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NC Lawmakers Approve ‘Sandbox’ to Waive Regs, Spur Insuretech Innovation
Oct 11 2021 // North Carolina lawmakers hope a bill that creates a “regulatory sandbox” will spur innovation in the insurance and financial sectors in the state, particularly in the use of blockchain technology. The North...
Judge to Appoint Mediator in Surfside Condo Claims
Oct 8 2021 // A Florida judge overseeing parts of the aftermath of the deadly collapse of a condominium building in Surfside said this week that a mediator will be appointed to sort through claims. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael...
California Governor Signs Hemp Bill Setting up Regulatory Framework
Oct 7 2021 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a bill into law establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for the manufacture and sale of hemp products in California. Newsom signed Assembly Bill 45. The bill alters...
Louisiana Hospital: Judge’s Ivermectin Court Order Invites Lawsuits
Oct 6 2021 // A judge’s order to give the deworming drug ivermectin to a critically ill COVID-19 patient invites more lawsuits demanding unapproved drugs for life-threatening illnesses, a Louisiana hospital says. St. Tammany...
Judge Questions Army Corps’ Clean Water Act Decision on Indiana Dairy Farm; Orders Review
Oct 6 2021 // A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review its decision that a dairy farm built in northwest Indiana to house more than 4,000 cows is not subject to the Clean Water Act. Environmental groups and...
Whistleblower Tells Congress Facebook Puts Profits Over Safety, Urges Regulation
Oct 5 2021 // Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen will urge the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to regulate the social media giant, which she plans to liken to tobacco companies that for decades denied that smoking...
Judge Questions California Counties’ Opioid Case Against Drugmakers
Oct 1 2021 // A California judge on Thursday said several large counties accusing four drugmakers of fueling an opioid epidemic had presented a “dearth of evidence” during a multi-billion dollar trial to support finding the...
Judge Says Wells Fargo Must Face Shareholder Fraud Claims
Oct 1 2021 // A federal judge on Thursday rejected Wells Fargo & Co’.s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders about its ability to rebound from five years of scandals over its treatment of customers. The...
Florida Appeals Court Finds Workers’ Comp Judge Used Flawed Logic
Sep 30 2021 // If doctors offer differing opinions on a work injury, a judge must appoint a third physician to help settle the matter, according to Florida’s workers’ compensation rules. And an administrative law judge must...
Mississippi State Dept. of Health Officer: Medical Marijuana Regulation a Concern
Sep 30 2021 // The Mississippi state health officer said that he’s concerned about how the Health Department would receive money for its part in licensing and regulating a proposed medical marijuana program. Dr. Thomas Dobbs said...
Federal Judge Overturns South Carolina School Mask Ban; Dept. of Education to Comply
Sep 30 2021 // A federal judge Tuesday suspended South Carolina from enforcing a rule that banned school districts from requiring masks for students. Parents of disabled children, helped by the American Civil Liberties Union, sued the...
Texas Senators Blast Regulator for Power Grid Winterization Loophole Lawmakers OK’d
Sep 29 2021 // In a committee hearing on Sept. 28, Texas state senators were furious that natural gas companies won’t have to better prepare their facilities for extreme weather before this winter and rebuked the Texas Railroad...
Allianz in Talks to Transfer Block of Life Assets to Free Up Regulatory Capital: Sources
Sep 28 2021 // Allianz SE is in advanced talks to transfer a block of Swiss life insurance assets to Resolution Life, people with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could free up regulatory capital as Europe’s largest...
New York Announces New Consumer Protections in Public Adjusters Regulation
Sep 27 2021 // New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Acting Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris announced new consumer protections in New York’s public adjusters regulation, which will become effective October 8. The...
South Dakota Court Rules Pierre Not Liable for Injuries Caused by Trainee
Sep 24 2021 // The South Dakota Supreme Court, in an opinion released Sept. 23, agreed with a lower court ruling that two people on a motorcycle who were severely injured in a crash with a volunteer firefighting trainee cannot collect...
Judge Dismisses Some Suits Against Ohio State Over Sex Abuse by Doc
Sep 24 2021 // A federal judge dismissed some of the biggest unsettled lawsuits over Ohio State’s failure to stop decades-old sexual abuse by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss, saying it’s indisputable Strauss abused...
Judge Clears Kansas City COVID Business Interruption Claim for Trial
Sep 24 2021 // A federal judge in Kansas City has cleared a restaurant group’s COVID-related business interruption claim for jury trial, finding that an 8th Circuit Court decision that found no coverage was owed in a separate case...
Louisiana Lawmaker: Residents Sleeping in Tents After Ida Damaged Housing
Sep 22 2021 // About 13,000 homes in Louisiana’s Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes were destroyed by Hurricane Ida and displaced parish residents have been sleeping in tents and “using the rubble to build their own sort of...
California Lawmakers Vote to Limit Secret Settlements
Sep 20 2021 // The California Legislature voted to guarantee people can call out their bosses publicly in most harassment and discrimination cases. When companies settle complaints filed by their employees, the agreements often include a...
A Matter of National Security: Compliance with Foreign Assets Control Regulations
Sep 20 2021 // Many in the insurance space are blind to the fact that the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is lurking in the shadows. A federal agency in the U.S. Department of Treasury responsible for the administration,...
