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VW Sees EU Top Court Ruling Against Its Emissions Software as Confirmation
Jul 14 2022 // Volkswagen’s software that altered car emissions constituted an illegal defeat device in certain driving conditions, the EU’s top court ruled on Thursday, while the automaker said the ruling confirmed its...
Goodbye Courtroom? Florida Citizens Wants Claims Disputes Heard by Admin Judges
Jul 14 2022 // By this time next year, Citizens Property Insurance policyholders and assignees of benefits could see their claims disputes decided, not in county or circuit courts, but by administrative judges who work for a Florida...
Judge Dismisses Delaware AG’s Suit Against Monsanto Over PCBs
Jul 14 2022 // A Delaware Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state’s Democratic attorney general against agricultural giant Monsanto Co. over environmental damage from now-banned toxic chemicals known...
Louisiana Judge: State Can’t Order Insurers to Pay Ida Evacuation Expenses
Jul 13 2022 // A Louisiana judge ruled last week that the state’s insurance commissioner’s directive ordering insurers to pay policyholders’ Hurricane Ida evacuation expenses is invalid and unenforceable. Judge Patrick...
Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Alabama Judge’s Suit Against ‘Borat’ Comedian
Jul 8 2022 // Sacha Baron Cohen on Thursday defeated an appeal by former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore who had accused the British comedian of defamation for falsely portraying him as a pedophile in an interview for the show...
UK Judges Clear Path for $7B Suit Against BHP Over Deadly Brazil Dam Collapse
Jul 8 2022 // UK judges paved the way for a group of more than 200,000 people to bring a suit against BHP Group Ltd. over its role in the deadly collapse of a mining dam in Brazil. The appeal judges overturned a lower court ruling...
Massachusetts High Court Rules Attorney’s Fees Are Not Part of Insured Damages
Jul 7 2022 // The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled that attorney’s fees from a consumer protection lawsuit are not covered as part of bodily injury damages under a business liability policy, reversing a lower court...
EU Lawmakers Pass Landmark Rules to Rein In Tech Giants, but Enforcement a Concern
Jul 6 2022 // EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up on Tuesday to landmark rules to rein in tech giants such as Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft, but enforcement could be hampered by regulators’ limited...
Tesla Faces New Lawsuit Alleging Racial Abuse Against Black Workers
Jul 1 2022 // Fifteen Black former or current employees at Tesla filed a lawsuit against the electric car maker on Thursday, alleging they were subjected to racial abuse and harassment at its factories. The workers said they were...
EU Seeks Agreement on Ground-Breaking Regulations for Crypto Assets
Jun 30 2022 // The European Union on Thursday will seek agreement on ground-breaking rules for regulating crypto assets as the rout in bitcoin piles pressure on authorities to rein in the sector. Globally, crypto assets are largely...
Court Ruling Provides Ammo for Insurers in Florida AOB Cases
Jun 29 2022 // Florida insurers may have another weapon in the war over assignments of benefits in insurance claims, thanks to an appeals court ruling that went against one of the insurance industry’s most visible and active...
Judge Orders New Trial in Tesla Worker’s Race Bias Lawsuit
Jun 28 2022 // A federal judge in California on Monday ordered a new trial on the damages Tesla Inc. owes to a Black former factory worker who accused the company of race discrimination, after he turned down a $15 million award. U.S....
DeSantis Appoints 3 Insurance Defense Attorneys as Workers’ Comp Judges
Jun 28 2022 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has appointed three insurance defense attorneys to the state’s workers’ compensation bench. Jacobs (Linkedin) Jill Jacobs has worked as deputy city attorney for Palm Beach for the last...
Maine AG Says Religious Schools May Face Obstacles Despite Supreme Court Ruling
Jun 28 2022 // Religious schools got what they wanted when the Supreme Court allowed them to participate in a state tuition program. But the state attorney general said the ruling will be for naught unless the schools are willing to...
UK Should Avoid Hasty Financial Services Reforms Following Brexit: Lawmakers
Jun 23 2022 // Britain should avoid hasty reforms to make its financial sector more globally competitive after the industry’s separation from the European Union by Brexit, a parliamentary report said on Thursday. The finance...
Louisiana Lawmakers Seek More Time to Use Katrina Aid
Jun 22 2022 // Members of Congress from Louisiana are calling for federal officials to extend deadlines for spending Hurricane Katrina recovery funds on New Orleans road and water infrastructure projects. Sens. Bill Cassidy and John...
The Balancing Act of Insurance Regulation
Jun 20 2022 // Insurance regulation in the United States is overly complicated, unreasonably difficult, and at times it’s totally politically motivated because everyone wants to keep their job or get a better one. The system of...
Judge Removes Barrier for Nebraska Medical Marijuana Campaign
Jun 16 2022 // A federal judge in Nebraska removed a major obstacle for activists who want to legalize medical marijuana via a ballot campaign, ruling that petition circulators no longer have to gather signatures from at least 5% of...
UK Lawmakers Warn About Watering Down Post-Brexit Financial Regulation
Jun 16 2022 // Brexit is no reason to radically alter British financial regulation and regulators should not be forced to water down rules to boost London’s competitiveness, or stray from global standards, a UK parliamentary...
Court Rules Bronx Zoo Elephant Named Happy Doesn’t Qualify as a Person
Jun 15 2022 // Happy the elephant may be intelligent and deserving of compassion, but she cannot be considered a person being illegally confined to the Bronx Zoo, New York’s top court ruled Tuesday. The 5-2 decision by the state...
