Latest Legislation Headlines
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Lawmakers Vote to Extend Georgia COVID Lawsuit Shield by One Year
Feb 12 2021 // The Georgia state House has voted in favor of extending by one year a law that protects businesses from being sued by a person that blames them for contracting COVID-19. The protection is currently set to expire on July...
Judge Questions Why Facebook May Have Overpaid in Data Privacy Settlement
Feb 11 2021 // Facebook Inc. may have paid $4.9 billion more than the maximum penalty it faced under a settlement agreement with regulators related to allegations it mishandled user privacy, according to a Wednesday court ruling. The...
Opt-In Data Privacy Legislation Moves Forward in Oklahoma
Feb 10 2021 // Bipartisan legislation to address concerns over data privacy and data manipulation unanimously passed out of the Oklahoma House Technology Committee with a vote of 6 to 0. The Oklahoma Computer Data Privacy Act, House Bill...
Federal Judge Sides with Chubb in Denial of Target’s Data Breach Bank Claims
Feb 10 2021 // Target Corp. has been denied its $138 million insurance claim against ACE (now Chubb) Insurance companies stemming from a 2013 data breach. A federal judge in Minnesota ruled the retailer had failed to prove that its...
South Dakota Judge Rejects Amendment Legalizing Recreational Pot
Feb 9 2021 // A South Dakota judge on Feb. 8 struck down a voter-approved constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana after Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration challenged it. Circuit Judge Christina Klinger ruled...
Mississippi Medical Marijuana Regulations to Take Effect in July
Feb 9 2021 // Regulations for a medical marijuana program in Mississippi will be in place by a July 1 deadline, members of the state Board of Health said last week. But they cautioned that it’s unclear how soon marijuana might be...
New Mexico Lawmakers Propose Cap on Damages in Police Accountability Bill
Feb 9 2021 // A bill that would strip police officers of immunity from civil rights lawsuits in state court is being rewritten to cap potential damage awards at $2 million, in a concession to critics who warned of dire financial...
Alabama Lawmakers Move Forward with COVID Liability Protections
Feb 8 2021 // Alabama lawmakers on Thursday fast-tracked a pair of pandemic bills – one to exempt coronavirus relief payments from state income tax and another to shield businesses, health care providers and others from...
Judge Orders Release of New York Data on Long-Term Care Deaths
Feb 8 2021 // A state judge ordered New York’s Department of Health to release records about nursing home residents who died of COVID-19 in a ruling that said the agency’s failure to do so already was a...
UK Lawmakers to Investigate Bain Capital’s Bid for LV= Businesses: Guardian
Feb 8 2021 // A group of UK lawmakers will investigate Bain Capital’s 530 million pound ($728 million) deal for Liverpool Victoria Financial Services’ savings & retirement and protection businesses, the Guardian...
Indiana Lawmakers Fast-Track COVID-19 Lawsuit Shield
Feb 7 2021 // Indiana legislators are poised to finalize a fast-tracked proposal that will give a broad shield protecting businesses and others from lawsuits by people blaming them for contracting COVID-19. The proposal is a top...
Judge Dismisses Walmart Lawsuit Over Pharmacy Liability in Opioid Crisis
Feb 5 2021 // A federal judge has dismissed Walmart Inc’s lawsuit seeking to preemptively block the U.S. government from blaming the world’s largest retailer for its alleged role in fueling the nation’s opioid...
Irish Pubs Entitled to Get Lockdown Insurance Payments from FBD: High Court Ruling
Feb 5 2021 // DUBLIN – Ireland’s High Court ruled on Friday that four publicans insured by FBD were entitled to be indemnified for losses under lockdown-linked claims, in a test case that could have implications for over 1,000...
Georgia Lawmaker Seeks to Close Loophole in Hands-Free Phone Law
Feb 4 2021 // A Georgia state House member says drivers should not be able to avoid penalties by telling judges they have purchased hands-free devices for their cellphones. Republican Rep. John Carson of Marietta that the current...
Judge Permits McDonald’s Suit Against Ex-CEO Over Alleged Sexual Affairs Cover-Up
Feb 3 2021 // A Delaware judge on Tuesday rejected former McDonald’s Corp. Chief Executive Stephen Easterbrook’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by the fast-food chain seeking to recoup millions of dollars in severance pay because...
Making Waves: How New York Became a Leader in State Cyber Regulation
Feb 2 2021 // New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Linda Lacewell spoke with Elizabeth Blosfield during the most recent episode of the Insuring Cyber Podcast about how she has always seen New York as a...
Minnesota Lawmaker Files Meatpacking Worker Safety Bill
Jan 29 2021 // Minnesota House Democrats have teamed up with meatpacking workers to announce legislation that would protect individuals who work at statewide meatpacking and food processing plants amid the coronavirus pandemic. The bill,...
Judge to Rule on Maine Property Boundary Dispute
Jan 29 2021 // A Maine judge will hear arguments in a property boundary dispute that resulted in a Dover-Foxcroft garage being cut in half last year. Gabriel Brawn removed half of the building that he believed was on his land using a...
Court Rules New Jersey Transit Due $300M in Sandy Damage Coverage
Jan 29 2021 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that New Jersey Transit has the right to an additional $300 million in insurance coverage based on damage it sustained during Superstorm Sandy. The ruling upheld a lower...
Companies to Face Tougher Mining Regulations, Costs in Wisconsin
Jan 28 2021 // Companies looking to mine copper, gold and silver in Wisconsin will face dramatically higher costs and have to work around an extensive list of off-limit areas under new rules the state Department of Natural Resources...
