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Uber Facing Roadblocks, Controversies in U.S. and Abroad
Dec 10 2014 // Uber Technologies Inc. has hit an increasing pileup of regulatory and legal hurdles this week, with its mobile application challenged from India to California. The car-booking app yesterday was sued by the district...
Congress Budget Deal Suspends Trucker Rest Rule
Dec 10 2014 // Congress is poised to roll back safety rules aimed at ensuring truck drivers get enough rest, ignoring the pleas of consumer activists and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. The provision, added to budget...
Supreme Court Nixes Amazon Workers’ Bid for Pay For Security Frisks
Dec 9 2014 // Workers don’t have a federal right to be paid for time spent in post-shift security searches, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a decision that will help Amazon.com Inc. fend off lawsuits seeking more than $100...
Congress Weighs Adding Terrorism Insurance to Spending Plan
Dec 9 2014 // Congressional negotiators plan today to release a bipartisan U.S. government spending proposal, just days before current funding ends, after resolving disputes over Republican policy proposals. The House and Senate intend...
Arkansas Judge: No Class-Action in Whirlpool Lawsuit
Dec 9 2014 // A federal judge in Arkansas says he won’t certify a complaint against Whirlpool Corp. as a class-action lawsuit because he is not sure whether residents of a polluted Arkansas neighborhood or the company is the...
Transportation Chief Opposes Trucker Fatigue Rule Delay in Budget
Dec 8 2014 // Congress is considering adding to a year-end budget deal a provision to roll back safety rules aimed at ensuring truck drivers get enough rest, a measure U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said should be...
African Insurers’ Growth Interests Europe, So. Africa, as Incomes Rise
Dec 8 2014 // A growing middle class in sub-Saharan Africa is enticing European and South African insurers to buy local firms focusing mainly on life insurance and pensions, in the face of mature markets and strong competition at home....
Lawmakers: Sandy Flood Insurance Concerns Will Be Addressed
Dec 6 2014 // Federal emergency officials are taking new steps to address concerns from homeowners still struggling to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy more than two years ago, New Jersey and New York lawmakers announced on Friday, Dec....
Insurance Included in Rideshare Regulations Passed by Illinois Lawmakers
Dec 5 2014 // The Illinois Legislature has passed legislation regulating drivers in the emerging ridesharing industry. Both the House and Senate approved legislation creating statewide regulations for drivers working for ridesharing...
Legal Battle Over MetLife Systemic Risk Label Looms
Dec 5 2014 // U.S. regulators are close to a final decision to label MetLife Inc. systemically important, two people with knowledge of the matter said, setting up a potential legal battle with the country’s largest life...
Federal Judge Sends Oil Companies Suit Back to New Orleans
Dec 4 2014 // A federal judge has sent a Plaquemines Parish lawsuit against 19 oil and gas companies back to New Orleans court for trial. U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey’s ruling sets the stage for the return of 27 others suits to...
Banks Balk at Easing Dodd-Frank Capital Requirements for Insurers
Dec 3 2014 // After coming together to help Republicans retake Congress, the financial industry is splitting over the best strategy to accomplish its main goal of paring back the Dodd-Frank Act. The rift appeared the day after the...
Utah Takes a Rare Insurance Misstep
Dec 3 2014 // An administrative agency has again found itself at odds with free-market innovation. In this case, Utah’s Department of Insurance has demanded that a popular new web based human resources platform named Zenefits...
Oversized Cargo Haulers Seek Exemption from 30-Minute Break Rule
Dec 3 2014 // Oversized and overweight cargo haulers that can only operate on roadways at certain times of day are seeking an exemption from a new federal trucking regulation requiring drivers to take a 30-minute rest every eight...
Snow Named Chief of New Office of Captive Insurance at Ohio Department
Dec 2 2014 // Following the signing of legislation allowing Ohio businesses to form captive insurance companies, the Ohio Department of Insurance tapped Tracy Snow as chief of its newly established Office of Captive Insurance. Snow has...
Florida Supreme Court Weighs Workers’ Comp Attorney Fee Schedule
Dec 1 2014 // The Florida Supreme Court is considering whether to declare the state’s workers’ compensation attorney fee schedule unconstitutional. The court recently heard oral arguments in a case (Castellanos v. Next Door...
Judge Dismisses Racial Bias Claim by 10 ‘American Idol’ Contestants
Dec 1 2014 // A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by 10 black male contestants on “American Idol” who accused the singing competition show, its producers, sponsors, and the Fox television network of racial...
AIG Bailout Judge Not Intimidated by Government, Wall Street Names
Dec 1 2014 // Hank Greenberg’s legal assault on the U.S. government and the terms imposed in its 2008 bailout of American International Group Inc. brought a parade of financial crisis superstars to a Washington courthouse,...
New Connecticut Law Would Strengthen Skiing Rules
Dec 1 2014 // The first snow on the ground is a reminder that the ski season is getting started in Connecticut. A bill approved by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy earlier this year seeks to strengthen enforcement of...
Utah Lawmaker Working on Ridesharing Regulations
Dec 1 2014 // A Utah lawmaker is working on a bill proposing statewide regulations for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft. Some say the smartphone app-based companies should follow the same rules as taxi drivers, including...
