All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 7 2022 // A federal judge in Baltimore on Thursday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. filed by the family of a rideshare driver who was killed by a passenger in 2019.U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake...
Feb 4 2022 // Like their counterparts in several other states, Georgia lawmakers have been trying to wind down the state’s second-injury fund, the workers’ compensation program designed to cover benefits for workers with...
Feb 4 2022 // A U.S. judge denied an attempt by seven employees to block Hawaiian Airlines’ policy requiring workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or face termination.The airline required U.S.-based employees to receive full...
Feb 4 2022 // Drivers, beware: Speed cameras could be on their way to a location near you thanks to President Joe Biden’s infrastructure law.Under new federal guidance issued Wednesday, states can now tap billions of federal...
Feb 4 2022 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced Feb. 3 that it is streamlining the form-filing process for five additional lines of commercial insurance by adding them to the list of lines eligible for certified...
Feb 3 2022 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association, the Professional Insurance Agents of Washington, and the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Washington jointly filed two legal actions to halt the enforcement...
Feb 3 2022 // Legislation headed to the Idaho Senate on Monday to extend a legal shield for Idaho businesses, schools and government entities from lawsuits if someone catches COVID-19.The House voted 70-0 to approve the measure that for...
Feb 3 2022 // Colorado lawmakers passed a bill to increase wildfire mitigation efforts, just a month since a devastating fire tore through suburbs north of Denver, destroying more than 1,000 homes and businesses and killing at least one...
Feb 2 2022 // A bill that would have created the nation’s only government-funded universal health care system died in the California Assembly on Monday as Democrats could not gather enough support to bring it for a vote ahead of a...
Feb 2 2022 // Self-driving vehicle companies from Tesla Inc. to General Motors Co.’s Cruise are racing to start making money with their technology, outrunning efforts by regulators and Congress to write rules of the road for...
Feb 1 2022 // Arkansas lawmakers on Jan. 28 cleared the way for state-run health care facilities to require employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine after officials warned that blocking the move would jeopardize more than $700 million in...
Feb 1 2022 // Several businesses, trade groups and social organizations announced the formation of a coalition on Monday opposing legalization of recreational marijuana in Minnesota as the measure’s supporters signal another push...
Feb 1 2022 // Twitter has taken legal action against a rule, coming into force in Germany from Tuesday, that obliges social media firms to block or delete criminal content quickly and report particularly serious criminal offenses to the...
Jan 31 2022 // The Alaska Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaskans who claimed long-term effects of climate change will devastate Alaska and interfere with their individual constitutional rights.The...
Jan 31 2022 // Connecticut’s Appellate Court ruled Friday that Wesleyan University cannot be held responsible for the alleged abuse of boys in its basketball facilities and the dorm room of a basketball player during the early...
Jan 28 2022 // A new lawsuit alleging negligence by school officials and a Michigan school shooting suspect’s parents was filed Thursday over the attack at Oxford High School that killed four students and wounded six other students...
Jan 28 2022 // A Democrat-led House committee voted mostly along party lines Wednesday to release a bill legalizing recreational marijuana use by adults in Delaware.A lone Republican joined Democrats on the Health and Human Development...
Jan 27 2022 // The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court’s ruling that Farm Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Co. must pay the policy limit in full on the claim for the second of two...
Jan 27 2022 // Women-only exercise areas in gyms and fitness clubs violate a state law banning discrimination based on gender, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.The 6-0 decision written by Chief Justice Richard Robinson...
Jan 26 2022 // Allegations that Alphabet Inc.’s Google deceived users with unclear smartphone location tracking settings should be weighed by a jury, an Arizona judge ruled on Tuesday, refusing to toss out a lawsuit brought by the...