All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 27 2014 // Parents in Florida will have to use a car seat for children up to 5 years old under a new law approved by Gov. Rick Scott.Scott signed a bill (HB 225) that increases Florida’s car seat requirement from 4 years old to...
Jun 27 2014 // A day before U.S. House Republicans were to vote on a new majority leader, lawmakers aligned with the limited-government Tea Party movement delivered a message to the leading candidate, Kevin McCarthy of California.They...
Jun 26 2014 // A bill that would impose insurance requirements on ridesharing companies in California passed a state Senate committee 9-1 on Wednesday, although with somewhat lower costs to the industry than previously written into the...
Jun 26 2014 // A defamation lawsuit by former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice Greenberg against Eliot Spitzer may move toward trial, a state judge ruled after throwing out many of the claims against the...
Jun 25 2014 // Florida’s Miami-Dade County continues to have problems with the ride-for-hire industry and is looking to other cities for examples of how to legislate the growing businesses.The Miami Herald reports the county has...
Jun 25 2014 // New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed eleven bills into law Monday that are meant to improve traffic safety and reduce pedestrian fatalities in the nation’s largest city.The measures are among the first steps in...
Jun 25 2014 // Like a driver obligated to use his brakes to prevent hitting a pedestrian in a road, governments have a duty to protect private property with the right laws and regulations, according to a Vanderbilt Law School...
Jun 24 2014 // The New Jersey Senate has failed in its effort to override Gov. Chris Christie’s conditional veto of the Superstorm Sandy “Bill of Rights” legislation.New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney pushed...
Jun 24 2014 // A judge has denied Vail Resorts’ request to toss a lawsuit filed by the parents of a teenager who died in an avalanche while skiing in January 2012. The Vail Daily reported District Judge Chris Melonakis’...
Jun 24 2014 // To corral a surge in incidents of reckless, recreational drone use, the U.S. government barred flights of small unmanned aircraft near airports and crowds.People who want to fly drones as hobbyists should take lessons on...
Jun 24 2014 // The arsonist who killed Ji Yun Lee was especially cruel and calculating, dousing her small cabin in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains with more than 60 gallons (230 liters) of gasoline and heating fuel and setting at...
Jun 23 2014 // The International Insurance Society (IIS) has come a long way since its first meeting in a conference room in Austin, Texas. The 50th edition of its annual conclave opened this morning in London at the Park Plaza...
Jun 23 2014 // OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. said it is making progress in the sale of its runoff business to Armour Group Holdings Limited and restated its expectation that the transaction will close in the second half of 2014.The...
Jun 23 2014 // The National Park Service last Friday temporarily banned the launching, landing or operating unmanned aircraft or drones on lands and waters it administers.National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis said the ban...
Jun 23 2014 // Florida’s passage of a homeowners’ claims bill of rights left few satisfied after lawmakers largely codified current law while avoiding controversial issues such as the practice of policyholders assigning their...
Jun 22 2014 // Moped drivers across North Carolina will have to register their bikes by next summer if a House measure approved last week becomes law, which opponents say would hurt low-income people who have no other means to get...
Jun 21 2014 // Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto is defending two ride-sharing companies that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement has recently threatened with fines and cease-and-desist...
Jun 20 2014 // Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) announced that it has received the required regulatory approvals from the Commonwealth Acting Assistant Treasurer for its acquisition of the Wesfarmers insurance underwriting...
Jun 20 2014 // Ohio in mid-April 2014 enacted stricter regulations for oil and gas drilling near faults or areas of past seismic activity, a move that some, including insurers, may view as a step in the right direction.The Ohio...
Jun 19 2014 // Duke Energy is expressing concern about proposed legislation requiring the closure of all of its North Carolina coal ash dumps by 2029, a deadline the company says is about half the time it will need.The bill backed by...