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Viewpoint: Artificial Intelligence Faces New Era of Regulatory Oversight
Dec 4 2024 // Executive Summary: With over 70% of insurers planning to deploy gen-AI tools over the next two years, AI promises much, and the keen adopters likely will be rewarded – but it’s a path that must be navigated...
Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Overtime Pay Rule
Dec 2 2024 // A federal judge in Texas permanently blocked a Biden administration rule that would have made about 4 million more salaried U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan in Sherman, Texas, said...
EU Seeks to Streamline ESG Regulations Amid Growing Backlash
Nov 26 2024 // The next European Commission will urgently seek to streamline the bloc’s many environmental, social and governance rules, as it responds to complaints that excessive regulations are gutting industry competitiveness....
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...
Judge Tosses Ex-Arkansas Governor’s Suit Against Meta Over CBD Advertisement
Nov 20 2024 // A federal judge in Delaware on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee against social media giant Meta over advertisements using his name and image to sell CBD products. Huckabee, a Baptist...
Judge Weighs ‘Real Housewives of New York’ Cast Member’s Abuse Allegations
Nov 20 2024 // The lawyer for a former cast member of the “Real Housewives of New York” told a federal judge Thursday that the First Amendment cannot shield the show’s creators from a lawsuit alleging that the...
Bankruptcy Judge Approves Rockville Centre Diocese $320M Sex Abuse Claims Fund
Nov 19 2024 // A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a Chapter 11 plan for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York that includes a $320 million fund to compensate victims of clergy sexual abuse and settles insurance...
California Department of Insurance Moves Modeling Regulation Proposal Forward
Nov 19 2024 // The California Department of Insurance has submitted its final wildfire catastrophe modeling regulation to the Office of Administrative Law for approval. Th regulation is intended to strengthen the state’s insurance...
Judge Reduces UPS Driver’s $237.6M Bias Verdict to $39.6M
Nov 18 2024 // A federal judge reduced a $237.6 million jury award against United Parcel Service to $39.6 million in the case of a Black former driver who accused the package delivery company of workplace bias and wrongful firing. In a...
Federal Judge Strikes Down Biden Overtime Pay Rule
Nov 18 2024 // A federal judge in Texas on Friday permanently blocked a Biden administration rule that would have made about 4 million more salaried U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan in Sherman,...
Judge Questions Transparency of Onion Bid for Infowars
Nov 15 2024 // A frustrated bankruptcy judge said he has concerns over the process in which satirical news site The Onion won an auction for right-wing provocateur Alex Jones’ Infowars website. Saying he was dissatisfied with the...
Crisis-Era Regulation Has ‘Gone Too Far,’ Reeves Tells Finance Sector
Nov 15 2024 // Finance minister Rachel Reeves on Thursday promised a reboot of regulation governing Britain’s “crown jewel” financial industry which she said has shackled the City’s global prospects since the...
Judge Sets April Trial Date for Palin’s Libel Claim Against New York Times
Nov 15 2024 // A federal judge set an April retrial date on Tuesday for Sarah Palin’s libel case against The New York Times, even as lawyers on both sides for the first time said they hope to engage in talks to settle the...
Sarah Palin, NY Times Have Explored Settlement, as Judge Sets Defamation Retrial
Nov 13 2024 // Sarah Palin and the New York Times have explored trying to settle the former Alaska governor and Republican U.S. vice presidential candidate’s closely watched defamation case against the newspaper, their lawyers said...
Judge Says NY Can’t Use ‘Unconstitutional’ Law to Block Migrant Buses From Texas
Nov 12 2024 // New York City can’t use an unconstitutional, two-century-old “anti-pauper” law to block the state of Texas from offering migrants free bus rides to the city from the southern border, a state judge has...
CNN Must Face Project Veritas’ Defamation Lawsuit, Appeals Court Rules
Nov 8 2024 // A U.S. federal appeals court on Thursday revived a defamation lawsuit accusing CNN of defaming Project Veritas in its explanation of why the conservative group, which is often accused of using deceptive tactics, was...
Judge Delays Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Karen Read Until After Criminal Trial
Nov 5 2024 // A judge ruled Thursday that Karen Read won’t have to give a deposition in her wrongful death lawsuit until after her criminal trial in January. The brief from Judge William M. White Jr. on Thursday effectively delays...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Minnesota Trooper in Fatal Shooting of Black Man
Nov 1 2024 // A federal judge has dismissed a civil rights lawsuit against a white Minnesota state trooper who shot and killed a Black man during a traffic stop last year, ruling that the trooper’s actions did not violate the...
Judge Affirms $16.7K in OSHA Penalties Against New York Roofing Contractor
Oct 31 2024 // An administrative law judge has ordered a Rochester, New York commercial roofing company to pay $16,782 in penalties for safety violations, after an investigation and litigation by the federal government. The company,...
Judge Cans North Carolina Captive’s Claims That Managers Stole Software
Oct 29 2024 // Six months after a North Carolina captive insurance firm for nursing homes around the country accused its managers of poaching proprietary software and forming a competing management company, a federal judge has dismissed...
