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BHP Must Stop Funding Legal Action to Halt Mariana Dam Claim, London Court Rules
Jul 24 2024 // BHP Group must stop funding legal action seeking to halt some Brazilian municipalities from bringing a multi-billion-pound claim over one of Brazil’s worst environmental disasters, London’s High Court ruled on...
US Judge Will Not Block FTC Ban on Worker ‘Noncompete’ Agreements
Jul 24 2024 // A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by a tree-trimming company to block a U.S. Federal Trade Commission rule from taking effect that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers’...
‘Surface Waters’ on Roof Are Not ‘Flood’ Waters, Massachusetts High Court Rules
Jul 23 2024 // The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that rainwater accumulation on roofs of buildings does not constitute “surface waters” within the meaning of “flood” in property insurance policies. The...
Religious Liberty Bars Priest’s Defamation Claim Against Bishop, Virginia Court Rules
Jul 18 2024 // A priest’s defamation claim against his bishop is barred by the religious liberty protections in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and the Virginia Constitution, a Virginia appeals court has ruled. The...
Air Canada Hit by Court Ruling After Ex-Maintenance Workers Sue
Jul 17 2024 // Air Canada may be forced to pay at least C$100 million ($73.2 million) to about 2,200 former workers after a Quebec court issued a ruling in their class-action lawsuit against the airline. The amount would cover lost...
Amazon Must Comply With EEOC’s Pregnancy Bias Probe, Judge Rules
Jul 16 2024 // A New York federal judge has ordered Amazon.com to comply with a subpoena from a U.S. civil rights agency investigating claims that the online retailer discriminated against pregnant warehouse workers. U.S. District Judge...
People Moves: Virginia Regulatory Agency Names Damico Chief Administrative Officer
Jul 16 2024 // Virginia’s business regulator authority, the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), named Joseph F. Damico chief administrative officer. Damico will oversee administrative divisions responsible for the...
Letters Don’t Seem to Sway Judge: Oxendine Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison
Jul 15 2024 // ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve three-and-a-half years in prison after Oxendine pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud,...
Judge: Protestors Can’t March Through Security Zone at Republican National Convention
Jul 11 2024 // MADISON, Wis . (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that protesters can’t march through a security zone at the Republican National Convention, handing a defeat to liberals who had pushed to have closer access to...
NC Can Switch Health Benefits Provider for State Workers, Judge Rules
Jul 10 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — In a legal fight involving two health insurance companies seeking to manage North Carolina’s public employee benefits plan, a judge ruled Monday that the plan’s board acted properly when...
Purdue Pharma Secures Litigation Ceasefire After Supreme Court Ruling
Jul 10 2024 // Purdue Pharma on Tuesday received U.S. court approval for a 60-day freeze on lawsuits against its owners, members of the wealthy Sackler family, in its first court appearance since a landmark Supreme Court ruling upended...
Viewpoint: Premium Audits Help Insurers Navigate Regulatory Compliance
Jul 10 2024 // Leading carriers and managing general agents (MGAs) are increasingly seeking to assess their premium income via audits to ensure exposures are reported accurately, while tackling potential premium leakage and addressing...
Oxendine Asks Judge to Go Easy on Sentencing. Former Commissioners Weigh In
Jul 10 2024 // Federal prosecutors want former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve 44 months in prison and pay $700,000 in restitution after his guilty plea to health care fraud conspiracy. But Oxendine is urging the...
Last Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre Challenge Oklahoma High Court Ruling
Jul 9 2024 // OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorneys for the last two remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre asked the Oklahoma Supreme Court last week to reconsider the case they dismissed last month and called on the Biden...
California Lawmakers to Ask Voters for Permission Borrow $20B for Climate, Schools
Jul 8 2024 // Mired in a stream of multi-billion dollar budget deficits, the California Legislature has turned to voters for help. Lawmakers voted to place a pair of $10 billion bonds on the November ballot. If approved, the money would...
Delaware Judge Allows Suit Over Police Fatal Shooting of Mentally Ill Woman
Jul 8 2024 // A Delaware judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a lawsuit involving the death of a mentally ill woman who was killed by a state trooper in 2021 after she fired a shotgun at him. Raymond Rooks contends that state police used...
Judge Tells Louisiana to Protect Incarcerated Workers Toiling in Summer Heat
Jul 5 2024 // Amid blistering summer temperatures, a federal judge ordered Louisiana to take steps to protect the health and safety of incarcerated workers toiling in the fields of a former slave plantation, saying they face...
FTC Ban on Worker Noncompete Agreements Delayed by Judge
Jul 3 2024 // A federal judge delayed implementation of the US Federal Trade Commission’s near-total ban on noncompete agreements, the first salvo in the high-stakes legal fight over how much freedom workers should have to switch...
Judge Blocks Biden’s Bid to Halt LNG Export Licenses Over Climate
Jul 3 2024 // A federal judge halted Joe Biden’s temporary moratorium on new licenses for exports of US liquefied natural gas, though the decision is unlikely to immediately jump start approvals. US District Judge James D. Cain...
Wall Street’s Top Regulator Faces Worsening Battle in Wake of Supreme Court Ruling
Jul 2 2024 // The Supreme Court’s move to curb federal agency powers could curtail efforts by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to establish new rules to police Wall Street and invite more litigation, legal experts said...
