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Rating Firms Urge Florida Lawmakers to Take Swift Action on Litigation, Cat Fund
May 3 2022 // Two insurance company rating firms have joined the call for Florida lawmakers to approve decisive measures to stave off financial disaster for more property insurers. Legislation passed in 2019 and 2021, designed to deter...
Louisiana Judge Orders Liquidation of Lighthouse
May 2 2022 // A Louisiana district court judge last week ordered the liquidation of Lighthouse Property Insurance Co., the troubled homeowners insurer who held policies in Louisiana, Florida, Texas, North Carolina and South...
Judges Skeptical as Purdue Seeks Revival of Sackler Liability Shield in Bankruptcy Deal
May 2 2022 // Judges on a U.S. appeals court appeared hesitant on Friday to revive a legal shield that would protect members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma from lawsuits related to the prescription opioid OxyContin, a key...
Supreme Court Rules Against Discrimination Claim for Emotional Distress
May 2 2022 // The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit filed by a deaf, legally blind woman against a physical therapy business that wouldn’t provide an American Sign Language interpreter for...
Federal Judge Approves $85 Million Settlement in Zoom Case
May 2 2022 // A federal judge in California approved an $85 million settlement between Zoom Video Communications and millions of users who said the teleconference meeting application violated their privacy rights by sharing personal...
ATV Is Not a Farm Vehicle, Virginia Court Rules
May 2 2022 // The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) is not a “farm type vehicle” covered by a homeowner’s insurance policy, reversing a lower court decision. The lower court ruled for...
Florida Action Against Disney More Complicated Than Lawmakers May Have Known
Apr 28 2022 // That plan to strip the Disney Corp. of its special municipality status in Florida? It’s more complicated than many Florida officials may have realized. A week after the Florida Legislature acted with lightning speed...
Judge Rules for Elon Musk in $13 Billion Lawsuit Over Tesla-SolarCity Deal
Apr 28 2022 // Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk did not unjustly enrich himself when he guided the electric vehicle maker in 2016 to acquire SolarCity Corp, where Musk was chairman and the largest shareholder, a Delaware...
U.S. Lawmakers Push Insurers to Stop Underwriting Fossil Fuels
Apr 27 2022 // A group of Democratic lawmakers, mostly members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, have asked some of the nation’s biggest insurance companies to stop underwriting new fossil fuel projects that contribute to...
Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Judge Approves Sale of BSA Warehouse
Apr 26 2022 // The judge presiding over the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has approved the organization’s request to sell its warehouse and distribution center in North Carolina for roughly $13.5 million and lease back the...
Federal Judge Approves $85 Million Settlement in Zoom Case
Apr 25 2022 // A federal judge in California approved an $85 million settlement between Zoom Video Communications and millions of users who said the teleconference meeting application violated their privacy rights by sharing personal...
Thorny Issues Face Boy Scouts Bankruptcy Judge
Apr 25 2022 // More than two years after the Boy Scouts of America sought bankruptcy protection to stave off a flood of lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by Scout leaders and volunteers, a Delaware judge is weighing whether to confirm...
Maine Court Rules Intertidal Zone Belongs to Beachfront Owners
Apr 25 2022 // A state judge has ruled that the intertidal zone belongs to beachfront property owners but the judge’s ruling didn’t specify what activities, if any, might be allowed there. The ruling was a setback for...
Judge Rejects ‘Gag Order’ for Elon Musk
Apr 21 2022 // Elon Musk will not be subjected to a “gag order” preventing him from discussing a lawsuit claiming he defrauded Tesla Inc. shareholders by tweeting in 2018 about taking his electric car company private, a...
Judge Approves $34M Settlement Over PFOA Contamination of Vermont Community
Apr 21 2022 // A federal judge has given final approval to a $34 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit against a plastics company over toxic chemical contamination of soil and groundwater in a southern Vermont...
Labor Board Judge Rules Amazon Must Reinstate Fired Warehouse Worker
Apr 20 2022 // A judge has ruled Amazon must reinstate a former warehouse employee who was fired in the early days of the pandemic, saying the company “unlawfully” terminated the worker who led a protest calling for Amazon to...
California Judge Rules 5 Officers Wrongly Fired
Apr 19 2022 // A Northern California judge ruled that five Oakland police officers who fatally shot a homeless man in 2018 were unjustly fired and should have kept their jobs. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Frank Roesch said in his...
U.S. Will No Longer Enforce Mask Mandate on Airplanes, Trains After Court Ruling
Apr 19 2022 // The Biden administration will no longer enforce a U.S. mask mandate on public transportation, after a federal judge in Florida on Monday ruled that the 14-month-old directive was unlawful, overturning a key White House...
Federal Judge Certifies Class Action vs. PGAC on Auto Policy Fees
Apr 19 2022 // A subsidiary of American Family Insurance now faces a federal class-action lawsuit in Florida, alleging it regularly charged auto policyholders a cancellation fee that was never mentioned in the policy. The size of the...
ATV Is Not a Farm Vehicle Covered Under Homeowner’s Policy, Virginia Court Rules
Apr 18 2022 // The Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) is not a “farm type vehicle” covered by a homeowner’s insurance policy, reversing a lower court that ruled in favor of coverage. The...
