All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 17 2021 // A judge has ruled that Kobe Bryant’s widow must turn over her therapy records to Los Angeles County in her lawsuit claiming she suffered emotional distress after first responders took and shared graphic photos from...
Nov 15 2021 // A federal judge has dismissed more of the unsettled lawsuits filed by men who say Ohio State University failed to stop sexual abuse decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss.U.S. District Court Judge Michael...
Nov 15 2021 // Until now, it has been practically verboten for insurers in many states to offer policyholders a free fitness tracker, such as a FitBit, or even wearable sniffers for factory workers to help detect toxic gases.The...
Nov 12 2021 // A judge approved a $626 million deal to settle lawsuits filed by Flint residents who found their tap water contaminated by lead following disastrous decisions to switch the city’s water source and a failure to...
Nov 10 2021 // Google won its bid to dismiss a data privacy lawsuit filed on behalf of millions of iPhone users, after the UK’s top court said the tech giant couldn’t be served with a class action suit.The case, which sought...
Nov 9 2021 // A new law will prohibit used car dealers in New York from selling vehicles that don’t have working airbags. Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Sunday she signed the bill into law. It’s named...
Nov 9 2021 // A U.S. federal judge on Monday ruled United Airlines Holdings Inc. can impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on its employees that only provides unpaid leave for workers who are exempted for medical or religious reasons.U.S....
Nov 8 2021 // Lawmakers in Alabama and Tennessee have taken steps to block or limit some COVID-19 safety measures, including mask and vaccine mandates for workers and students.In Alabama, the Legislature last week approved a measure to...
Nov 3 2021 // A Delaware judge dismissed a suit by Chemours Co. shareholders alleging directors misled them about the company’s financial health and legal liabilities when it was spun off from a predecessor of DuPont de Nemours...
Nov 3 2021 // A Kansas City jury decided in favor of the insurer in the nation’s first jury trail of a lawsuit that sought coverage for business-interruption losses caused by the coronavirus.The jury for the U.S. District Court...
Nov 2 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara cannot force insurers to repay consumers when they charge excessive rates, the California Court of Appeal in San Diego has ruled.The court held that State Farm will not have...
Nov 2 2021 // A California judge on Monday said he would rule against several large counties that accused four drugmakers of fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic, saying they failed during a trial to prove their $50 billion case.Orange...
Nov 2 2021 // The family of a driver who was killed when a sawmill’s gate swung into the road is not due $900,000 in damages from an insurance company, due to a policy exclusion for auto accidents, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of...
Nov 1 2021 // Recent court decisions across the South continue to shape the risk management landscape, from workers’ compensation to property insurance issues.Workers’ comp In South Carolina, the state Supreme Court recently...
Oct 28 2021 // The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation has adopted a new reimbursement manual, governing fee schedules and payments to doctors and other health care providers.The 2020 Health Care Provider Reimbursement Manual...
Oct 28 2021 // A federal judge has rejected a bid by pilots to block Southwest Airlines from imposing a vaccine mandate, saying the Dallas-based airline is within its power to require vaccination as a safety measure.U.S. District Judge...
Oct 28 2021 // A federal judge on Monday dismissed more of the unsettled lawsuits filed by men who say Ohio State University failed to stop sexual abuse decades ago by now-deceased team doctor Richard Strauss.U.S. District Court Judge...
Oct 28 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync.Question: If each state is responsible for regulating its own insurance industry, and there are 50 states in the U.S., how many different entities dictate insurance...
Oct 27 2021 // United Airlines Inc. told a federal judge the company is spending millions on paid leave for unvaccinated pilots because their colleagues “refuse to risk their safety” by flying with them.The leave is costing...
Oct 25 2021 // Despite hearing warnings of more rate hikes and more red ink from property insurers in coming months, Florida lawmakers may little appetite for further, significant changes to the state’s insurance laws.Instead, the...