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Judge Won’t Recuse Prosecutors on West Virginia Chemical Spill Trial
Jun 30 2015 // A judge will let federal prosecutors keep working on a criminal case over a chemical spill last year in West Virginia, shooting down arguments that prosecutors should be recused from the case because they were among the...
Obamacare Tax Subsidy Recipients in Northeast Express Relief
Jun 26 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the tax subsidies for health insureds across the country including those in states without their own health exchanges that use the federal health insurance exchange. The following...
Judge Won’t Budge on Start of Minnesota Levee Construction
Jun 26 2015 // Construction of a ring levee that’s related to a Red River diversion project around the Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., area must remain on hold, a federal judge from Minnesota has ruled. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim...
Marriage Right Doesn’t Protect Gays in Employment, Commerce or Housing
Jun 26 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court may have written the most consequential words in the history of gay rights with its recognition of same-sex marriage. But those words won’t be the last. While same-sex marriage was already...
Penn. Withdraws Its Healthcare Marketplace Plan After Supreme Court Ruling
Jun 26 2015 // Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Thursday that it will withdraw its application to take over some functions of the insurance marketplace created under the 2010 federal health care law now that the...
Arkansas Lawmaker: Flooding Highlights Need for Levee Standards
Jun 26 2015 // Changes to Arkansas’ levee system after recent flooding in the state should be on the agenda if the Legislature is called back into a special session , a key lawmaker said. Republican Sen. Jason Rapert, who chairs...
Lawmakers Vow to Review Abandoned Mine Insurance Program
Jun 26 2015 // Lawmakers will examine whether a program that allows coal companies to forgo mine cleanup insurance could leave taxpayers with billion dollar costs, leading members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources said on...
Delaware Bans ‘Loser-Pays’ Fee-Shifting Bylaws in Corporate Class Actions
Jun 26 2015 // Delaware’s governor has signed into law a ban on companies adopting rules that could force investors who bring and lose certain lawsuits to pay the company’s legal costs, disappointing business groups. The U.S....
Insurers Disappointed as Supreme Court Backs Disparate Impact Claims
Jun 25 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court said people who file housing-discrimination suits don’t have to show they were victims of intentional bias, in a blow to lenders and insurers and a surprise legal victory for the Obama...
Congress Finally Approves Fast Track Trade Authority
Jun 25 2015 // Legislation vital to securing the largest U.S. trade deal in decades was passed by the Senate on Wednesday by a comfortable margin, advancing President Barack Obama’s efforts to strengthen U.S. economic ties around...
6 Decisions Coming from Supreme Court Over Next Few Days
Jun 25 2015 // The U.S. Supreme Court is saving the best for last. The nation’s top court will issue a series of major rulings over the next several days as it closes its nine-month term. In addition to landmark gay-marriage and...
North Carolina Lawmakers Approve Insurance Requirement for Mopeds
Jun 25 2015 // Moped owners could have a new item on their to-do lists in 2016 after getting their small-engine bikes registered with the state starting next month. The General Assembly gave its final approval Tuesday to legislation...
NYC’s Taxi Regulatory Agency OKs New App Rules for Uber, Lyft
Jun 24 2015 // New York City’s taxi regulatory agency on Monday approved new rules governing how Uber and other app-based car services operate within the five boroughs. Part of the proposal unanimously passed allows the companies...
Senate Advances Fast Track Trade Bill
Jun 24 2015 // The U.S. Senate advanced legislation that would give President Barack Obama enhanced authority to complete free-trade deals including a landmark agreement with Pacific nations. The 60-37 vote Tuesday paves the way for...
Democrats Vow One Sentence Fix If Court Ends Obamacare Subsidies
Jun 24 2015 // Democrats are prepared to quickly come up with a legislative solution should the U.S. Supreme Court rule in the next few days to invalidate a central part of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law, party...
Judge Delays Federal Fracking Safety Regulations
Jun 24 2015 // New U.S. fracking safety rules set to take effect Wednesday were put on hold by a Wyoming federal judge who said he needed more evidence to decide whether to block them as requested by drillers and four western...
Florida High Court Removes Judge Over Misconduct in Progressive Injury Cases
Jun 24 2015 // A Broward County judge will be removed from the bench for misconduct committed eight years before she was elected to the post. The Florida Supreme Court ruled June 18 that Judge Laura Watson isn’t fit to serve as a...
U.S. Warns of Dire Consequences If No Global Action on Climate Change
Jun 23 2015 // Labor productivity would dwindle as workers wilt in the heat. Summers in Illinois would feel like a Louisiana swamp. Epic downpours and surging seas of the future would leave $5 trillion in losses. And worsening air...
New York Lawmakers Approve Tougher Regulation of Nail Salons
Jun 22 2015 // New York lawmakers on June 19 approved tougher regulation of nail salons, intended to help protect some 40,000 workers — many of them female immigrants — from getting shorted on pay and otherwise...
NYSIF Issues Update on Elimination of WCB Fees, Weekly Benefit Rate
Jun 22 2015 // The New York State Insurance Fund (NYSIF) issued an update on June 19 noting that Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced the elimination of a number of Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) fees as a part of the 2015-16...
