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Judge Reduces Punitive Damages in Deadly Charlottesville Rally Conspiracy
Jan 6 2023 // A federal judge has slashed millions of dollars from the damages a jury ordered white nationalist leaders and organizations to pay for their role in the violence that erupted during the deadly “Unite the Right”...
Maine’s New Laws Address PFAS, Minimum Wage, Pay for Unused Vacation
Jan 4 2023 // Minimum wage earners will see a pay increase and employers will have to pay departing employees for unused vacation time under laws taking effect Jan. 1 in Maine. Maine’s minimum wage will increase from $12.75 to...
Vermont Lawmaker Wants to Close Abuse Reporting Exemption for Clergy
Jan 3 2023 // The head of the Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee says he’s going to introduce a bill in the upcoming legislative session to close an exemption to the state’s child abuse and neglect reporting laws for members...
Appeals Court Rules Against Transgender Man in Florida Bathroom Suit
Jan 2 2023 // A federal appeals court has ruled that a Florida school district’s policy of separating school bathrooms based on biological sex is constitutional. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced its 7-4 decision on...
Judge Eyes Sanctions Against Tx. Law Firm for Filing Frivolous Lawsuits
Dec 28 2022 // A law firm that was called into a federal judge’s courtroom to explain why there were so many errors in the hurricane lawsuits it filed against insurers now finds itself in hot water with a second federal judge. US...
Judge Permits Claim for Business Lost While Helping Clients Recover From Data Breach
Dec 28 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed a complaint leveled against an insurer alleging bad faith in the handling of a data breach claim but has advanced the underlying dispute of whether the insured suffered business interruption...
U.S. Judge Bars 3M From Shifting Earplug Liability to Bankrupt Unit
Dec 27 2022 // A U.S. judge on Thursday [Dec. 22] barred 3M Co. from trying to avoid liability for injuries current and former U.S. military members sustained from its allegedly defective earplugs by shifting blame to a subsidiary. U.S....
Texas Bankruptcy Judge Allows Sandy Hook Cases Against Jones to Proceed
Dec 21 2022 // HOUSTON (AP) – Cases can move forward against Alex Jones regarding the nearly $1.5 billion he’s ordered to pay families of Sandy Hook victims over his conspiracy theories about the 2012 school massacre, a federal...
Georgia Appeals Judge, Former Insurance Department Counsel, Dies Unexpectedly
Dec 21 2022 // A Georgia Court of Appeals judge and former attorney for the state Department of Insurance has died at age 64. Judge Clyde Reese died on Saturday, the court announced, saying he died unexpectedly after a short hospital...
Judge Sends Philadelphia Eagles, 76ers Covid Insurance Ruling Into Overtime
Dec 21 2022 // Rather than rule on them, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has allowed similar Covid-19 business insurance cases brought by owners of the Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia 76ers sports teams against their insurers to...
New Jersey Lawmakers Pass Gun Carry Bill With Insurance Mandate
Dec 21 2022 // New Jersey lawmakers gave final approval Monday to legislation overhauling rules to get a firearm carry permit after this summer’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling expanded gun rights. The Democrat-led Senate passed the...
Fund Managers Frustrated Over Confusing ESG Regulations
Dec 20 2022 // After a turbulent few weeks during which some of the world’s biggest asset managers removed coveted ESG tags from huge chunks of their business, industry bosses have had enough. Managers running the funds affected...
Judge Halting Provision Making California Gun Lawsuits Costlier
Dec 19 2022 // A federal judge said he will block a provision in a new California law to take effect next year that gun advocates argued was designed to hinder anyone from challenging the state’s famously restrictive gun laws. U.S....
Congress Passes New Law on Tourist Boats After Missouri Tragedy
Dec 19 2022 // JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A bill requiring stricter safety rules in response to the 2018 deadly sinking of a tourist boat in Missouri is headed to President Joe Biden for his signature. The legislation, which passed the...
California Occupational Safety Board Votes to Adopt COVID Prevention Regulations
Dec 19 2022 // The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board has adopted COVID-19 prevention non-emergency regulations. The COVID-19 prevention emergency temporary standards will continue to remain in effect while the...
NC Lawmaker Calls for Removal of State Disaster Recovery Director
Dec 16 2022 // North Carolina lawmakers rebuked the state’s disaster recovery director — with one calling for her removal — for the agency’s slow progress amid years-long delays that have left some low-income...
Twitter Must Notify Laid-Off Workers of Pending Lawsuit, Judge Rules
Dec 16 2022 // Twitter Inc must notify the thousands of workers who were laid off after its acquisition by Elon Musk of a proposed class action accusing the company of failing to give adequate notice before terminating them, a San...
Spyware Hacks of Federal Workers Could Run Into Hundreds, Lawmaker Says
Dec 13 2022 // A US government probe into how many mobile phones belonging to diplomats and government workers have been infected with spyware could “easily run to the hundreds,” according to a member of the House...
AM Best Urges ‘Immediate and Substantive’ Reforms by Florida Lawmakers
Dec 12 2022 // Ahead of this week’s special legislative session in Florida, the AM Best financial rating firm predicts that “without immediate and substantive long-term legislative reforms,” further insurer insolvencies...
Insurer Liable for COVID Shutdown of Tina Turner Play, New York Appellate Court Rules
Dec 9 2022 // Producers of a Broadway play based on the life of pop star Tina Turner, which was shut down because of COVID-19, may pursue its business-interruption claim despite a communicable disease exclusion in the policy, a New York...
