Latest Legislation Headlines
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Va. Retailer Lumber Liquidators to Pay for Safety Testing of Flooring
Mar 16 2015 // Retailer Lumber Liquidators said on March 12 that it stands by its products and will pay for the safety testing of laminate floors for customers to help ease concerns. The Toano, Virginia, company addressed concerns raised...
Connecticut Revisits Workers’ Comp for First Responders With PTSD
Mar 16 2015 // The Connecticut General Assembly is revisiting whether to grant workers’ compensation coverage for certain first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, such as those who responded to the mass...
Colorado Bills Would Allow Shooting Lawsuits and Study School Violence
Mar 16 2015 // Colorado schools could be sued for shootings under legislation introduced Friday by state lawmakers who say they are sending a directive to education officials to do more to keep students safe. “It’s about...
West Virginia Lawmakers Put Off Decision on Uber
Mar 16 2015 // It looks unlikely that Uber is coming to West Virginia this year. With debate closed, the Republican-led House of Delegates voted Friday against reviving an Uber bill that was idled. The bill would have allowed Uber and...
New Rules For Ridesharing Firms OKd by Arizona House
Mar 13 2015 // The Arizona House has approved an overhaul of regulations for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft. Republican Rep. Karen Fann unveiled details of a deal she’s negotiated between taxi firms, ride-hailing...
India Insurance Bill Could Attract More Than $3 Billion in Foreign Investments
Mar 13 2015 // Indian companies with insurance ventures, including Max India Ltd. and Reliance Capital Ltd., are poised to benefit from higher foreign-shareholding limits that may draw more than $3 billion from overseas investors. The...
Kentucky Lawmakers Tackle Details of $100M Tobacco Settlement
Mar 13 2015 // State lawmakers are trying to figure out how to enforce the terms of a settlement reached with the nation’s largest tobacco companies. What’s at stake: About $100 million in state revenue every year that pays...
North Carolina Lawmakers, Commissioner Support Insurance Rate Legislation
Mar 13 2015 // Republican lawmakers and Democratic state Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin back legislation they say would improve the process to set North Carolina homeowner insurance rates and give insurers a new way to cover huge...
U.S. Dominates Climate Change Litigation
Mar 12 2015 // It’s almost counterintuitive if you think about it. There is far more litigation related to climate change in the U.S. compared with Europe, which is usually considered more progressive on the issue. For an example...
‘Big Taxi’ Wages War Against Uber to Be More Like Uber
Mar 12 2015 // David Sutton is looking for the worst possible news about Uber Technologies. An accident in San Francisco, an assault in Boston: Such bad tidings for Uber are ammunition for Sutton, a 48-year-old publicist. “Uber is...
West Virginia Lawmakers Send Rollback of Chemical Spill Law to House Floor
Mar 12 2015 // A West Virginia House panel narrowly approved a bill to scale back protections to prevent chemical spills from sullying water supplies. The January 2014 chemical spill that contaminated drinking water for 300,000 residents...
Ohio Measure Would Allow Workers’ Comp for Police PTSD
Mar 11 2015 // Ohio’s emergency responders diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder could be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits even if they don’t have physical injuries under proposed legislation a state...
Low Insurance Penetration Creates Asia-Pacific Opportunities: Aon Benfield
Mar 11 2015 // As rapid economic development, population growth and urbanization lead to increased insurance penetration, Asia Pacific represents a key area of growth in the global marketplace, according to a report published by Aon...
Tennessee Judge: Cap on Personal Injury Damages is Unconstitutional
Mar 11 2015 // A Chattanooga, Tenn., judge has ruled that a state law that caps the amount of money someone can win in a personal injury lawsuit for noneconomic damages is unconstitutional. The Times Free Press reported that on Monday,...
Bipartisan Think Tank to Tackle Insurance Regulation
Mar 11 2015 // Washington is getting a new task force focused on insurance regulation. The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is launching the task force to assess the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...
North Carolina Judge Grants Class-Action Status to Magistrates’ Pay Lawsuit
Mar 10 2015 // A judge is approving class-action status to a lawsuit saying North Carolina has broken its promise to give magistrates pay raises. Forty magistrates filed the lawsuit last year. But with Superior Court Judge Michael...
Consumer Advocate to Florida Lawmakers: Ridesharing Proposal ‘Hell-on-Wheels’
Mar 10 2015 // The Consumer Federation of the Southeast (CFSE) has warned that consumers will be at significant risk if Florida legislators allow transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft to follow different consumer protection...
U.S. Consumer Bureau Moves to Restrict Mandatory Arbitration Clauses
Mar 10 2015 // Financial companies routinely use mandatory arbitration to block class-action lawsuits, making it difficult for consumers to win big payouts in disputes over credit cards and other products, a U.S. regulator found. When...
Illinois Lawmaker Wants Prison Time for Distracted Drivers in Fatal Crashes
Mar 10 2015 // Fatal crashes caused by illegal cellphone use should carry penalties similar to those imposed on drunk drivers who kill, a suburban lawmaker says. The (Arlington Heights) Daily Herald reports that Rep. Robert Marwick wants...
Jury Verdict Favors Texas Insurer in Hidalgo County Hail Claim Case
Mar 9 2015 // A Texas-based insurance company has prevailed in the first lawsuit to go to trial over claims from two massive hailstorms in Hidalgo County, Texas, in 2012. The 12-member jury in Amaro v. National Lloyds found that...
