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Judge Strikes Down Parts of Michigan Towing Law
Feb 26 2021 // A judge has struck down portions of a Michigan towing law as unconstitutional after low-income Detroit residents shared extraordinary stories of high fees and frustration about the whereabouts of their vehicles. The case...
Virginia Lawmakers Advance Consumer Data Protection Act
Feb 26 2021 // The Virginia General Assembly is advancing legislation that allows Virginia consumers more protection with their online data, though opponents say the measure does not include the ability for people to file private...
Judge Dismisses Georgia Lawsuit by Transgender Fire Chief Over Technicality
Feb 26 2021 // A federal judge has dismissed a discrimination lawsuit by a transgender fire chief who led a rural Georgia city’s fire department for more than a decade, then got fired 18 months after first coming to work as a...
Texas Lawmakers Told Insurers Want ‘Seat at Table’ As Power Blackout Probe Begins
Feb 25 2021 // Texas state legislators on Thursday begin digging into the causes of deadly power blackouts that left millions shivering in the dark as frigid temperatures caught its grid operator and utilities ill-prepared for...
Judge Advances Multidistrict COVID Business Interruption Case Against Society Insurance
Feb 24 2021 // A federal judge denied Society Insurance’s motions to dismiss three “bellwether” lawsuits filed by hospitality businesses that were denied coverage for revenue lost because of COVID-19 public health...
California Lawmakers Introduce Proposal to Ban Fracking by 2027
Feb 23 2021 // New legislation would ban all fracking in California by 2027, taking aim at the powerful oil and gas industry in the state already planning to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035. Progressive California has long...
Judge Tosses Wife’s Suit Blaming Employer for Her Husband’s Covid
Feb 22 2021 // A federal judge tossed out a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that sought to hold an employer responsible for a worker’s spouse getting sick with Covid-19. U.S. District Judge Maxine M. Chesney in San Francisco on Monday...
Indiana Governor Signs COVID-19 Liability Shield Legislation
Feb 22 2021 // Indiana businesses and others now have broad protections from lawsuits by people blaming them for contracting COVID-19 under a new state law. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb on Feb. 18 signed the bill that he and GOP...
UK Court Rules Uber Drivers Should Be Classed as Workers, in Blow to Business Model
Feb 19 2021 // LONDON – A group of Uber drivers are entitled to worker rights such as the minimum wage, Britain’s Supreme Court ruled on Friday in a blow to the ride-hailing service that has ramifications for millions of others...
Oklahoma Legislation Would Require Tornado Safety Information in Hotels
Feb 18 2021 // Under legislation passed by the Oklahoma House of Representatives, new or renovated hotels and motels would be required to tornado safety information in every room and common areas. Rep. Denise Crosswhite Hader,...
Judge Denies Citibank Bid to Recoup Some of Mistaken $893M Payments to Revlon Lenders
Feb 17 2021 // A federal judge on Tuesday said Citigroup Inc. is not entitled to recoup half a billion dollars of its own money that it mistakenly wired lenders of Revlon Inc., in what he called “a banking error of perhaps...
Indiana COVID-19 Lawsuit Shield Legislation Sent to Governor
Feb 17 2021 // A bill giving Indiana businesses and others broad protections from lawsuits by people blaming them for contracting COVID-19 has been given final approval by state lawmakers. The Republican-dominated state Senate voted 39-7...
UK Judge Rules Newspaper Violated Duchess Meghan’s Privacy in Publishing Letter
Feb 16 2021 // LONDON — A newspaper invaded the Duchess of Sussex’s privacy by publishing personal letter to her estranged father, a British judge ruled Thursday, in a major victory for the royal in her campaign against what she...
With Crashes Down, Massachusetts Lawmakers Want Lower Car Insurance Rates
Feb 16 2021 // Lawmakers and the attorney general’s office want a state agency to force car insurance providers to lower rates for Massachusetts customers. The pandemic has kept many drivers off the road, meaning thousands of fewer...
Irish Regulator Presses Insurers to Pay COVID-19 Claims Following Court Ruling
Feb 12 2021 // Ireland’s central bank governor told insurers to urgently honor and pay valid claims related to COVID-19 disruption, following a successful test case in court last week, or risk facing legal action by the...
Lawmakers Vote to Extend Georgia COVID Lawsuit Shield by One Year
Feb 12 2021 // The Georgia state House has voted in favor of extending by one year a law that protects businesses from being sued by a person that blames them for contracting COVID-19. The protection is currently set to expire on July...
Judge Questions Why Facebook May Have Overpaid in Data Privacy Settlement
Feb 11 2021 // Facebook Inc. may have paid $4.9 billion more than the maximum penalty it faced under a settlement agreement with regulators related to allegations it mishandled user privacy, according to a Wednesday court ruling. The...
Opt-In Data Privacy Legislation Moves Forward in Oklahoma
Feb 10 2021 // Bipartisan legislation to address concerns over data privacy and data manipulation unanimously passed out of the Oklahoma House Technology Committee with a vote of 6 to 0. The Oklahoma Computer Data Privacy Act, House Bill...
Federal Judge Sides with Chubb in Denial of Target’s Data Breach Bank Claims
Feb 10 2021 // Target Corp. has been denied its $138 million insurance claim against ACE (now Chubb) Insurance companies stemming from a 2013 data breach. A federal judge in Minnesota ruled the retailer had failed to prove that its...
South Dakota Judge Rejects Amendment Legalizing Recreational Pot
Feb 9 2021 // A South Dakota judge on Feb. 8 struck down a voter-approved constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana after Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration challenged it. Circuit Judge Christina Klinger ruled...
