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Florida Governor Open to Lawmakers Calling Special Session on Insurance Changes
Mar 22 2022 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has not called a special session of the Legislature to tackle festering property insurance problems, but he said he welcomes the idea of legislative leaders convening lawmakers on their...
Purdue Pharma Judge Overrules DOJ to Approve $6 Billion Opioid Settlement
Mar 21 2022 // The judge overseeing Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy has approved a $6 billion opioid settlement funded by its Sackler family owners, overruling objections from the Department of Justice and 20 states that opposed the...
Zuckerberg Deposition Blocked by Judge in D.C. Privacy Case
Mar 18 2022 // A request to depose Mark Zuckerberg as part of Washington, D.C.’s data-privacy lawsuit against Facebook drew a blistering denial from the judge overseeing the case, who called the attempt “frankly...
Judge: Minor Leaguers Work Year-Round, MLB Violated Wage Law
Mar 17 2022 // A federal judge ruled that minor leaguers are year-round employees who work during training time and found Major League Baseball violated Arizona state minimum wage law and is liable for triple damages. Chief Magistrate...
Michigan Court Rules Against Railroad That Struck Teen
Mar 17 2022 // The Michigan Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit against a railroad, 10 years after a teen listening to music was struck by a train and severely injured in suburban Detroit. The court said a judge misinterpreted a case...
Virginia Lawmakers Approve Relaxing Ban on Facial Recognition Technology
Mar 16 2022 // Last year, Virginia lawmakers passed one of the most restrictive bans in the country on the use of facial recognition technology, barring local police departments and campus police from purchasing or using the technology...
University’s Governmental Immunity Extends to Parking Lot, Maine Supreme Court Rules
Mar 16 2022 // The state cannot be held liable for injuries sustained in a parking lot that is regularly used by people accessing a public building, the Maine Supreme Court has ruled. On March 15, in Klein v. University of Maine System,...
Texas Biotechnology Producer to Pay $253K Over Alleged Violations of Pesticide Regulations
Mar 14 2022 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) settled with Allied BioScience, Inc. (Allied BioScience) over alleged violations of federal pesticide regulations with the company’s SurfaceWise2 product, a residual...
Maine Lawmakers Advance Bill Regulating Corporate Use of Biometric Data
Mar 14 2022 // Maine is looking to enact tougher regulations about corporate collection of biometric data. The proposal before the Maine Legislature would require companies to get consent before they collect biometric information such as...
After Insurance, Condo Bills Fail, Florida Lawmakers Talking Special Session
Mar 14 2022 // The death knell sounded for the 2022 Florida Legislative session Friday with no major property insurance reform bills passed. But the ghosts of rising premiums and failing insurers will continue to haunt the state, and...
Judge Declines to Delay Ruling Against Virginia School System’s Admissions Policy
Mar 14 2022 // A federal judge has again ruled against a northern Virginia school system that he found guilty of discriminating against Asian American students when it overhauled its admissions policies at a highly selective high...
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner, Lawmakers Introduce Catastrophe Reform Legislative Package
Mar 11 2022 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon, Senate Insurance Committee Chair Kirk Talbot, and House Insurance Committee Chair Mike Huval introduced six bills on March 10 that form a catastrophe reform legislative package...
Oklahoma Republican Lawmakers Unveil Medical Marijuana Regulations
Mar 11 2022 // Republicans in the Oklahoma House on March 7 unveiled a package of new restrictions on the state’s booming medical marijuana industry, designed to crack down on illegal growers who sell cannabis on the black...
Purdue Pharma Judge Overrules DOJ to Approve $6 Billion Opioid Settlement
Mar 10 2022 // The judge overseeing Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy on Wednesday approved a $6 billion opioid settlement funded by its Sackler family owners, overruling objections from the Department of Justice and 20 states that...
Appeals Court Rules Protesters Can Sue Over Vegas Arrests
Mar 10 2022 // A federal appeals court ruled that a Las Vegas police detective can be sued for arresting protesters who chalked anti-police slogans on the sidewalk in front of the police station. Three activists arrested in 2013 broke an...
Tesla Tells U.S. Lawmakers Autopilot Requires ‘Constant Monitoring’
Mar 9 2022 // Tesla Inc. defended the safety benefits of its advanced driver assistance system Autopilot and its Full Self-Driving (FSD) capability but acknowledged they require “constant monitoring and attention of the...
Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules ‘Civil Death’ Law for Inmates Is Unconstitutional
Mar 9 2022 // An archaic Rhode Island law that says prison inmates serving life sentences are considered civilly dead in terms of their civil rights is unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled in a landmark decision released...
Judge Gives Nod to Surfside Unit Owners’ $83M Settlement
Mar 8 2022 // A judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement agreement that would allocate $83 million to individual owners of condominium units at the collapsed Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida. It’s the latest...
Judge Dismisses Suit in Fatal Police Shooting in Utah
Mar 8 2022 // A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Utah man who was shot at nearly 30 times and killed as he ran away from Salt Lake City police in 2020. U.S. District Judge David Barlow ruled...
Judge Approves Fix to Stem Race Bias in NFL Concussion Deal
Mar 7 2022 // Black retired football players who were denied payments for dementia in the NFL’s $1 billion concussion settlement can seek to be retested or have their claims rescored to eliminate racial bias in the testing and...
