#1 Are Some Florida Workers’ Comp Judges Bending to the Political Winds on Fees?

Jan 29 2024 // Attorney fees in Florida workers’ compensation cases seem to be part of a story that will never end, and a state appeals court has added new life to the story with decisions that give support to both sides of the...

#2 Critics Say Lawmakers Watered Down California’s ‘Lemon Law’ After Secret Negotiations

Sep 25 2024 // Californians for the past 54 years have relied on the state’s “lemon law” to fight back against car makers that sell them defective vehicles. Now, critics say Californians’ ability to recoup their...

#3 Murdaugh Denied New Trial After Judge Hears Jury-Tampering Claims

Jan 31 2024 // COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge on Monday denied Alex Murdaugh’s bid for a new trial after his defense team accused a clerk of court of tampering with a jury.Judge Jean Toal said she wasn’t sure...

#4 Texas Lawmakers Zero In on Exploding Hemp Industry

May 15 2024 // Austin hemp entrepreneur Shayda Torabi is looking at a year filled with uncertainty.For the six years they’ve been in business, Torabi and her two sisters have operated Restart, their hemp dispensary, in a modest...

#5 Hawaii Lawmakers Take Aim at Vacation Rentals After Wildfire Amplifies Housing Crisis

Apr 24 2024 // Amy Chadwick spent years scrimping and saving as a single mother of two to buy a house in the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui. But after a devastating fire leveled Lahaina in August and reduced...

#6 Musk, Ramaswamy Will Lean on Supreme Court Rulings to Cut US Agencies

Nov 21 2024 // Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said the government efficiency panel that President-elect Donald Trump has named them to lead will follow recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that they say can be used to take power away from...

#7 Florida High Court Ruling Could Cut Damages for Bars Serving Booze to Minors

Mar 20 2024 // Insurers in Florida can can contemplate potentially lower loss costs on liquor liability policies after a recent state Supreme Court ruling that clarified when bars and restaurants can be held partially versus completely...

#8 Fate of Most Remaining Zantac Lawsuits Weighed by Delaware Judge

Jan 26 2024 // GSK, Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies are urging a judge in Delaware this week to find that evidence plaintiffs’ lawyers want to use in about 72,000 lawsuits claiming that the discontinued heartburn drug...

#9 New York Police Target Critics, Including Judges and Journalists, Using Social Media

Mar 11 2024 // The first “NYPD: Most Wanted” video was meant to be intimidating.Over a pounding soundtrack, the montage cuts among stock images and body-camera footage of actual police raids. A fake gun discharges. Real...

#10 South Carolina Lawmakers Mulling Liquor Liability Fund to Ease Coverage Crisis

Feb 20 2024 // Businesses and homeowners will be familiar with insurers of last resort – the state-created, quasi-governmental organizations that provide property and liability coverage when the primary market won’t. These...

#11 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,...

#12 Appellate Judges Skeptical of New York Civil Fraud Case Against Trump

Sep 27 2024 // Appeals court judges signaled skepticism on Thursday toward the civil fraud case brought by New York state against Donald Trump as the former president asked them to toss a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against him...

#13 Judge Slams Florida’s Universal P&C for ‘Stonewalling’ Court Orders, Demands Answers

Jan 22 2024 // Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co. officials have downplayed the significance of recent Florida judges’ rulings that have slammed the company for violating court orders, have forced Universal to default...

#14 Kroger’s $24.6 Billion Albertsons Deal Blocked by Judges

Dec 12 2024 // A federal judge blocked Kroger Co.’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos., finding the takeover would lessen competition for US grocery shoppers, in a ruling that marks a likely death knell for the deal.In a...

#15 Louisiana Lawmakers Push for Tougher Penalties in Response to Surge in Carjackings

Feb 22 2024 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In the moments before Linda Frickey was dragged to her death during a fatal carjacking, the 73-year-old had been sitting in her parked vehicle in New Orleans when she was surrounded by four...

#16 Should Judge Recuse Himself From Case Involving His Own Insurer?

Jun 6 2024 // Liberty Mutual Insurance is pushing for a federal judge in New Jersey to recuse himself from a construction insurance case because he did not disclose that he has been a long-time Liberty insured, a significant claimant,...

#17 Citing Immunity Law, Judge Tosses Body Parts Theft Claims Against Harvard

Feb 13 2024 // A Massachusetts Superior Court judge has dismissed negligence, infliction of emotional distress and other claims against Harvard and the operators of its medical school’s anatomical gift program by relatives of...

#18 Mississippi Judge Affirms Settlement After 62-year-old Died in Police Encounter

Jun 6 2024 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A judge has ordered the enforcement of a lawsuit settlement between Mississippi’s capital city and the family of a man who died after police officers pulled him from a car while searching for...

#19 Florida Condo Owners Face Deadline and Higher Costs With New Regulations

Dec 31 2024 // MIAMI (AP) — Florida condominium owners are looking at higher costs from condo associations in the new year, a consequence of a safety law passed by state lawmakers in 2022.It requires associations to have sufficient...

#20 How a US judge Injected Culture Wars Into Boeing 737 MAX Plea Deal

Oct 24 2024 // A Texas federal judge with a record of ruling in favor of conservative causes injected uncertainty into Boeing’s agreement to plead guilty over two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes, seizing upon a single sentence in the...

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