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#1 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...
#2 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...
#3 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”...
#4 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...
#5 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...
#6 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...
#7 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...
#8 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...
#9 Texas Farmers Fear Proposed Legislation Could Devastate Hemp Economy
Apr 23 2025 // Andrew Hill, who studied and farmed hemp in California before it was legal in Texas, was a keynote speaker at the state’s first-ever agricultural hemp expo in Dallas in 2019. Amid considerable hype and excitement...
#10 West Texas Lawmakers Want to Divert Oil and Gas Taxes to Address Oil Patch Repairs
Mar 27 2025 // The fracking boom that resuscitated the Texas oil fields has also beaten up the infrastructure in the Permian Basin, the state’s biggest oil and gas drilling region. More heavy trucks drove through small towns,...
#11 Texas THC Industry Welcomes More Regulations With Ban Off the Table
Jun 26 2025 // With a ban off the table for now, Texas hemp industry leaders said they are amenable to state lawmakers imposing more regulations on their THC products, such as age restrictions on purchases and more testing of their...
#12 Oklahoma Lawmaker Seeks Statewide Ban on Sewage Sludge Use
Mar 31 2025 // When Leslie Stewart moved to her home in a rural expanse of Lincoln County outside of Oklahoma City more than 20 years ago, she thought she’d found a slice of heaven. In a town of fewer than 700 people, her son could...
#13 Will California’s FAIR Plan Have Enough Cash for Its Wildfire Claims?
Jan 16 2025 // There has been some question about whether California’s insurer of last resort – the FAIR Plan – has enough cash on hand to pay for its share of wildfire claims. As surplus is inadequate and reinsurance has a...
#14 Kroger’s $24.6 Billion Albertsons Deal Blocked by Judges
Dec 12 2024 // A federal judge blocked Kroger Co.’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos., finding the takeover would lessen competition for US grocery shoppers, in a ruling that marks a likely death knell for the deal. In a...
#15 In Lawsuit Over Teen’s Death, Judge Rejects Free Speech Rights for AI Chatbots
May 23 2025 // A federal judge on Wednesday rejected arguments made by an artificial intelligence company that its chatbots are protected by the First Amendment — at least for now. The developers behind Character.AI are seeking to...
#16 Texas Judge Awards $6.6M to Former Aides Fired by AG Paxton
Apr 7 2025 // A Travis County district court judge on Friday awarded $6.6 million to four former senior aides to Attorney General Ken Paxton who said they were improperly fired after reporting Paxton to the FBI. Judge Catherine Mauzy...
#17 Florida Condo Owners Face Deadline and Higher Costs With New Regulations
Dec 31 2024 // MIAMI (AP) — Florida condominium owners are looking at higher costs from condo associations in the new year, a consequence of a safety law passed by state lawmakers in 2022. It requires associations to have sufficient...
#18 How a US judge Injected Culture Wars Into Boeing 737 MAX Plea Deal
Oct 24 2024 // A Texas federal judge with a record of ruling in favor of conservative causes injected uncertainty into Boeing’s agreement to plead guilty over two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes, seizing upon a single sentence in the...
#19 Google Monopolized Search Through Illegal Deals, Judge Rules
Aug 6 2024 // Google illegally monopolized the search market through exclusive deals, a judge ruled Monday, handing the government a win in its first major antitrust case against a tech giant in more than two decades. Judge Amit Mehta...
#20 Texas Lawmakers Reined in Recreational THC for More Medical Marijuana
Jun 6 2025 // Texas lawmakers this year heavily focused their drug policy agenda on banning tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, products in the state. Senate Bill 3, which prohibits the possession of consumable hemp products that contain any...
