All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 19 2019 // The 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report cited that 58% of cyberattack victims were small businesses, and the 2019 Symantec Internet Threat Report™ stated that employees working at small businesses were...
Aug 19 2019 // Texas’ provider of last resort for wind and hail insurance for coastal properties won’t be raising its residential and commercial property rates next year.The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) said...
Aug 19 2019 // An insurer’s payment of the appraisal value after disputing a claim does not establish that it was liable, nor does that payment prevent a policyholder from pursuing penalties under the Prompt Payment of Claims Act,...
Aug 19 2019 // The Florida Supreme Court has reversed course and decided not to hear a controversial case regarding the validity of certain language around assignment of benefit agreements, instead ruling that a law passed by the Florida...
Aug 16 2019 // The Roman Catholic Church, the Boy Scouts, schools and hospitals, the late financier Jeffrey Epstein are some of the targets named in a flurry of sex abuse lawsuits filed Wednesday in New York as the state began accepting...
Aug 15 2019 // Opposition parties launched rival campaigns to topple Prime Minister Boris Johnson and stop him taking Britain out of the European Union without a deal, illustrating fractures in the anti-Brexit movement that make neither...
Aug 15 2019 // After briefly faltering a year ago, California’s massive cannabis industry seems to be regaining steam.Cannabis sales in the Golden State are expected to reach nearly $3.1 billion this year, a report released today...
Aug 8 2019 // A new law in Texas that goes into effect on Sept. 1 makes it clear that it’s illegal for a contractor or roofer to waive an insurance deductible, according to the state insurance department.“This new law will...
Aug 8 2019 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court has ruled that a landlord can’t be held responsible for burns an infant suffered rolling from a bed onto a scalding radiator.The 5-2 decision issued July 31 means the landlord...
Aug 7 2019 // A federal judge on Tuesday expressed support for a novel plan by lawyers representing cities and counties suing drug companies over the U.S. opioid epidemic that would bring every community nationally into their settlement...
Aug 7 2019 // The Florida Supreme Court has reversed course and decided not to hear a controversial case regarding the validity of certain language around assignment of benefit agreements, instead ruling that a law passed by the Florida...
Aug 6 2019 // Texas’ provider of last resort for wind and hail insurance for Texas coastal properties won’t be raising its residential and commercial property rates next year.The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA)...
Aug 6 2019 // Pornography producers and sellers account for the lion’s share of copyright-infringement lawsuits in the U.S. — and judges may have seen enough.The courts are cracking down on porn vendors that file thousands...
Aug 6 2019 // Delaware Governor John Carney signed House Bill 174, titled the Delaware Insurance Data Security Act, into law on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.This law is based on an NAIC Model Act, which establishes a comprehensive...
Aug 5 2019 // Medical marijuana is expected to start reaching select dispensaries in Louisiana on Tuesday, after the state agriculture department completed final testing and cleared therapeutic cannabis for release to...
Aug 2 2019 // An insurer’s payment of the appraisal value after disputing a claim does not establish that it was liable, nor does that payment prevent a policyholder from pursuing penalties under the Prompt Payment of Claims Act,...
Aug 2 2019 // The roughly 2,000 state and local governments suing the drug industry over the deadly opioid crisis have yet to see any verdicts or reach any big national settlements but are already tussling with each other over how to...
Aug 2 2019 // A group of West Virginia lawmakers want control of a recent $37 million opioid settlement with the drug distributor McKesson. Members of the House of Delegates on Monday asked the attorney general to let the legislature to...
Aug 2 2019 // The Bank of England for the first time is asking British insurers to gauge how global warming might impact the value of the stocks and bonds they hold — and its potential to upend financial markets.The central bank,...
Aug 1 2019 // Oklahoma’s attorney general on Wednesday made his final bid to force Johnson & Johnson to pay $17 billion for its part in fueling the opioid epidemic, saying the drugmaker’s “egregious”...