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Mercury Seeks 6.9% Rate Increase in Filing Based on New Cat Modeling Regulation
Aug 15 2025 // Mercury Insurance said it has submitted a filing based on California’s new regulation enabling catastrophe modeling to be included as a factor in ratemaking. The filing is reportedly the first to use the Verisk...
NFL Appealing Nevada High Court Ruling Allowing Gruden’s Lawsuit to Proceed
Aug 15 2025 // The NFL will appeal the Nevada Supreme Court’s ruling that former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden can proceed with his lawsuit and not go through the league for arbitration. The league will request a rehearing...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Florida Complex Where Airman Was Shot by Deputy
Aug 13 2025 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against a Florida apartment complex where a member of the U.S. Air Force was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy. The judge said the unnamed apartment employee who called...
Judge Stops Hazardous Waste Shipments to Michigan Landfill
Aug 12 2025 // A judge has stopped government contractors in five states from sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill after a year of legal challenges by Detroit-area communities concerned about possible environmental...
Nigeria Insurance Stocks Gain Most in Almost 20 Years on New Law
Aug 11 2025 // Nigerian insurance stocks had their biggest weekly gain in almost two decades after a new law was passed requiring companies to raise fresh capital and making insurance for property and other assets mandatory. A gauge for...
J&J Talc Evidence Gets Review by Ex-Judge at Drugmaker Law Firm
Aug 8 2025 // A retired federal judge will help decide the fate of thousands of Johnson & Johnson baby powder cancer lawsuits even though her law firm represents the drugmaker in other matters. Freda Wolfson was appointed earlier...
Federal Judge Upholds Rhode Island’s Gun Permit System for Open Carry
Aug 7 2025 // A federal judge says Rhode Island’s gun permit system, which requires residents to show “a need” to openly carry a firearm throughout the state, does not violate the Second Amendment. In a ruling handed...
Residents Discover WV Lawmakers Eliminated Local Authority Over Data Centers
Aug 6 2025 // In late March, Pamela Moe was at her dining room table, skimming the local paper when something caught her eye. A legal notice, by a company she had never heard of, for a facility near the city of Thomas. Curious, Moe...
Federal Judge Stops FEMA From Diverting Infrastructure, Disaster Mitigation Grants
Aug 6 2025 // A federal judge has granted the request of 20 states to block the Trump administration’s attempt to terminate a multibillion-dollar grant program meant for states’ infrastructure upgrades and disaster...
Flood Relief, THC Regulation in Limbo After House Democrats Leave Texas
Aug 5 2025 // After dozens of Democratic Texas House members fled the state on Sunday to deny Republicans the quorum they need to pass new congressional maps aimed at securing more GOP seats, many other bills are now at risk of...
Florida Judge Blocks State Agency for Citizens Claims Disputes, But Insurer Appeals
Aug 5 2025 // A Florida judge temporarily halted Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. from sending claims disputes to a state arbitration agency, but a notice of appeal by Citizens automatically suspended the judge’s...
EU Court Rules Against Environmentalists Trying to Block Spanish Wind Farms
Aug 4 2025 // The European Court of Justice on Friday dealt a blow to environmental groups trying to stop wind farms from being built in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region, in a ruling affecting billions of euros of...
Texas Judge Rules BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard Must Face Antitrust Suit
Aug 4 2025 // A federal judge in Texas largely denied a request by the world’s largest asset managers to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Republican state attorneys general claiming they colluded to reduce coal output, in a case that...
New Law Orders Louisiana Insurers to Show Prior Policy Premiums
Aug 4 2025 // Under a new state law, Louisiana insurers will be required to give mandatory disclosure of prior policy premium when issuing a renewal policy to a policyholder. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple sent an advisory...
Industry Trades Throw Support Behind Bill to Affirm State Regulation of Insurance
Jul 29 2025 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) is supporting a bill first introduced more than 18 months ago to limit the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and protect state regulation...
Musk’s Geopolitical Influence Raises Concerns Among Regulators and Lawmakers
Jul 29 2025 // During a pivotal push by Ukraine to retake territory from Russia in late September 2022, Elon Musk gave an order that disrupted the counteroffensive and dented Kyiv’s trust in Starlink, the satellite internet service...
Judge Sanctions Lawyers Defending Alabama’s Prisons For Citing Fake Cases From AI
Jul 28 2025 // A federal judge reprimanded lawyers with a high-priced firm defending Alabama’s prison system for using ChatGPT to write court filings with “completely made up” case citations. U.S. District Judge Anna...
Meta Clashes With Apple, Google Over Child Age Check Legislation
Jul 25 2025 // The biggest tech companies are warring over who’s responsible for children’s safety online, with billions of dollars in fines on the line as states rapidly pass conflicting laws requiring companies to verify...
AXA Wins $908 Million UK Court Ruling Against Santander Over Protection Insurance
Jul 25 2025 // French insurer AXA won a London court ruling on Friday worth nearly 675 million pounds ($908 million) against Santander over the mis-selling of payment protection insurance more than two decades ago. The dispute between...
Kazakh Black Sea Oil Exports Halted by New Russian Regulations, Sources Say
Jul 25 2025 // Foreign oil tankers are being temporarily barred from loading at Russia’s main Black Sea ports following new regulations, two industry sources said on Wednesday [July 23], effectively blocking exports from Kazakhstan...
