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Judge Allows Claim That NFL App Violates Privacy by Disclosing Personal Data to Google
Sep 15 2022 // The National Football League has lost a bid to completely toss a class action that alleges it violates privacy laws by sharing the video watching habits of users of its mobile NFL App with Google for advertising and...
Judge Appoints Mediator in New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Lawsuits
Sep 14 2022 // A New Orleans judge has brought in a mediator to try to work out a settlement with hundreds of people who claim damage from collapse of part of a hotel under construction nearly three years ago. Plaintiffs say they were...
Google Must Face Most of Texas Lawsuit Over Ad Dominance, Judge Rules
Sep 14 2022 // Alphabet Inc’s Google must face all but one antitrust allegation about its online advertising business brought in a lawsuit by attorneys general for Texas and 16 other states or territories, a federal judge ruled on...
Misrepresentation by Insured? It’s Complicated, Florida Appeals Court Rules
Sep 14 2022 // Proving that an insured misrepresented the extent of damage from a storm may have just become a little more complicated for Florida insurance companies. Florida’s 5th District Court of Appeals last week reversed a...
Judge Dismisses Suit Against Missouri Recreational Pot Measure
Sep 13 2022 // A Missouri judge last week tossed out a lawsuit that sought to knock a recreational marijuana proposal off the Nov. 8 ballot. The measure would allow those ages 21 and older to buy and grow marijuana for personal...
Judge Approves Boy Scouts Reorg Plan to Settle Sex Abuse Claims
Sep 9 2022 // A bankruptcy judge on Sept. 8 granted the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) approval of its $2.5 billion reorganization plan, which will allow the organization to settle tens of thousands of sexual abuse claims. U.S. Bankruptcy...
Judge Approves $9.2 Million Settlement Between Chicago schools, Union
Sep 9 2022 // A federal judge has approved a $9.25 million settlement by the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union in two long-running lawsuits stemming from the layoffs of hundreds of Black educators at underperforming...
Virginia Lawmakers Again Fail to Fill Vacancy on Key Regulatory Agency
Sep 9 2022 // Virginia lawmakers elected a handful of local judges Wednesday but failed yet again to fill a vacancy on the powerful State Corporation Commission, which regulates a wide range of business interests. The lack of action...
Adoption Agency Can Deny Services to Unmarried, Gay Couples, Judge Rules
Sep 9 2022 // A federal judge ruled that New York state could not require a Christian family services agency to provide adoption services to unmarried or same-sex couples. New Hope Family Services in Syracuse professes that it cannot...
Judge Tosses Charge Against Dive Boat Owner in California Fire That Killed 34
Sep 7 2022 // A Los Angeles federal judge threw out an indictment charging a dive boat captain with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people in a 2019 fire aboard a vessel anchored off the Southern California coast. The ruling came on...
Motel Has No Duty to Prevent Guest’s Suicide, Massachusetts Appeals Court Rules
Sep 6 2022 // A motel and its employees have no duty to prevent a guest’s suicide even when family members warn that the guest is a suicide risk. A Massachusetts Court of Appeals has ruled that while innkeepers may have an...
Rescinded Policies Owe No Coverage for Lead Paint Claims, Maryland High Court Rules
Sep 6 2022 // Insurers that rescinded general liability policies issued to landlords who misrepresented their exposure to lead paint claims owe no coverage to 12 plaintiffs who had not yet obtained final court judgments,...
Judge Rules Walgreens Contributed to San Francisco’s Opioid Crisis
Sep 5 2022 // A federal judge ruled in mid-August that Walgreens can be held responsible for contributing to San Francisco’s opioid crisis for over-dispensing opioids for years without proper oversight and failing to identify and...
California Lawmakers Pass Landmark Fast Food Workers Bill
Aug 31 2022 // California lawmakers this week approved a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power and protections, over the objections of restaurant owners who warn it would drive up...
Washington Judge Enters Order on Washington Insurance Commissioner’s Credit Scoring Ban
Aug 31 2022 // Judge Indu Thomas entered the final order declaring that Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler exceeded his authority when he issued a permanent rule banning the use of credit-based insurance scores. Judge Thomas initially...
Florida Judge Dismisses Contractors’ Challenge to SB 2D’s Attorney Fee Limits
Aug 31 2022 // A Florida judge has thrown out a constitutional challenge to an insurance litigation reform law, noting that the state officials named in the lawsuit were not the correct defendants. Plaintiffs Restoration Association of...
North Carolina Judge Sets Lindberg’s New Trial Date for March 2023
Aug 30 2022 // A new trial for North Carolina insurance executive Greg Lindberg has been set for March 2023, three years after his conviction on bribery charges, a conviction that was later overturned. Federal prosecutors and...
Win for Qualcomm as No EU Appeal Court Ruling Against $991M Fine
Aug 29 2022 // EU antitrust regulators will not appeal a court ruling scrapping its 997-million-euro ($991 million) fine against Qualcomm, people familiar with the matter said, in a major win for the U.S. chipmaker that ends a...
Sept. 11 Victims Not Entitled to Seize Afghan Central Bank Assets, Says Judge
Aug 29 2022 // A U.S. judge on Friday recommended that victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks not be allowed to seize billions of dollars of assets belonging to Afghanistan’s central bank to satisfy court judgments they obtained...
Regulatory Roundup: DHS Adjuster Licensing, Pandemic Regulatory Catchup, Idaho Joins SBS
Aug 29 2022 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. State by state variations of laws, compliance protocols, industry transparency, and general regulatory cultures can lend one the impression that keeping up with...
