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Massachusetts Lawmakers Advance ‘Hot Work’ Oversight Bill
Apr 1 2024 // A decade after two firefighters died when they became trapped in a brownstone in Boston’s historic Back Bay neighborhood by a fire caused by sparks from welders working next door, the Massachusetts Senate passed a...
Georgia Lawmakers Approve PTSD Disability Insurance Bill with Smaller Payout
Apr 1 2024 // The Georgia General Assembly has approved a less-expensive version of a bill that would provide a type of disability insurance for first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. The state Senate last week...
UK Court Rules That $10 Billion Jet Dispute Should Be Heard in London, Not Moscow
Mar 28 2024 // A $10 billion battle between reinsurers and aircraft leasing companies seeking payouts for more than 200 jets stuck in Russia should be heard in London rather than Moscow, London’s High Court ruled on...
J&J Can Contest Evidence Linking Its Talc to Cancer, US Judge Rules
Mar 28 2024 // Johnson & Johnson will get a new chance to contest the scientific evidence linking talc to ovarian cancer, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, potentially disrupting more than 53,000 lawsuits the company is now facing...
Deadly Lithium Battery Fires Force Lawmakers to Play Catch-Up on Safety
Mar 28 2024 // For a decade, Illinois state Sen. Sue Rezin has recognized the technological and economic potential of lithium-ion batteries. Rezin, a Republican who serves in a district that is a major chemical and energy industry hub...
Lawmakers Want Investigations Into Deaths of Older Adults in Abuse or Neglect Cases
Mar 28 2024 // Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania are pushing Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration to do more to investigate the deaths of older adults who are the subject of an abuse or neglect complaint after Pennsylvania...
Mexico’s Lawsuit Against Arizona Gun Dealers Can Proceed, US Judge Rules
Mar 26 2024 // A U.S. judge on Monday ruled that the Mexican government could move forward with a lawsuit accusing five Arizona gun dealers of participating in the trafficking of weapons and ammunition to drug cartels across the...
West Virginia Lawmakers Ban Smoking in Cars with Kids Present
Mar 25 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia, which has the highest rate of adult cigarette use in the nation, became the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Jim...
Florida High Court Ruling Could Cut Damages for Bars Serving Booze to Minors
Mar 20 2024 // Insurers in Florida can can contemplate potentially lower loss costs on liquor liability policies after a recent state Supreme Court ruling that clarified when bars and restaurants can be held partially versus completely...
Georgia Lawmakers Approve End to Direct-Action Suits Against Trucking Insurers
Mar 19 2024 // A bill that would end direct-action lawsuits against trucking insurers is rolling toward the governor’s desk after it was approved by the full House of Representatives on Monday. Senate Bill 426, heralded as a way to...
Panel of EU Lawmakers Backs Watered Down Supply Chain Audit Law
Mar 19 2024 // A panel of lawmakers in the European Parliament on Tuesday backed a draft law requiring large companies in the bloc to check if their supply chains use forced labor or cause environmental damage. The rules, known as the...
Judge’s Ruling on Girl’s Death Creates Path for Wrongful Death Claim
Mar 14 2024 // A judge has ruled that a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl missing since 2019 is legally dead and her mother can become administrator of her estate, just weeks after the child’s father was convicted of killing...
PE Firm Nordic Capital Weighs Sale of Regulatory Tech Firm Regnology: Sources
Mar 13 2024 // Nordic Capital is weighing a sale of German regulatory software firm Regnology, in a deal which could value the business at up to 3 billion euros ($3.27 billion), four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The...
Oxendine’s Georgia Fraud Trial Must Finally Start April 15, Federal Judge Says
Mar 13 2024 // A former Georgia insurance commissioners’ efforts to dismiss insurance fraud and money laundering charges against him have run their course. John Oxendine must face trial starting April 15, a federal judge has...
California Insurance Co. Says Judge’s Tentative Order Won’t Stop CDI Overreach
Mar 11 2024 // A California court’s tentative decision in a dispute between the California Department of Insurance and the California Insurance Company “failed to undo the unprecedented use of the CDI’s conservation...
Judge Blocks NLRB Rule on Contract and Franchise Workers
Mar 11 2024 // A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down a U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that would treat many companies as employers of certain contract and franchise workers and require them to bargain with...
Florida Lawmakers Approve Surplus Takeouts but Stop Short on Nonrenewal Limits
Mar 11 2024 // A number of property insurance-related bills were introduced in the Florida Legislature this year – from a fundamental change to the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. coverage model to further limiting policy...
New York Police Target Critics, Including Judges and Journalists, Using Social Media
Mar 11 2024 // The first “NYPD: Most Wanted” video was meant to be intimidating. Over a pounding soundtrack, the montage cuts among stock images and body-camera footage of actual police raids. A fake gun discharges. Real...
Alabama Governor Signs Legislation Protecting IVF Providers from Legal Liability
Mar 8 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state, Alabama’s governor swiftly signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal...
Financial Services Firms Should Be Banned From Misusing Gag Orders: UK Lawmakers
Mar 8 2024 // Finance firms in Britain should be banned from misusing non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to silence victims of sexual harassment and abuse, lawmakers said on Friday, calling for an end to an era of impunity for predators...
