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Amazon Must Comply With EEOC’s Pregnancy Bias Probe, Judge Rules

Jul 16 2024 // A New York federal judge has ordered Amazon.com to comply with a subpoena from a U.S. civil rights agency investigating claims that the online retailer discriminated against pregnant warehouse workers.U.S. District Judge...

People Moves: Virginia Regulatory Agency Names Damico Chief Administrative Officer

Jul 16 2024 // Virginia’s business regulator authority, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), named Joseph F. Damico chief administrative officer.Damico will oversee administrative divisions responsible for the...

Letters Don’t Seem to Sway Judge: Oxendine Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison

Jul 15 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve three-and-a-half years in prison after Oxendine pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud,...

Judge: Protestors Can’t March Through Security Zone at Republican National Convention

Jul 11 2024 // MADISON, Wis . (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that protesters can’t march through a security zone at the Republican National Convention, handing a defeat to liberals who had pushed to have closer access to...

NC Can Switch Health Benefits Provider for State Workers, Judge Rules

Jul 10 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In a legal fight involving two health insurance companies seeking to manage North Carolina’s public employee benefits plan, a judge ruled Monday that the plan’s board acted properly when...

Purdue Pharma Secures Litigation Ceasefire After Supreme Court Ruling

Jul 10 2024 // Purdue Pharma on Tuesday received U.S. court approval for a 60-day freeze on lawsuits against its owners, members of the wealthy Sackler family, in its first court appearance since a landmark Supreme Court ruling upended...

Viewpoint: Premium Audits Help Insurers Navigate Regulatory Compliance

Jul 10 2024 // Leading carriers and managing general agents (MGAs) are increasingly seeking to assess their premium income via audits to ensure exposures are reported accurately, while tackling potential premium leakage and addressing...

Oxendine Asks Judge to Go Easy on Sentencing. Former Commissioners Weigh In

Jul 10 2024 // Federal prosecutors want former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve 44 months in prison and pay $700,000 in restitution after his guilty plea to health care fraud conspiracy. But Oxendine is urging the...

Last Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre Challenge Oklahoma High Court Ruling

Jul 9 2024 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorneys for the last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court last week to reconsider the case they dismissed last month and called on the Biden...

California Lawmakers to Ask Voters for Permission Borrow $20B for Climate, Schools

Jul 8 2024 // Mired in a stream of multi-billion dollar budget deficits, the California Legislature has turned to voters for help.Lawmakers voted to place a pair of $10 billion bonds on the November ballot. If approved, the money would...

Delaware Judge Allows Suit Over Police Fatal Shooting of Mentally Ill Woman

Jul 8 2024 // A Delaware judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit involving the death of a mentally ill woman who was killed by a state trooper in 2021 after she fired a shotgun at him.Raymond Rooks contends that state police used...

Judge Tells Louisiana to Protect Incarcerated Workers Toiling in Summer Heat

Jul 5 2024 // Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, saying they face...

FTC Ban on Worker Noncompete Agreements Delayed by Judge

Jul 3 2024 // A federal judge delayed implementation of the US Federal Trade Commission’s near-total ban on noncompete agreements, the first salvo in the high-stakes legal fight over how much freedom workers should have to switch...

Judge Blocks Biden’s Bid to Halt LNG Export Licenses Over Climate

Jul 3 2024 // A federal judge halted Joe Biden’s temporary moratorium on new licenses for exports of US liquefied natural gas, though the decision is unlikely to immediately jump start approvals.US District Judge James D. Cain Jr....

Wall Street’s Top Regulator Faces Worsening Battle in Wake of Supreme Court Ruling

Jul 2 2024 // The Supreme Court’s move to curb federal agency powers could curtail efforts by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to establish new rules to police Wall Street and invite more litigation, legal experts said...

Surgeons Can’t Slip Out of GEICO’s Latest RICO Fraud Lawsuit in NC, Judge Says

Jul 1 2024 // GEICO Insurance companies have continued their campaign against alleged auto insurance fraud actors, including some well-known physicians and medical clinics. And a federal judge ruled in June that two of those...

NC Lawmakers Ratify Bill That Trims Taxes on Captives, Risk-Retention Groups

Jun 28 2024 // North Carolina, already ranked among the top states for captive insurance firms, could soon become a little more attractive for captives and risk-retention groups if the governor signs Senate Bill 319.State lawmakers this...

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Advance Bill to Create Landslide Insurance Program

Jun 28 2024 // A bill to create a state landslide insurance program for homeowners in Pennsylvania has been advanced by a House committee. The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted 20-5 to move the bill to the full...

Supreme Court Curbs SEC’s In-House Judges in Fraud Cases

Jun 27 2024 // The US Supreme Court curbed the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ability to press complaints before in-house judges, saying defendants have a constitutional right to make their case to a federal jury when the...

Apple Unfairly Fired UK Worker Who Was Part Toxic Workplace Culture, Judge Says

Jun 26 2024 // Apple Inc. unfairly fired an employee for making racist comments that were part of a toxic workplace culture at one of its London stores, according to a UK court ruling.Apple’s investigation, before firing Timothy...