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Maryland Lawmakers Approve Caps on High-Cost Prescription Drugs

Oct 25 2024 // A panel of Maryland lawmakers approved a plan on Tuesday to enable a state board to cap the price that state and local governments pay for certain high-cost prescription drugs for their employees — the latest step taken...

Tracking Web Users Does Not Violate Wiretap Law, Massachusetts High Court Rules

Oct 25 2024 // A firm’s use of software that tracks users’ activity on its website does not violate a state law against wiretapping, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled.While the state law against wiretapping...

How a US judge Injected Culture Wars Into Boeing 737 MAX Plea Deal

Oct 24 2024 // A Texas federal judge with a record of ruling in favor of conservative causes injected uncertainty into Boeing’s agreement to plead guilty over two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes, seizing upon a single sentence in the...

WCIRB Summarizes 2024 California Workers’ Comp Legislation

Oct 21 2024 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is giving its take on bills passed and passed on by California Legislature this year.The Legislature recessed for the year and Gov. Gavin Newsom had until Sept. 30 to...

Judge Tosses Philadelphia Eagles and 76ers Covid Loss Cases

Oct 18 2024 // Two Philadelphia professional sports team have lost their appeals over denied business interruption insurance claims tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson this week dismissed lawsuits by the...

New York Updates Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation to Address AI Risks

Oct 17 2024 // The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued new guidance to assist the more than 3,000 financial firms including insurers it regulates in addressing cybersecurity risks arising from artificial...

Underwriters Wary of PFAS Amid ‘Superstorm’ of Litigation, Regulation

Oct 7 2024 // As litigation and regulation increase around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), insurance underwriting is tightening across lines. Insurance professionals who specialize in PFAS say insurers are mandating coverage...

WCIRB Summarizes 2024 California Workers’ Comp Legislation

Oct 4 2024 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is giving its take on bills passed and passed on by California Legislature this year.The Legislature recessed for the year and Gov. Gavin Newsom had until Sept. 30 to...

Judge Dismisses Shareholder Lawsuit Against Tesla, Musk Over Self-Driving Promises

Oct 1 2024 // Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk on Monday won the dismissal of a lawsuit accusing them of defrauding shareholders by overstating the effectiveness and safety of the automaker’s self-driving technology in order to boost...

Judge Rules eBay Not Liable for Selling Harmful Products

Oct 1 2024 // A federal judge dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing eBay of violating environmental laws by allowing the sale of hundreds of thousands of harmful products on its platform, including pesticides and...

Judge Approves $600M Settlement for Residents Near Ohio Train Derailment

Sep 27 2024 // A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $600 million class-action settlement Wednesday that Norfolk Southern railroad offered to everyone who lived within 20 miles (32 kilometers) of last year’s disastrous derailment...

Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Over Mine Sinkholes in South Dakota

Sep 27 2024 // A judge in South Dakota has thrown out a lawsuit brought by dozens of neighbors in a Rapid City-area subdivision whose homes were built above an old, underground mine linked to sinkholes in the neighborhood.Circuit Court...

Appellate Judges Skeptical of New York Civil Fraud Case Against Trump

Sep 27 2024 // Appeals court judges signaled skepticism on Thursday toward the civil fraud case brought by New York state against Donald Trump as the former president asked them to toss a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against him...

Judge Denies Texas Attorney General’s Attempt to Halt Gun Ban at State Fair

Sep 25 2024 // DALLAS (AP) — A judge last week denied a effort by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to halt the recently announced ban on guns at the State Fair of Texas.Dallas County District Judge Emily Tobolowsky denied the...

Critics Say Lawmakers Watered Down California’s ‘Lemon Law’ After Secret Negotiations

Sep 25 2024 // Californians for the past 54 years have relied on the state’s “lemon law” to fight back against car makers that sell them defective vehicles. Now, critics say Californians’ ability to recoup their...

Judge Dismisses Suit Seeking to Protect Dolphins Along Miss. Gulf Coast

Sep 24 2024 // GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to protect dolphins along the Mississippi Gulf Coast after dozens were killed or sickened in 2019 following the prolonged opening of a spillway...

Google Judge Questions Company Testimony as Ad Defense Begins

Sep 23 2024 // A senior Google executive sought to refute the US Justice Department’s antitrust case over its display advertising technology business, testifying that it faces “fierce competition” from the likes of...

Kentucky Sheriff Charged With Shooting of Judge Inside Courthouse

Sep 20 2024 // A Kentucky judge is dead and the county sheriff is in jail, charged with shooting the judge multiple times Thursday inside the courthouse.Local and national News outlets reported that Letcher County Sheriff Mickey Stines...

Lockton Gets Regulatory Approval to Operate Reinsurance Brokerage in Colombia

Sep 19 2024 // Lockton, the Kansas City, Missouri-based insurance brokerage firm, announced it has received regulatory approval to operate a reinsurance brokerage business in Colombia.“Lockton’s continued growth in Latin...

Federal Judge in N.D. Temporarily Blocks Biden Rule on Natural Gas Flaring

Sep 18 2024 // BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge in North Dakota has temporarily blocked a new Biden administration rule aimed at reducing the venting and flaring of natural gas at oil wells.“At this preliminary stage, the...