Most Popular Legislation Headlines This Year

The most viewed headlines from our Legislation Topic Page over the last year.

#1 Trump’s Bond Insurer Tells Judge Shortfall Is ‘Inconceivable’

Apr 17 2024 // Donald Trump submitted evidence that the insurer providing his $175 million appeal bond in New York’s civil fraud case is financially capable of paying up if his legal challenge fails, after the state attorney...

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

Jun 6 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 this week that two of those...

#3 Chevron to Quit California for Texas After Warning on Regulation

Aug 2 2024 // Chevron Corp. is relocating headquarters to Houston from California after repeatedly warning that the Golden State’s regulatory regime was making it a tough place to do business.The move announced Friday will end the...

#4 Judge Tosses Suit by Estate of Employee Killed in Crash After Mandatory Wine Tasting

Feb 9 2024 // A Connecticut judge has tossed a lawsuit by the estate of a woman who was killed in a crash while driving intoxicated following a mandatory wine tasting at the restaurant that employed her.The estate brought claims of...

#5 Judge Blasts Liberty Mutual in Declaring He Will Not Disqualify Because He’s an Insured

Jun 14 2024 // ­­A federal judge in New Jersey, in a blistering opinion, has refused to disqualify himself from a case involving his insurer, Liberty Mutual, and accused the insurer of seeking his recusal and attacking his integrity...

#6 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...

#7 Louisiana Lawmakers Pass Auto Insurance Reform Bills

Jun 17 2024 // Louisiana lawmakers passed a series of auto insurance reform bills that aim to bring availability and competition to the market by cutting down on excessive verdicts and settlements.Legislators passed four bills endorsed...

#8 Bill Introduced to Keep CFPB Out of State Insurance Regulation

Jan 17 2024 // New bi-partisan legislation meant to keep the regulation of insurance companies with state regulators was introduced in the Senate on Jan. 16.The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2024 from senators Tim Scott,...

#9 Underwriters Wary of PFAS Amid ‘Superstorm’ of Litigation, Regulation

Sep 5 2024 // As litigation and regulation increase around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), insurance underwriting is tightening across lines. Insurance professionals who specialize in PFAS say insurers are mandating coverage...

#10 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...

#11 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...

#12 Harvard Contract Breach Claims Blaming Marsh for Its $15M Insurance Denial Filed Too Late, Judge Rules

Aug 19 2024 // After losing two bids to recover $15 million from its insurer for costs related to its failed legal defense of its admissions policy, Harvard University has now failed in a bid to hold its insurance broker Marsh...

#13 ‘Surface Waters’ on Roof Are Not ‘Flood’ Waters, Massachusetts High Court Rules

Jul 23 2024 // The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that rainwater accumulation on roofs of buildings does not constitute “surface waters” within the meaning of “flood” in property insurance policies.The...

#14 Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Overtime Pay Rule

Nov 18 2024 // A federal judge in Texas on Friday permanently blocked a Biden administration rule that would have made about 4 million more salaried U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay.U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan in Sherman,...

#15 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...

#16 Florida Lawmakers Approve Surplus Takeouts but Stop Short on Nonrenewal Limits

Mar 11 2024 // A number of property insurance-related bills were introduced in the Florida Legislature this year – from a fundamental change to the Citizens Property Insurance Corp. coverage model to further limiting policy...

#17 Deadly Lithium Battery Fires Force Lawmakers to Play Catch-Up on Safety

Mar 28 2024 // For a decade, Illinois state Sen. Sue Rezin has recognized the technological and economic potential of lithium-ion batteries. Rezin, a Republican who serves in a district that is a major chemical and energy industry hub...

#18 California Insurance Co. Says Judge’s Tentative Order Won’t Stop CDI Overreach

Mar 11 2024 // A California court’s tentative decision in a dispute between the California Department of Insurance and the California Insurance Company “failed to undo the unprecedented use of the CDI’s conservation...

#19 FTC Ban on Worker Noncompete Agreements Blocked by Federal Judge

Aug 21 2024 // A federal judge ruled the US Federal Trade Commission can’t enforce its near-total ban on noncompete agreements that was set to go into effect next month, blocking an effort by the agency to make labor markets more...

#20 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,...