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Judge Rejects Family Members’ Bid to Reopen Boeing 737 MAX Plea Deal

Feb 10 2023 // A U.S. judge in Texas late on Thursday denied a legal bid by families of the victims of two Boeing 737 MAX crashes to reopen or reject a January 2021 deferred prosecution agreement.Boeing won immunity from criminal...

EU Lawmakers Want to Extend Reach of Draft ESG Oversight of Corporations

Feb 10 2023 // A panel of European Union lawmakers on Thursday backed an amendment to extend the reach of groundbreaking draft legislation to force companies to check whether their suppliers use slave or child labor, or pollute the...

Lawmakers Focus on Aviation Safety After 2 Near-Miss Crashes

Feb 8 2023 // The U.S. Congress needs to address serious concerns about the country’s aviation system after recent incidents including two near miss crashes and the failure of a key pilot computing system, lawmakers said on...

Judge Upholds Punitive Damage Award in Prison Strip Search

Feb 8 2023 // A judge rejected a challenge on Monday by Delaware’s Department of Correction of a jury’s $15,000 punitive damage award to an inmate who was mistreated by a former prison guard during a strip search.The judge...

Oklahoma Federal Judge: Banning Guns for Marijuana Users Unconstitutional

Feb 7 2023 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A federal judge in Oklahoma has ruled that a federal law prohibiting people who use marijuana from owning firearms is unconstitutional, the latest challenge to firearms regulations after the U.S....

Fla. Lawmakers to Start Another Session, Could Affect Workers’ Comp, Bens for Disney

Feb 7 2023 // Florida lawmakers will meet Monday to complete a state takeover of Walt Disney World’s self-governing district and expand a migrant relocation program, key conservative priorities of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis...

Maine Lawmakers Propose Arming Security Guards or Teachers in Schools

Feb 7 2023 // AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Republican lawmakers said it’s time to beef up security in Maine schools, either with armed security officers or by allowing teachers to be armed. A bill sponsored by Rep. Steven Foster,...

Louisiana Lawmakers Approve $45M in Funding to Draw Insurers to State

Feb 6 2023 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – A $45 million funding bill to address soaring homeowner insurance rates in hurricane-battered Louisiana was overwhelmingly approved by Louisiana lawmakers Friday and sent to Gov. John Bel Edwards...

Florida Citizens’ Endorsement Now in Effect: Disputes to be Heard by Admin Judges

Feb 6 2023 // As of this month, most Florida Citizens Property Insurance Corp. claims disputes will now be heard and decided by the state Division of Administrative Hearings, not in a court of law.Officials at Citizens and at DOAH...

California Workers’ Comp Department’s Medical-Legal Evaluation Regulations OK’d

Feb 6 2023 // The Office of Administrative Law approved the California Division of Workers’ Compensation regulations affecting its Medical-Legal Evaluation program. The regulations include the permanent adoption of emergency...

Ethics Panel Recommends Georgia Appeals Court Judge Be Removed From Office

Feb 3 2023 // Georgia’s Supreme Court should permanently remove a state appeals court judge accused of ethical misconduct, a judicial discipline panel recommended in a report released Monday.The three-member state panel said...

Judge Allows New Jersey Town’s Suit to Recover $21M Spent on Beach Restoration

Feb 3 2023 // A New Jersey beach town that defied state environmental authorities and fixed its dunes that were seriously eroded by a storm can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to recover $21 million it spent bulking up its shoreline, but...

Judge Stays New Jersey Law Allowing AG Lawsuits Against Gun Industry

Feb 2 2023 // A federal judge has halted a New Jersey law allowing the state attorney general to bring civil lawsuits against the gun industry in that state.U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi granted a preliminary injunction against...

McClenny Moseley Sanctioned by 3rd La. Judge for Duplicate Filings

Feb 2 2023 // Attorneys for McClenny Moseley & Associates appeared in a New Orleans courtroom Wednesday to explain why they claimed to represent a homeowner who says she didn’t hire the law firm, but did sign some paperwork...

Home Heating Oil Leak Is Covered Due to Pollution Ambiguity, Rhode Island Court Rules

Feb 1 2023 // The Rhode Island Supreme Court for the first time has found the definition of pollution in a commercial policy ambiguous enough to justify vacating a lower court’s summary judgment in favor of the insurer.The...

Twitter Asks Judge to Toss Out Proposed Sex Bias Class Action

Jan 30 2023 // Twitter Inc. has asked a federal judge to toss out a proposed class action claiming the company targeted female employees during its recent mass layoffs, saying the plaintiffs failed to identify any actual...

Madison Square Garden Ban on ‘Enemy Lawyers’ Prompts Legislation, AG Inquiry

Jan 26 2023 // New York City’s Madison Square Garden and other sports venues would be barred from refusing entry to perceived enemies of their owners under a bill introduced to the state Legislature Monday.The proposed legislation...

Judge Dismisses Former Charlottesville Police Chief’s $10M Wrongful Termination Suit

Jan 26 2023 // A federal judge has dismissed a former Virginia police chief’s $10 million wrongful termination lawsuit saying she didn’t have sufficient evidence of discrimination, conspiracy or malice.U.S. District Judge...

North Carolina Lawmakers Propose Power Grid Protections After Attacks

Jan 24 2023 // When gunshots at two electrical substations cut power to thousands of central North Carolina homes for several days in early December, Republican state Rep. Ben Moss watched his vibrant district full of family farms, small...

UK Fails to Protect Menopausal Women in Workforce, Lawmakers’ Committee Says

Jan 24 2023 // The UK is failing to address menopausal discrimination in the workforce, an issue that led to women quitting their jobs due to a lack of employer support, a committee of lawmakers said.Conservative MP Caroline Nokes...