gunshots at two electrical substations cut power to thousands of central North Carolina homes for several days in early December, Republican state Rep. Ben Moss watched his vibrant district full of family farms, small...
UK Fails to Protect Menopausal Women in Workforce, Lawmakers’ Committee Says
Jan 24 2023 // The UK is failing to address menopausal discrimination in the workforce, an issue that led to women quitting their jobs due to a lack of employer support, a committee of lawmakers said. Conservative MP Caroline Nokes...
Judge Dismisses Whole Foods Workers’ Lawsuit Over ‘Black Lives Matter’ Masks
Jan 24 2023 // A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by three former Whole Foods employees who said they were illegally fired for opposing the upscale grocery chain’s alleged discriminatory discipline of workers who wore...
Judge Orders Boeing Arraigned on MAX Fraud Charge
Jan 20 2023 // A federal judge on Thursday ordered Boeing Co BA.N to appear in court on Jan. 26 to be arraigned on a 2021 felony charge after families of those killed in two fatal crashes objected to a 2021 plea deal. Boeing won immunity...
Supreme Court Rejects Gun Retailers’ Objection to New York Regulations
Jan 19 2023 // The US Supreme Court refused to block new safety and record-keeping requirements that apply to New York gun retailers, letting the provisions stay in effect while a legal fight goes forward. The justices, without...
Louisiana Lawmakers Considering Special Session to Address Insurance Crisis
Jan 19 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – As Louisiana continues to be plagued by insurance woes, with insurers leaving or going out of business in the hurricane-stricken state, some lawmakers say a special legislative session to address...
Minnesota Lawmakers Start Down Path to Legalizing Recreational Marijuana
Jan 18 2023 // ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Legislature embarked on a path toward legalizing recreational marijuana for adults last Wednesday when a legislative committee held the first hearing of the year on a bill that...
Appeals Court Rules Insurers Not Obligated to Defend Distributor of Opioids
Jan 17 2023 // Westfield National Insurance Co. and Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. are not required by their insurance contracts to defend generic drug distributor Quest Pharmaceuticals against dozens of opioid-related...
La. Nursing Home Owner Faces New Lawsuit in Ida Storm Evacuation
Jan 17 2023 // NEW ORLEANS (AP) _ A nursing home owner who faces criminal and civil complaints over evacuating residents to a squalid warehouse to ride out Hurricane Ida in 2021 is now being sued by federal authorities who say he...
Amazon Faces Renewed Pressure From UK Lawmakers Over Warehouse Conditions
Jan 13 2023 // UK lawmakers have called on Amazon to clarify comments made by a senior executive at a recent parliamentary hearing, after an advocacy group accused him of providing “misleading” evidence concerning the...
Texas Lawmakers to Consider TWIA Funding, ESG This Legislative Session
Jan 12 2023 // Texas lawmakers returned to Austin this week for the start of the 88th Legislature, which portends to be a relatively quiet legislative session for hearing property and casualty concerns. “I think insurance is...
Judge Puts New Jersey’s Stricter Gun Carry Law on Hold
Jan 11 2023 // Suggesting that New Jersey’s recent concealed carry law infringes on the public’s Second Amendment rights, a federal judge on Monday put a temporary hold on the legislation drafted after the U.S. Supreme Court...
Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Move Closer to Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Jan 9 2023 // MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Republican lawmakers who control the Wisconsin Legislature are moving closer to supporting the legalization of medical marijuana, after years of fighting efforts to loosen the state’s laws, the...
Judge Approves $11M Fund to Settle Suit Against Zywave
Jan 9 2023 // A federal judge last week approved an $11 million deal to end a proposed class action lawsuit against insurance technology provider Zywave. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in...
Louisiana Judge Rules Against Moratorium on Carbon Capture Project
Jan 6 2023 // LIVINGSTON, La. (AP) – A south Louisiana parish cannot enforce a moratorium blocking a global gas supply company from conducting seismic tests or building test wells in Lake Maurepas, a federal judge has ruled. Air...
