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#1 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...
#2 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...
#3 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...
#4 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...
#5 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...
#6 Critics Say Lawmakers Watered Down California’s ‘Lemon Law’ After Secret Negotiations
Sep 25 2024 // Californians for the past 54 years have relied on the state’s “lemon law” to fight back against car makers that sell them defective vehicles. Now, critics say Californians’ ability to recoup their...
#7 Judge Strikes Down Trump Guidance Against DEI at Schools and Colleges
Aug 19 2025 // A federal judge last Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities. In her ruling, U.S. District Judge...
#8 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...
#9 Musk, Ramaswamy Will Lean on Supreme Court Rulings to Cut US Agencies
Nov 21 2024 // Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said the government efficiency panel that President-elect Donald Trump has named them to lead will follow recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings that they say can be used to take power away from...
#10 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...
#11 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...
#12 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...
#13 CVS Not Covered by Insurance for Opioid Lawsuits, Delaware Supreme Court Rules
Aug 19 2025 // CVS Health is not entitled to coverage from insurers, including AIG and Chubb, against thousands of lawsuits over its role in the nation’s opioid crisis, Delaware’s highest court ruled on Monday. The Delaware...
#14 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...
#15 Judge Finds Frozen Embryos Are Not Property That Can Be Divided
Mar 17 2025 // A northern Virginia judge determined embryos are not property that can be divided up, rejecting a previous analysis by the court saying such fertilized eggs could be considered divisible “goods or chattel”...
#16 Deadly Massachusetts Fire Highlights Assisted Living Regulation, Staffing
Jul 17 2025 // The Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fatal fire killed nine people was caring for dozens of aging residents reliant on wheelchairs and oxygen tanks, but it lacked the safety measures and most of the staffing...
#17 Airbnb Files Lawsuit Against City of New Orleans Over Regulation Dispute
Feb 20 2025 // Airbnb is suing the City of New Orleans for requiring the company and short-term rental platforms ensure properties they market are in compliance with city laws. “What we’re looking at now due to Airbnb’s...
#18 Only Carrier or Comp Judge Can Determine Compensability, Fla. Appeals Court Says
Jul 3 2025 // An employee cannot file a tort lawsuit against her employer until after it has been determined that she is not eligible for a workers’ compensation claim. And that compensability determination can only be made by an...
#19 Florida OIR Faults DFS in Move to Combine Regulatory Functions. DFS Pushes Back
Apr 7 2025 // In a March memo to lawmakers, Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation sharply criticized the state’s rather unique two-agency insurance regulatory structure, arguing that the Department of Financial Services...
#20 Appellate Judges Skeptical of New York Civil Fraud Case Against Trump
Sep 27 2024 // Appeals court judges signaled skepticism on Thursday toward the civil fraud case brought by New York state against Donald Trump as the former president asked them to toss a nearly half-billion dollar judgment against him...
