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Oregon Homes Demolished Without Proper Asbestos Removal
Sep 28 2015 // Contractors have been tearing down hundreds of Portland homes without properly removing the asbestos inside, a practice that ignores state regulations and could put workers at risk. An investigation by The Oregonian found...
5 Veteran Missouri Insurance Regulators Appointed to New Roles
Sep 27 2015 // Missouri Department of Insurance Director John M. Huff has appointed five veteran regulators to new and expanded leadership roles. Angela Nelson, director of the Market Regulation Division, has been tasked with the...
California Court Rules Batmobile Entitled to Copyright Protection
Sep 25 2015 // Batman won’t have to worry about Batmobile knockoffs after a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday the caped crusader’s vehicle is entitled to copyright protection. The Batmobile’s bat-like appearance and...
Munich Re, Marsh Introduce Pharma Coverage for Regulatory Actions
Sep 25 2015 // Munich Re and Marsh & McLennan Cos., the largest insurance broker by market value, introduced a product to insure U.S. pharmaceutical companies against regulatory actions that could cause them to suspend...
Missouri High Court Rules against Chiefs in Age Discrimination Suit
Sep 24 2015 // The Missouri Supreme Court has given fresh life to a lawsuit that claims the Kansas City Chiefs fired an older maintenance manager because of his age. In vacating a Jackson County jury’s decision that the club...
EU Supervisors Face ‘Binding Mediation’ on Simple ABS Disagreements
Sep 24 2015 // National authorities in the European Union will have to submit to binding arbitration if they can’t decide whether to apply the bloc’s new rules on simple securitizations to a transaction, a European Commission...
Marsh, Munich Re Launch Non-Damage Business Interruption Coverage for Life Sciences
Sep 23 2015 // Marsh and Munich Re have launched non-damage business interruption insurance (NDBI) product that combines risk transfer and consulting services to assist life sciences companies in managing the impact of regulatory actions...
Former Maryland Commissioner Goldsmith Joins Law Firm Hogan Lovells
Sep 22 2015 // Law firm Hogan Lovells announced that former Maryland Insurance Commissioner Therese Goldsmith has joined firm’s Health practice and the Insurance Industry sector group as a partner in the Baltimore office. Goldsmith...
California Judge Slaps Down Uber Bid to Force Arbitration on Driver
Sep 21 2015 // A former Uber Technologies Inc. driver defeated the company’s bid to force her into arbitration, a second victory after California’s labor commissioner said she should have been considered an employee. A San...
Judge Advances Greenberg’s Starr Suit Over Tax Refund
Sep 21 2015 // Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s Starr International Co. can move forward with a lawsuit claiming the U.S. owes it a $38 million tax refund. A Washington federal judge on Friday rejected government claims that...
Mass. Gov. Baker Hopes Disagreements Won’t Scuttle Uber Regs
Sep 21 2015 // Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker says he hopes disagreements over how to regulate ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft won’t keep lawmakers from passing a bill soon. A legislative committee reviewed several...
Judge Blocks Texas Company’s Attempt to Shield $600K from Disabled Workers
Sep 21 2015 // U.S. District Chief Judge Jorge A. Solis issued an order on Sept. 11, 2015, to override a confidential settlement that would have re-directed nearly $600,000 away from a class of 32 intellectually disabled former employees...
Judge OKs $415M Settlement in Worker Suit Against Silicon Valley Giants
Sep 21 2015 // A U.S. judge has granted final approval to a $415 million settlement that ends a high profile lawsuit in which workers accused Apple, Google and two other Silicon Valley companies of conspiring to hold down salaries. The...
Tennessee Supreme Court Rules for Insurer in Assignment of Benefits Case
Sep 21 2015 // The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed a lower court’s decision that a chiropractic patient’s assignment of benefits was not an effective assignment of his insurance proceeds from a third party’s insurance...
Florida Judge Orders State to Clarify Uber Insurance Requirements
Sep 18 2015 // Florida taxi companies may finally get the answer they are looking for from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FDHSMV) regarding minimum insurance requirements for transportation network companies...
Uber vs. Taxi Clash Heats Up at Massachusetts Statehouse
Sep 18 2015 // The tension between traditional taxis drivers and those who drive for services like Uber and Lyft was on display Tuesday as Massachusetts lawmakers grappled with proposals to regulate the popular but largely unfettered...
Texas Court Rules for Former Energy Executive in D&O Dispute
Sep 18 2015 // The Texas 14th Court of Appeals this week ruled in favor of former energy executive in a legal fight over whether the company’s director and officer insurer should have paid to defend or indemnify the executive as...
Lawmakers Want Anti-Hacking Details from Carmakers
Sep 18 2015 // Two U.S. senators have asked the world’s biggest automakers for information on steps they have taken to protect cars from being hacked, as attention on vehicle security has surged following the first car recall over...
Judge Allows Class Action by Banks Against Target Over Data Breach
Sep 16 2015 // Hundreds of banks and credit unions can band together to pursue damages from Target Corp. over a 2013 hacking attack that compromised as many as 40 million payment cards. The ruling Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Paul...
North Carolina Judge OKs Duke Energy’s Coal-Ash Clean-up Plan
Sep 16 2015 // A judge on Monday rejected a bid by North Carolina’s environment agency to block Duke Energy from removing toxic coal ash from more plants than required under a new state law. Duke Energy has asked to add three power...
