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Judge: Penn. Woman Violated Order in Contacting Insurance Trial Witnesses
Jun 13 2016 // A local GOP fundraiser and hostess from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 30 days in jail after a judge said she violated a court order against contacting witnesses in her upcoming trial in a $20 million...
Philadelphia Judge to Release Sandusky Settlement Records
Jun 13 2016 // A Philadelphia judge has ordered the public release of sealed documents from a lawsuit that could reveal details about a claim that a boy told Penn State football coach Joe Paterno in 1976 that Jerry Sandusky had molested...
Judge Questions FedEx Liability for Illegal Drug Shipments
Jun 13 2016 // Proving to jurors that FedEx Corp. is a criminal because it delivered illegal prescriptions from Internet drug stores was never going to be easy. Convincing a federal judge who questioned the “novel...
CFOs Must View Their Companies ‘Holistically’: Hamilton’s CFO Reiss
Jun 13 2016 // A successful chief financial officer needs to be collegial, cooperative, highly visible and a strategic thinker who has the ability to view corporate risks holistically, according to Jonathan Reiss, CFO of Bermuda-based...
New Law Lets Louisiana Drivers Repay Auto Insurance Fines in Installments
Jun 10 2016 // Louisiana drivers struggling to pay unpaid fines from lapsed car insurance coverage can now find some relief. Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office announced the governor has signed a bill to authorize driver payment plans...
Delaware Judge Says State Farm Off the Hook in Paintball Injury Suit
Jun 10 2016 // Be careful with that thing. It could put someone’s eye out. That’s the upshot from a Sussex County, Delaware, judge’s ruling that State Farm doesn’t have to indemnify a policyholder in a paintball...
Judge Blocks Order by Kentucky Governor to Abolish Workers’ Comp Commission
Jun 10 2016 // A Kentucky judge has issued a temporary injunction blocking Gov. Matt Bevin’s executive order that abolished the Workers’ Compensation Nominating Commission and recreated a new one. The Lexington Herald-Leader...
Florida Supreme Court Strikes Down State Cap on Temporary Disability Benefits
Jun 9 2016 // The Florida Supreme Court has delivered another blow to Florida’s workers’ compensation system with a ruling today that the state’s statutory 104-week cap on temporary disability benefits is...
N.Y. Financial Regulator Nominee Vullo Signals Business-Friendly Approach
Jun 9 2016 // New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s pick to become the state’s top financial regulator on Wednesday signaled she would take a more business-friendly approach than her predecessor, who was known for his pursuit of...
U.S. Wants Safety ‘Two Times Better’ for Autonomous Cars
Jun 9 2016 // Self-driving cars must increase safety at least twofold to make a real dent in the 38,000 lives lost on American roads last year, the U.S. auto-safety chief said as the federal government prepares to release rules for...
Judge Rules Against Ex-Louisiana Police Chief in Sex Assault Case; Town’s Liability Uncertain
Jun 8 2016 // A small community in Louisiana disbanded its troubled police force more than a year ago, but the town hasn’t shaken a scandal that fueled the department’s collapse and ousted its elected police chief. A federal...
Congress Passes Bill Updating Chemical Safety Law
Jun 8 2016 // The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would revamp federal chemical safety protections for the first time in decades, sending it to President Barack Obama for his expected signing into law. The Senate approved...
Republican Plan Would Scrap Much of Dodd-Frank Financial Regulation
Jun 8 2016 // The chair of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee has proposed getting rid of much of the regulation put in place after the financial crisis, unveiling a plan on Tuesday that ignited fierce debate in the...
Former California Lawmaker Pleas Guilty in Money Laundering Case Involving Workers’ Comp
Jun 7 2016 // A former California Legislator on Monday pleaded guilty to crimes that included accepting bribes, some related to alleged bribes involving workers’ compensation fraud. Former Democratic Assemblyman Tom Calderon...
Driverless Car Demo’d in Pennsylvania as State Bill, Task Force Press On
Jun 7 2016 // Think of it as driver education with the car as the student and you as the instructor. That’s what it’s like in the latest version of Carnegie Mellon University’s self-driving car, a 2011 Cadillac SRX on...
Oklahoma Energy Companies Ask Judge to Dismiss Earthquake Lawsuit
Jun 6 2016 // Three Oklahoma energy companies want a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit demanding they reduce injection volumes at wastewater disposal wells that could be triggering earthquakes. The lawsuit was filed in February by...
Michigan House Passes Repeal of Inadvertent Auto Insurer Tax Credit
Jun 6 2016 // The Michigan Legislature is close to repealing an annual tax break worth tens of millions of dollars that was inadvertently given to auto insurers four years ago, a move agreed to as part of a state budget deal. The...
New York Lawmakers Push to Extend Deadline for Med-Mal Suits
Jun 6 2016 // Legislation before state lawmakers in New York would significantly change medical malpractice law by allowing patients to sue years after an alleged misdiagnosis or mistreatment. Patients currently must file lawsuits...
How Gig Economy Is Using Private Arbitration to Win on Labor Classification
Jun 6 2016 // Sharing economy workers’ best shot at suing to rewrite the rules of their employment may soon pass them by. As judges last Thursday considered settlements that will leave Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. drivers...
Solvency II Will Increase Reinsurance Buying Demand: Fitch
Jun 6 2016 // Solvency II will increase insurers’ demand for reinsurance products as they seek to strengthen their capital positions via risk transfer, according to a report published by Fitch Ratings. Reinsurance can help reduce...
