All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 22 2021 // NEW DELHI – Indian fintech firm Paytm has received approval from the capital markets regulator for its $2.2 billion stock market listing that is likely to be India’s biggest ever IPO, a source familiar with the...
Oct 20 2021 // A Louisiana House leader offered blistering criticism Monday of Gov. John Bel Edwards’ temporary housing program for people with severe home damage from Hurricane Ida, slamming the effort as moving too slowly to...
Oct 20 2021 // Embedded insurance has made substantial gains in 2021, but the technology faces regulatory and other roadblocks that could postpone its full potential, a panel of experts and industry insiders said during InsureTech...
Oct 18 2021 // House Democrats are calling for action on legislation that would remove time limits restricting when sexual assault victims could file lawsuits against their perpetrator. The lawmakers are also urging that hearings be held...
Oct 18 2021 // The biggest U.S. tech companies would face new constraints under two bills announced Thursday after a month of revelations from a Facebook Inc. whistle-blower sparked fresh calls to rein in an industry that has largely...
Oct 18 2021 // Commissioner’s Credit Scoring BanA judge in Washington in mid-October ruled in favor of the insurance industry’s argument against Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s emergency rule...
Oct 15 2021 // Florida officials are applauding a federal court’s decision to dismiss an air ambulance company’s challenge to a 2020 law that limits insurance reimbursements for pricey helicopter and fixed-wing medical...
Oct 14 2021 // Three more appeals in assignment-of-benefits cases have gone in favor of Florida property insurers.Florida’s 3rd and 4th District Courts of Appeal handed down opinions Wednesday that upheld lower courts and found...
Oct 14 2021 // A federal judge has struck down Missouri’s requirement that a majority of the owners of companies that dispense, grow or manufacture marijuana must be state residents.U.S. District Judge Nanette Laughrey issued a...
Oct 13 2021 // Marijuana would be legalized in Ohio for adults 21 and older under Republican legislation coming in the Ohio House.The bill would encompass the growth, processing, distribution and sale of marijuana and marijuana products,...
Oct 13 2021 // A collapse in cryptocurrencies is a “plausible scenario” and rules are needed to regulate the fast-growing sector as a “matter of urgency,” Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said on...
Oct 13 2021 // Federal judges issued three different decisions on New York state and city requirements for Covid-19 vaccinations, upholding the status quo as the contentious issue winds it way through the court system.New York...
Oct 11 2021 // A judge in Washington ruled in favor of the insurance industry’s argument against Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s emergency rule temporarily banning use of credit scoring.Kreidler’s...
Oct 11 2021 // The Georgia judge overseeing lawsuits brought after workers were killed at a chicken processing plant is weighing sanctions against a freezer manufacturer after crucial evidence was thrown away.“It makes your client...
Oct 11 2021 // North Carolina lawmakers hope a bill that creates a “regulatory sandbox” will spur innovation in the insurance and financial sectors in the state, particularly in the use of blockchain technology.The North...
Oct 8 2021 // A Florida judge overseeing parts of the aftermath of the deadly collapse of a condominium building in Surfside said this week that a mediator will be appointed to sort through claims. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael...
Oct 7 2021 // California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a bill into law establishing a comprehensive regulatory framework for the manufacture and sale of hemp products in California.Newsom signed Assembly Bill 45. The bill alters...
Oct 6 2021 // A judge’s order to give the deworming drug ivermectin to a critically ill COVID-19 patient invites more lawsuits demanding unapproved drugs for life-threatening illnesses, a Louisiana hospital says.St. Tammany Health...
Oct 6 2021 // A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review its decision that a dairy farm built in northwest Indiana to house more than 4,000 cows is not subject to the Clean Water Act.Environmental groups and...
Oct 5 2021 // Former Facebook employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen will urge the U.S. Congress on Tuesday to regulate the social media giant, which she plans to liken to tobacco companies that for decades denied that smoking...