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Google Faces Heavy Fines in Russia After Court Rules in Favor of Putin Ally
Dec 17 2021 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google is facing potentially heavy fines in Russia after a court ruled it must unblock the YouTube account of a TV channel owned by a sanctioned ally of President Vladimir Putin. The Moscow Ninth...
Judge Tosses $4.5B Deal Shielding Sacklers From Purdue Opioid Claims
Dec 17 2021 // A federal judge has thrown out a $4.5 billion settlement that would have shielded the Sackler family, which owned OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, from future lawsuits over opioids, upending the company’s plan to...
400 Adjuster Firms Licensed Under Florida’s New Law
Dec 14 2021 // More than 400 claims-adjusting firms have been licensed in Florida in the last month, in keeping with a state law that requires that firms, not just adjusters, go through the licensing process, the state’s chief...
US Lawmakers Propose Bill Making Staged Collisions Federal Crime
Dec 10 2021 // U.S. Congressmen Garret Graves and Henry Cuellar have introduced a bill that would make it a federal crime to stage a vehicle collision and fraudulently claim financial damages. Graves (R-LA) and Cuellar (D-TX) say the...
Astroworld Lawsuits to be Handled by One Judge
Dec 9 2021 // The more than 300 lawsuits that have been filed so far in Houston following a massive crowd surge at the Astroworld festival that left 10 people dead have been consolidated and will be handled by one judge as the cases...
Auto Insurers Can Use ‘Hybrid’ Model on Med Reimbursement, Florida High Court Rules
Dec 9 2021 // Automobile insurance carriers in Florida may limit reimbursement to health providers in keeping with a fee schedule in a personal injury protection policy, the Florida Supreme Court decided in a decision posted...
Bankruptcy Judge Ousts Boy Scouts Mediator; Extends Deadline
Dec 9 2021 // The judge presiding over the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy issued a ruling Tuesday removing a former Delaware bankruptcy judge as a mediator, saying a court filing by the Boy Scouts raised questions about his...
Judge Rules Goldman Sachs Must Again Face 2008 Securities Fraud Class Action
Dec 9 2021 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc .must again face a class action by shareholders who said they lost $13 billion because the Wall Street bank hid conflicts of interest when creating risky subprime securities before the 2008...
Injury is Compensable When It’s an ‘Accident,’ Carolina Appeals Court Rules
Dec 8 2021 // A nurse who injured herself while trying to move a 350-pound patient is owed workers’ compensation benefits, the North Carolina Court of Appeals decided in an opinion posted Tuesday. That may seem like an obvious...
Judges Mull Whether Trump’s Rape Claim Reply Is Protected Because He Was President
Dec 6 2021 // Federal appeals judges asked Friday whether a U.S. president’s every remark is part of the job as they weighed whether former President Donald Trump can be held liable in a defamation case that concerns his response...
California Judge Weighing in on Legality of Women Board Member Law
Dec 3 2021 // When then-California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation’s first law requiring women on boards of publicly traded companies, he suggested it might not survive legal challenges. Three years later, a judge will begin...
Louisiana Lawmakers Offer Insurance Complaints After Ida
Dec 3 2021 // Slow responses to damage claims. Constant switch-ups of insurance adjusters assessing the destruction. Low payment offers forcing people unnecessarily into litigation to get a fair deal. Louisiana lawmakers and others said...
Convex Europe Receives UK Regulatory Approval
Dec 2 2021 // Convex Group Ltd. announced that the UK branch of its recently established Luxembourg-based European insurer, Convex Europe SA (CES) has received approval from the UK regulators: the Financial Conduct Authority and the...
Judge Tosses $10B Advertising Bias Lawsuit Against McDonald’s for Insufficient Evidence
Dec 1 2021 // A U.S. judge has dismissed a $10 billion lawsuit against McDonald’s Corp. by the media entrepreneur Byron Allen, who accused the fast-food chain of racial discrimination for not advertising with Black-owned...
Judge Asks If Opioid Maker Purdue’s Owners Abused Bankruptcy to Shield Assets
Dec 1 2021 // A U.S. judge on Tuesday questioned whether members of the Sackler family that owned Purdue Pharma abused the bankruptcy system, as she considers whether to overturn a ruling that shielded the Sacklers from liability over...
Takeaways from Our Conversation on State Cannabis Regulations and Their Impact on Insurance
Nov 30 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Ever heard of a gram shop law? It’s a thing, and if you’re an insurance broker in Michigan focused on the cannabis space, then you and your clients are well aware of the term. The...
How Common Are Ransomware Attacks? Lawmakers Want to Find Out.
Nov 30 2021 // After his local library had to shut down because of a ransomware attack, Indiana state Rep. Mike Karickhoff realized the state didn’t know much about the frequency of such security breaches. Spurred by similar crimes...
Oklahoma High Court Rules National American Off Hook in Earthquake Lawsuits
Nov 29 2021 // The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled last week that an earth-movement exclusion precludes insurance coverage for an oil and gas company facing several lawsuits accusing its operations of causing earthquakes. National American...
Massachusetts Lawmakers Weigh New Regulations for Autocycles
Nov 29 2021 // Proposed regulations of autocycles will be on the schedule when Massachusetts state lawmakers hold a virtual public hearing Tuesday. An autocycle is a three-wheeled motor vehicle that meets federal safety standards for a...
Florida Lawmaker Holds Town Hall Meetings on Insurance Crisis
Nov 29 2021 // In a sign that Florida’s property insurance problems continue to be a hot-button issue, a Florida state representative will hold town hall meetings next week to hear from stakeholders. Rep. Kamia Brown State Rep....
