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Former Financial Services Lobbyist, Pawlenty, to Run for Governor of Minnesota
Apr 6 2018 // The former head of the Washington-based Financial Services Roundtable (FSR), Tim Pawlenty, has thrown his hat into the ring in a bid to get a previous job back: that of governor of Minnesota. Pawlenty resigned from his...
Facebook ‘Willing’ to Meet with EU Regulators over Widening Data Scandal
Apr 6 2018 // Facebook Inc. expressed a “willingness to engage” with European Union regulators in the wake of fresh evidence showing that data on most of the social network’s 2 billion users could have been accessed...
Scott Sued by Florida Cities Over 2011 Gun Regulations Law
Apr 6 2018 // A Florida law prohibiting local governments from enacting their own gun regulations is invalid and unconstitutional, according to elected officials from 10 cities suing the state’s governor in the aftermath of a mass...
City Council Approves Changes to Houston’s Floodplain Regulations
Apr 5 2018 // More than seven months after Hurricane Harvey’s destructive floods damaged hundreds of thousands of homes across a wide swath of southeast Texas, the Houston City Council on April 4 approved the first overhaul to...
Massachusetts Can Sue Equifax Over Data Breach, Judge Rules
Apr 5 2018 // Massachusetts can move forward with a lawsuit accusing credit reporting firm Equifax Inc. of failing to safeguard its databases or provide prompt notice of a breach that exposed the personal data of 147 million people, a...
Lawsuits Against Facebook Pile Up Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Apr 5 2018 // Facebook Inc. finds itself in the eye of a rapidly building legal storm over the disclosure of user data to political research firm Cambridge Analytica. Lawsuits are piling up from users and investors. U.S. lawmakers are...
State Lawmaker Drops Push to Legalize Medical Marijuana in Tennessee
Apr 5 2018 // One of the lead sponsors of a medical-marijuana bill in Tennessee withdrew the measure Tuesday after telling fellow lawmakers the legislation has been so watered down that passing it would actually harm rather than help...
Florida AOB Reform Efforts Fail Again as Parkland Tragedy Derails Legislative Session
Apr 5 2018 // With over 900 items on the Florida legislative docket and only 60 days to consider them, it’s not surprising that many bills simply die in committee or are never seriously considered. Add to that a tragic event right...
Iowa Law Allowing Health Plans to Skirt ACA Signed by Governor
Apr 4 2018 // Iowa will allow people to buy a cheaper form of health insurance that skirts Affordable Care Act rules, under legislation signed into law by the state’s Republican governor. The law will allow Iowa’s Farm...
Missouri Passes Measure to Limit Insurance Company Payouts
Apr 4 2018 // A bill on Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ desk would limit how much money insurance companies would have to pay after vehicle accidents. The proposal affects cases where multiple people are owed money from an insurance...
Delaware Judge Rejects Workers’ Comp for Paralegal’s Softball Injury
Apr 4 2018 // A Delaware judge says a paralegal injured while playing on his law firm’s softball team is not entitled to workers’ compensation. The judge ruled late last week that Delaware’s Industrial Accident Board...
Lawsuits over Arkema Chemical Disaster in Texas Add Up
Apr 3 2018 // Note: This story originally ran in The Texas Tribune. Most of the houses along Crosby Eastgate Road in Southeast Texas and its neighboring streets are one-story outfits on sprawling green lots. In their driveways are spare...
Arkansas Judge: 6 Farmers Can Spray Controversial Chemical Dicamba
Apr 3 2018 // An Arkansas judge has ruled that six farmers in the state this summer can spray a weed killer made by Monsanto Co. and BASF SE that was blamed for hurting millions of acres of U.S. crops last year. The decision is the...
Coffee Sold in California Will Require Cancer Warning, Judge Rules
Apr 3 2018 // Coffee sellers will have to post ominous warnings in California because each cup contains a chemical linked to cancer, a judge ruled. The culprit is a byproduct of the bean roasting process that is a known carcinogen and...
Judge Says in California, Starbucks Coffee Must Have Cancer Warning
Apr 2 2018 // Starbucks Corp. and other coffee sellers must put a cancer warning on coffee sold in California, a Los Angeles judge has ruled, possibly exposing the companies to millions of dollars in fines. A little-known not-for-profit...
Schools Could Be Liable for not Arming Staff Under Proposed Kansas Bill
Apr 2 2018 // Kansas schools that refuse to allow teachers to carry guns could be held legally responsible in the event of a tragedy under a proposal drafted after last month’s mass shooting at a Florida high school. Opponents of...
Progressive is the Latest to Comply with New York Auto Insurance Rate Regulation
Apr 2 2018 // A fourth major auto insurance company in New York has reached a compliance agreement with the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) regarding DFS’ final regulation against discriminatory auto insurance...
Judge Certifies Class Action Accusing Goldman Sachs of Gender Discrimination
Apr 2 2018 // A federal judge ruled that women accusing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. of discriminating against them in pay, promotions and performance reviews may pursue their claims as a group in a class-action lawsuit. The decision late...
New Lawsuit Filed Over Florida Pedestrian Bridge Collapse
Apr 2 2018 // Another lawsuit has been filed in the aftermath of a pedestrian bridge collapse near a Florida university campus. The Miami Herald reports that a 19-year-old who was a passenger in an SUV crushed by a slab of concrete...
Retiring Commissioner Sevigny Talks State Regulation, Being a Good Leader
Apr 2 2018 // New Hampshire Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny is planning to retire this summer after 16 years with the New Hampshire Insurance Department. His current term ends on June 11. Prior to his 16 years working as a...
