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Judge Allows Transgender Girl to Play Soccer as Lawsuit Challenges New Law
Aug 21 2024 // A federal judge temporarily cleared the way Monday for a transgender girl to play soccer for her high school team while she and another student challenge a New Hampshire ban. The families of Parker Tirrell, 15, and Iris...
FTC Ban on Worker Noncompete Agreements Blocked by Federal Judge
Aug 21 2024 // A federal judge ruled the US Federal Trade Commission can’t enforce its near-total ban on noncompete agreements that was set to go into effect next month, blocking an effort by the agency to make labor markets more...
California Commissioner Invites Input on Final Phase of Wildfire Modeling Regulation
Aug 19 2024 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has invited public input as he begins the final phase of approving a “first of its kind” catastrophe modeling and ratemaking regulation that “will help...
Harvard Contract Breach Claims Blaming Marsh for Its $15M Insurance Denial Filed Too Late, Judge Rules
Aug 19 2024 // After losing two bids to recover $15 million from its insurer for costs related to its failed legal defense of its admissions policy, Harvard University has now failed in a bid to hold its insurance broker Marsh...
Judge Tells ‘Monopolist’ Google It Can’t Avoid ‘Paying to Make the World Right’
Aug 16 2024 // A U.S. judge on Wednesday said he was planning to issue an order forcing Alphabet’s Google to give Android users more ways to download apps, but would not micromanage the tech giant’s business, following a jury...
Second US Judge Blocks FTC Ban on Worker ‘Noncompete’ Agreements
Aug 16 2024 // A federal judge in Florida has temporarily blocked a U.S. Federal Trade Commission rule that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers’ rivals or launch competing businesses,...
Judge Bars Insurers From Going After Defendants Who Agreed to $4B Maui Wildfire Settlement
Aug 15 2024 // A Maui judge’s ruling resolves a critical roadblock to finalizing a $4 billion wildfire settlement: Insurance companies who have paid out more than $2 billion in claims can seek reimbursement only from the settlement...
EY, KPMG Benefit Most From PwC China’s Regulatory Woes
Aug 15 2024 // Ernst & Young (EY) and KPMG have snapped up over half of PwC’s corporate clients in China that have fled the market’s leading accounting firm as it faces a regulatory probe, filings show. Chinese...
Maine Employers Face Possible Damages in Lost Wages Cases Under New Law
Aug 15 2024 // Maine workers will now benefit from a law that allows the state to order businesses to pay back wages as well as damages from missed wages. The law went into effect Friday and is the latest state-level effort among...
UK Revisits Social Media Regulation After Far-Right Riots
Aug 12 2024 // The British government is considering changes to the Online Safety Act designed to regulate social media companies, following a week of racist rioting driven by false information online. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT The act,...
Judge Tosses Suit Alleging Excessive Force During Dakota Access Pipeline Protest
Aug 9 2024 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has thrown out the remainder of a lawsuit by an Arizona man who alleged excessive force was used against him when he was protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline. In...
SE People Moves: Bisig to Alliant, Former Lawmaker Bell to TDCI Fire Post
Aug 9 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services, a distributor of insurance products around the U.S., has named Sean Bisig vice president and producer in its employee benefits group. He will continue to be based in Charlotte, North...
Judge Allows Vermont Suit Alleging Police Bias, Excessive Force Against Black Teen
Aug 9 2024 // A Vermont judge has denied the city of Burlington’s request to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that police used excessive force and discriminated against a Black teenager whose mother had called law enforcement to teach...
Judge Dismisses Most Claims in Lawsuit Alleging Hair Discrimination at Houston High School
Aug 8 2024 // HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed most of the claims in a lawsuit filed by a Black high school student who alleged that school officials committed racial and gender discrimination when they punished him...
Federal Judge Tosses Much of Mexico’s Lawsuit Against US Gunmakers
Aug 8 2024 // A U.S. judge dismissed on Wednesday much of Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico...
Musk’s X Accuses Advertisers of Boycotting Platform in New Lawsuit
Aug 7 2024 // Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Tuesday sued a global advertising alliance and several major companies, including Mars and CVS Health, accusing them of unlawfully conspiring to boycott the site and causing it...
Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules
Aug 6 2024 // Google illegally monopolized the search market through exclusive deals, a judge ruled Monday, handing the government a win in its first major antitrust case against a tech giant in more than two decades. Judge Amit Mehta...
Legislation Will Provide $100M in Aid to Victims of Wildfires and Flooding in New Mexico
Aug 5 2024 // New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed legislation that will provide $100 million in emergency aid to victims of recent wildfires and flooding in Lincoln County. The spending bill includes $70 million for local...
Chevron to Quit California for Texas After Warning on Regulation
Aug 2 2024 // Chevron Corp. is relocating headquarters to Houston from California after repeatedly warning that the Golden State’s regulatory regime was making it a tough place to do business. The move announced Friday will end...
Apple Asks Judge to Toss Antitrust Lawsuit
Aug 2 2024 // Apple on Thursday asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by federal and state antitrust regulators accusing it of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market, saying the case would have a judge redesign its popular...
