All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 17 2015 // BP Plc isn’t covered under Transocean Ltd.’s insurance policies for the undersea well blowout that caused the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster, the Texas Supreme Court said, blocking the oil company’s access...
Feb 17 2015 // Does Google help criminals by allowing its search engine to lead to pirated music or by having its autocomplete function suggest illegal activities?Mississippi’s attorney general suspects the company does and wants...
Feb 17 2015 // The first full year of North Carolina’s captive insurance program has “exceeded expectations,” according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin.While he’s pleased...
Feb 16 2015 // A federal judge has dismissed a New Orleans-area levee authority’s lawsuit charging oil and gas companies with destroying Louisiana’s coastal wetlands.The lawsuit was filed by the Southeast Louisiana Flood...
Feb 16 2015 // The U.S. aviation regulator proposed rules on Sunday for commercial drone flights that would lift some restrictions but would still bar activities such as the delivery of packages and inspection of pipelines that have been...
Feb 13 2015 // Minnesota lawmakers could decide whether to regulate the ride-hailing industry this year.House and Senate legislators say they plan to introduce bills soon to toughen insurance regulations for companies like Uber and Lyft....
Feb 13 2015 // Georgia legislators have filed a flurry of bills aimed at forcing ridesharing companies such as Uber to conduct more rigorous background checks on their drivers and raise liability insurance minimums for passengers.Uber...
Feb 12 2015 // Some sort of climate change regulation for the insurance industry could be just around the corner. Then again, it might not be.It’s a tossup in the eyes of Don Reed, a managing director in...
Feb 12 2015 // Lawsuits filed around the U.S. seeking damages for allegedly defective auto air bags made by Japan’s Takata Corp. have been consolidated before a Miami federal judge.A federal panel on multidistrict litigation...
Feb 12 2015 // The Obama administration won a reversal of a court ruling that would have shielded a Christian college in Pennsylvania from a provision of the Affordable Care Act requiring religious nonprofits to indirectly facilitate...
Feb 12 2015 // President Barack Obama’s recommendation to spend $5 million next year on an early earthquake warning system for the West Coast represents a significant breakthrough, congressional supporters of the project...
Feb 12 2015 // Alejandro Altamirano from Durango, Mexico, has called New Mexico home for a dozen years, and it’s where his two U.S.-born daughters are being raised. But the 36-year-old dairy farmworker fears he will be forced into...
Feb 12 2015 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced it has received all regulatory approvals required in connection with its previously announced acquisition of Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd.The transaction remains subject to...
Feb 11 2015 // The Arkansas Senate passed legislation aimed at clearing the way for districts to use teachers, administrators and other staff as armed guards and eliminating the regulatory panel that had resisted similar efforts.By a...
Feb 11 2015 // Texas lawmakers are expected to file legislation this year aimed at stemming the tide of property claims litigation in the wake of catastrophic weather events, such as hailstorms.Proponents of such legislation would like...
Feb 10 2015 // Dozens of cab drivers lined the street outside the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton and crammed a legislative hearing to protest ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft.Drivers and their allies called on lawmakers to...
Feb 10 2015 // Lawmakers are expected to consider a bill that would ban the use of cellphones by motorists across the state. Montana is the only state in the country that does not ban at least some drivers from texting. Several Montana...
Feb 10 2015 // A high-ranking Democrat in the Kentucky House of Representatives has been added to an ongoing sexual harassment lawsuit in Franklin County.Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate added state Rep. Johnny Bell of...
Feb 9 2015 // A Connecticut legislative committee is set to hear public testimony on several bills aimed at combating texting while driving in Connecticut.Several state lawmakers in Connecticut have submitted legislation this session...
Feb 9 2015 // The fire that destroyed most of a large apartment complex in northern New Jersey last month has prompted talk of legislation to toughen building codes, an effort that would butt up against long-established building...