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New York Court Rules in Favor of Injured Electrician Seeking Recovery From Employer

Aug 15 2016 // A New York court has ruled in favor of an electrician seeking recovery of unsatisfied judgment from his employer and its insurance company after being injured on the job.Pramendra Persaud was injured after falling off of a...

Judge Drops NCAA from ‘Academic Sham’ Lawsuit by Ex-North Carolina Athletes

Aug 15 2016 // A federal judge has granted the NCAA’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two former North Carolina athletes seeking to hold college sports’ governing body at least partly responsible for the school’s...

Thanks to Judge, AT&T Can Say ‘Thanks’ for Now

Aug 15 2016 // The right to say “thanks” to customers may not be exclusive to Citigroup Inc.A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday refused the bank’s request for an order barring AT&T Inc. from using a commonly...

Judge: No Ruling on Anthem-Cigna Merger Until 2017

Aug 15 2016 // The judge overseeing the U.S. Justice Department’s bid to stop health insurer Anthem from merging with competitor Cigna said on Friday her goal was to have a ruling by the end of January, later than the Dec. 30 date...

Delaware Passes Ridesharing Regulations

Aug 12 2016 // Delaware Governor Jack Markell has signed legislation that establishes insurance requirements for transportation network companies and their drivers, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America...

North Dakota Lawmaker Questions Reserves in Workers’ Comp Opt-Out Plans

Aug 11 2016 // A state representative from North Dakota, who serves on the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Committee at the National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL), says he’s concerned about reserves for paying...

Climate Change And Gisele, The Law of the Land

Aug 11 2016 // When the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Rio highlighted climate change, it wasn’t hard to imagine the buzz – positive and negative – that would be generated.The show included references to rising sea levels,...

Complaints Surface After Boy Dies on Kansas Waterslide

Aug 11 2016 // At least two people who rode in the last year on the same Kansas waterslide where a 10-year-old boy was killed say nylon shoulder straps came loose during the raft ride featuring a 17-story drop.It’s unclear whether...

California’s PG&E Found Guilty of Obstructing Investigators

Aug 11 2016 // A federal jury found California’s largest utility guilty of violating pipeline safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area and then misleading investigators about...

Suit against Seattle Law Enabling Uber Drivers to Unionize Tossed by Judge

Aug 11 2016 // A judge has dismissed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s lawsuit against Seattle’s new ordinance that gives drivers for ridesharing companies the ability to unionize over pay and working conditions.The Seattle...

Judge Seals Conversations in South Carolina Officer’s Lawsuit with Insurer

Aug 11 2016 // A former South Carolina police officer’s conversations with an insurance carrier after he was charged in the death of an unarmed black motorist have been sealed by a federal judge.The order issued by U.S. District...

California Administrative Law Judge Orders State Farm to Refund $85M

Aug 9 2016 // An administrative law judge at the California Department of Insurance found that State Farm overcharged customers $85 million and ordered the carrier to issue refunds and reduce rates.The judge determined that since July...

North Dakota Appeals Court: Judge Was Right to Toss Oilfield Death Lawsuit

Aug 9 2016 // An appeals court has upheld a judge’s decision to throw out a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a South Dakota man who was killed in an accident in the North Dakota oil patch five years...

North Carolina Tackles Insurance Rate Evasion Fraud, Updates Captive Laws

Aug 9 2016 // North Carolina has made several changes encompassing fraud, captives and flood insurance regulations to its state insurance laws.New legislation, House Bill 287, was approved June 30 by state lawmakers and signed into law...

Business-Backed Group Pushes for Workers’ Comp Opt-Out in Illinois

Aug 8 2016 // An Illinois think tank has issued a report expressing support for a workers’ compensation opt-out system, stating that it would give employers the ability to lower costs and allow for a more flexible workforce.In its...

Business Groups Sue to Thwart U.S. Crackdown on Corporate Inversions

Aug 8 2016 // Two business groups sued the Obama administration on Thursday over a crackdown on U.S. companies that try to reduce their U.S. taxes by rebasing abroad in a process known as inversion.The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the...

Judge Rejects PwC Bid to Dismiss $1B Malpractice Suit Over MF Global Collapse

Aug 8 2016 // A federal judge rejected PricewaterhouseCoopers’ bid to dismiss a $1 billion lawsuit accusing the accounting firm of professional malpractice for helping cause the October 2011 bankruptcy of MF Global Holdings Ltd, a...

FAA Rejected Advice for Hot Air Balloon Safety Rules 2 Years Ago

Aug 8 2016 // Warning about potential high-fatality accidents, safety investigators recommended two years ago that the Federal Aviation Administration impose greater oversight on commercial hot air balloon operators, government...

New York’s Boxing, Martial Arts Rules Include Insurance Limits

Aug 8 2016 // New York will require $1 million coverage for life-threatening brain injuries and other new health insurance for both professional boxers and its first group of licensed mixed martial artists under regulations slated to...

N.C. Tackles Insurance Rate Evasion Fraud, Captive Insurance

Aug 8 2016 // North Carolina has made several changes encompassing fraud, captives and flood insurance regulations to its state insurance laws.The legislation, House Bill 287, was approved June 30 by state lawmakers and signed into law...