All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 2 2024 // The National Insurance Crime Bureau is hailing a new Florida law that aims to deter predatory tow-truck practices and limit the fees that tow companies can charge.House Bill 179 was signed by the governor in March and it...
Apr 1 2024 // A decade after two firefighters died when they became trapped in a brownstone in Boston’s historic Back Bay neighborhood by a fire caused by sparks from welders working next door, the Massachusetts Senate passed a...
Apr 1 2024 // The Georgia General Assembly has approved a less-expensive version of a bill that would provide a type of disability insurance for first responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder.The state Senate last week...
Mar 28 2024 // A $10 billion battle between reinsurers and aircraft leasing companies seeking payouts for more than 200 jets stuck in Russia should be heard in London rather than Moscow, London’s High Court ruled on...
Mar 28 2024 // Johnson & Johnson will get a new chance to contest the scientific evidence linking talc to ovarian cancer, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, potentially disrupting more than 53,000 lawsuits the company is now facing...
Mar 28 2024 // For a decade, Illinois state Sen. Sue Rezin has recognized the technological and economic potential of lithium-ion batteries. Rezin, a Republican who serves in a district that is a major chemical and energy industry hub...
Mar 28 2024 // Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania are pushing Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration to do more to investigate the deaths of older adults who are the subject of an abuse or neglect complaint after Pennsylvania...
Mar 26 2024 // A U.S. judge on Monday ruled that the Mexican government could move forward with a lawsuit accusing five Arizona gun dealers of participating in the trafficking of weapons and ammunition to drug cartels across the...
Mar 25 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia, which has the highest rate of adult cigarette use in the nation, became the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Jim...
Mar 20 2024 // Insurers in Florida can can contemplate potentially lower loss costs on liquor liability policies after a recent state Supreme Court ruling that clarified when bars and restaurants can be held partially versus completely...
Mar 19 2024 // A bill that would end direct-action lawsuits against trucking insurers is rolling toward the governor’s desk after it was approved by the full House of Representatives on Monday.Senate Bill 426, heralded as a way to...
Mar 19 2024 // A panel of lawmakers in the European Parliament on Tuesday backed a draft law requiring large companies in the bloc to check if their supply chains use forced labor or cause environmental damage.The rules, known as the...
Mar 14 2024 // A judge has ruled that a 5-year-old New Hampshire girl missing since 2019 is legally dead and her mother can become administrator of her estate, just weeks after the child’s father was convicted of killing...
Mar 13 2024 // Nordic Capital is weighing a sale of German regulatory software firm Regnology, in a deal which could value the business at up to 3 billion euros ($3.27 billion), four people familiar with the matter told Reuters.The...
Mar 13 2024 // A former Georgia insurance commissioners’ efforts to dismiss insurance fraud and money laundering charges against him have run their course. John Oxendine must face trial starting April 15, a federal judge has...
Mar 11 2024 // A California court’s tentative decision in a dispute between the California Department of Insurance and the California Insurance Company “failed to undo the unprecedented use of the CDI’s conservation...
Mar 11 2024 // A federal judge in Texas on Friday struck down a U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule that would treat many companies as employers of certain contract and franchise workers and require them to bargain with...
Mar 11 2024 // A number of property insurance-related bills were introduced in the Florida Legislature this year – from a fundamental change to the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. coverage model to further limiting policy...
Mar 11 2024 // The first “NYPD: Most Wanted” video was meant to be intimidating.Over a pounding soundtrack, the montage cuts among stock images and body-camera footage of actual police raids. A fake gun discharges. Real...
Mar 8 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing pressure to get in vitro fertilization services restarted in the state, Alabama’s governor swiftly signed legislation into law Wednesday shielding doctors from potential legal...