All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 2 2024 // Chevron Corp. is relocating headquarters to Houston from California after repeatedly warning that the Golden State’s regulatory regime was making it a tough place to do business.The move announced Friday will end the...
Aug 2 2024 // Apple on Thursday asked a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit by federal and state antitrust regulators accusing it of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market, saying the case would have a judge redesign its popular...
Aug 2 2024 // Eight years of litigation, multiple court opinions, and two deadlocked trials are enough.A federal judge in Pennsylvania has put an end to what he says is “futile” litigation over whether Uber Black drivers,...
Jul 29 2024 // TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A judge issued a final order Friday to overturn a Florida law pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that attempted to limit diversity and race-based discussions in private workplaces. U.S....
Jul 25 2024 // Democratic U.S. senators on Tuesday introduced a bill designed to undo a ruling last month by the U.S. Supreme Court that curtailed the ability of federal agencies to issue regulations addressing issues including the...
Jul 24 2024 // BHP Group must stop funding legal action seeking to halt some Brazilian municipalities from bringing a multi-billion-pound claim over one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters, London’s High Court ruled on...
Jul 24 2024 // A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by a tree-trimming company to block a U.S. Federal Trade Commission rule from taking effect that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers’...
Jul 23 2024 // The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that rainwater accumulation on roofs of buildings does not constitute “surface waters” within the meaning of “flood” in property insurance policies.The...
Jul 18 2024 // A priest’s defamation claim against his bishop is barred by the religious liberty protections in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Virginia Constitution, a Virginia appeals court has ruled.The...
Jul 17 2024 // Air Canada may be forced to pay at least C$100 million ($73.2 million) to about 2,200 former workers after a Quebec court issued a ruling in their class-action lawsuit against the airline.The amount would cover lost wages,...
Jul 16 2024 // A New York federal judge has ordered Amazon.com to comply with a subpoena from a U.S. civil rights agency investigating claims that the online retailer discriminated against pregnant warehouse workers.U.S. District Judge...
Jul 16 2024 // Virginia’s business regulator authority, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), named Joseph F. Damico chief administrative officer.Damico will oversee administrative divisions responsible for the...
Jul 15 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve three-and-a-half years in prison after Oxendine pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud,...
Jul 11 2024 // MADISON, Wis . (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that protesters can’t march through a security zone at the Republican National Convention, handing a defeat to liberals who had pushed to have closer access to...
Jul 10 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In a legal fight involving two health insurance companies seeking to manage North Carolina’s public employee benefits plan, a judge ruled Monday that the plan’s board acted properly when...
Jul 10 2024 // Purdue Pharma on Tuesday received U.S. court approval for a 60-day freeze on lawsuits against its owners, members of the wealthy Sackler family, in its first court appearance since a landmark Supreme Court ruling upended...
Jul 10 2024 // Leading carriers and managing general agents (MGAs) are increasingly seeking to assess their premium income via audits to ensure exposures are reported accurately, while tackling potential premium leakage and addressing...
Jul 10 2024 // Federal prosecutors want former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve 44 months in prison and pay $700,000 in restitution after his guilty plea to health care fraud conspiracy. But Oxendine is urging the...
Jul 9 2024 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorneys for the last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court last week to reconsider the case they dismissed last month and called on the Biden...
Jul 8 2024 // Mired in a stream of multi-billion dollar budget deficits, the California Legislature has turned to voters for help.Lawmakers voted to place a pair of $10 billion bonds on the November ballot. If approved, the money would...