Latest Legislation Headlines
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Judge Dismisses Case Over High-Frequency Trading Led by Providence, Boston Pension
Mar 29 2022 // A federal judge on Monday dismissed long-running litigation accusing seven U.S. stock exchanges of defrauding ordinary investors by quietly allowing high-frequency traders to trade faster and at better prices. Exchanges...
Judge Upholds $2M Verdict in Boston Police Gender Discrimination Suit
Mar 28 2022 // A federal judge has upheld the verdict that awarded a high-ranking Boston police detective $2 million after she accused her former boss of gender discrimination, harassment and retaliation. U.S. District Court Judge Leo...
In 7-Eleven Case, Massachusetts High Court Rules Franchisees Can Be Employees
Mar 25 2022 // Franchisees in Massachusetts can be considered employees rather than independent contractors and thus be entitled to the state’s minimum wage, overtime rules and other state worker law protections, the state’s...
Kentucky Lawmakers Approve Bill to Give Insurers Lower Rates From Home Loan Bank
Mar 25 2022 // Kentucky’s General Assembly has become the only legislature so far this year to adopt a bill that could give insurers lower rates on commercial loans from the Federal Home Loan Bank system. The Kentucky Senate this...
Water Drain: Florida Court Rulings Show Importance of Exclusion Wording
Mar 25 2022 // Editor’s note: Insurers report that an increasing share of claims and claims litigation is the result of non-weather water damage. Jacksonville attorney Joseph Mackey, formerly of the Marshall Dennehey law firm and...
Bank of England Begins Developing Regulatory Framework for Cryptoassets
Mar 24 2022 // The Bank of England on Thursday began sketching out Britain’s first regulatory framework for cryptoassets, saying that although the sector remained small, its rapid growth could pose risks to financial stability in...
European Union Lawmakers Agree to Force Foreign Firms to Comply With ESG Rules
Mar 23 2022 // European lawmakers have agreed to force roughly 28,000 foreign subsidiaries to comply with the bloc’s ESG rules, marking a blow to representatives for U.S. corporations who had lobbied for the opposite outcome. In a...
California Lawmaker’s Bill to ‘Restore Ethics and Transparency’ at Department of Insurance Passes Committee
Mar 23 2022 // The Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill aimed at the California Department of Insurance that its author says will “restore ethics and transparency to a state agency he said has been...
Judge Reinstates Trump Independent Contractor Rule Withdrawn by Biden
Mar 23 2022 // A federal judge in Texas has nixed the Biden Department of Labor’s withdrawal of a Trump administration rule governing whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor. U.S. District Court Judge Marcia A....
Florida Governor Open to Lawmakers Calling Special Session on Insurance Changes
Mar 22 2022 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has not called a special session of the Legislature to tackle festering property insurance problems, but he said he welcomes the idea of legislative leaders convening lawmakers on their...
Purdue Pharma Judge Overrules DOJ to Approve $6 Billion Opioid Settlement
Mar 21 2022 // The judge overseeing Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy has approved a $6 billion opioid settlement funded by its Sackler family owners, overruling objections from the Department of Justice and 20 states that opposed the...
Zuckerberg Deposition Blocked by Judge in D.C. Privacy Case
Mar 18 2022 // A request to depose Mark Zuckerberg as part of Washington, D.C.’s data-privacy lawsuit against Facebook drew a blistering denial from the judge overseeing the case, who called the attempt “frankly...
Judge: Minor Leaguers Work Year-Round, MLB Violated Wage Law
Mar 17 2022 // A federal judge ruled that minor leaguers are year-round employees who work during training time and found Major League Baseball violated Arizona state minimum wage law and is liable for triple damages. Chief Magistrate...
Michigan Court Rules Against Railroad That Struck Teen
Mar 17 2022 // The Michigan Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit against a railroad, 10 years after a teen listening to music was struck by a train and severely injured in suburban Detroit. The court said a judge misinterpreted a case...
Virginia Lawmakers Approve Relaxing Ban on Facial Recognition Technology
Mar 16 2022 // Last year, Virginia lawmakers passed one of the most restrictive bans in the country on the use of facial recognition technology, barring local police departments and campus police from purchasing or using the technology...
University’s Governmental Immunity Extends to Parking Lot, Maine Supreme Court Rules
Mar 16 2022 // The state cannot be held liable for injuries sustained in a parking lot that is regularly used by people accessing a public building, the Maine Supreme Court has ruled. On March 15, in Klein v. University of Maine System,...
Texas Biotechnology Producer to Pay $253K Over Alleged Violations of Pesticide Regulations
Mar 14 2022 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) settled with Allied BioScience, Inc. (Allied BioScience) over alleged violations of federal pesticide regulations with the company’s SurfaceWise2 product, a residual...
Maine Lawmakers Advance Bill Regulating Corporate Use of Biometric Data
Mar 14 2022 // Maine is looking to enact tougher regulations about corporate collection of biometric data. The proposal before the Maine Legislature would require companies to get consent before they collect biometric information such as...
After Insurance, Condo Bills Fail, Florida Lawmakers Talking Special Session
Mar 14 2022 // The death knell sounded for the 2022 Florida Legislative session Friday with no major property insurance reform bills passed. But the ghosts of rising premiums and failing insurers will continue to haunt the state, and...
Judge Declines to Delay Ruling Against Virginia School System’s Admissions Policy
Mar 14 2022 // A federal judge has again ruled against a northern Virginia school system that he found guilty of discriminating against Asian American students when it overhauled its admissions policies at a highly selective high...
