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Social Media Safety Act struck as too confusing
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Arkansas' blocked law targeting youths on social media is now officially toast, a federal judge says.
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South Carolina Senate Majority Leader Massey said to be ‘disappointed’ in compromise version of tort reform measure Senate Bill 244
The South Carolina Senate passed a bill late Wednesday night aimed at overhauling personal injury lawsuit and insurance rules to lower insurance rates for businesses.
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Partner at Butler Legal: House Bill 1551 'created a very real conflict'
Matthew Lavisky, a partner at Butler Legal, said that House Bill 1551 would reinstate a fee structure fostering conflicts of interest, with attorneys potentially prioritizing their financial gain over clients' benefits.
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Lawmaker wants climate cost study, while Big Oil preps for big hearing in Bucks County case
HARRISBURG - As the oil industry urges a Pennsylvania judge to toss a climate change lawsuit that Bucks County hopes will provide money for updates, one Pennsylvania lawmaker wants to commission a study on the costs associated with global warming.
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Florida bill would shield herbicide, pesticide distributors, manufacturers from product-liability lawsuits
Critics of large damages payouts from lawsuits challenging the safety of pesticides and herbicides are supporting a Florida bill that would help to shield distributors, dealers, applicators and manufacturers of such products from civil litigation.
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Resistance to South Carolina's tort-reform bill comes from lawyer-senators
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - A proposed tort-reform bill in South Carolina has hit its first snag, as three senators, two of whom are personal injury lawyers, threw up a roadblock of an amendment that guts the legislation.
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South Carolina's governor hopes plaintiff lawyers don't derail tort-reform bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - South Carolina lawmakers are on notice to pass a bill that Gov. Henry McMaster says will help businesses struggling with insurance premiums at the expense of the state's powerful trial lawyer machine.
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Senate passes Ga. tort-reform bill, passes it on to House
ATLANTA (Legal Newsline) - Georgia lawmakers are one step closer to addressing their state courts system's reputation as unfair to defendants, as a tort reform measure awaits approval by its House.
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Proposed Nevada legislation could reshape liability insurance, RIMS finds
The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) has announced that Nevada's proposed elimination of "defense within limits" insurance provisions could affect the state's professional liability market by increasing costs.
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Bill would take antitrust authority away from FTC
Legislation has been reintroduced that would remove the Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust enforcement authority and give it to the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Arizona's 'dark money' law doesn't threaten speech, court rules
PHOENIX (Legal Newsline) - An Arizona law requiring organizations that support political campaigns to report the ultimate source of donations over $5,000 doesn’t violate freedom of speech, an appeals court ruled, rejecting arguments the measure was unconstitutional and threatened donors with violence.
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Indiana law providing buffer zone for cops blocked by federal judge
INDIANAPOLIS (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has blocked an Indiana law that requires onlookers, including members of the press, to stand at least 25 feet away from cops when they are told to do so.
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NYC's food delivery law deemed unconstitutional
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - A New York City law that requires food delivery companies like DoorDash and Uber Eats to supply restaurants with customers' personal information is unconstitutional.
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Judge blocks Utah law targeting minors on social media
SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - Utah's new law that aims to protect minors on social media is in serious trouble, as a federal judge there has found it likely violates free speech.
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Did IL just try again to ban E-Verify? New law could leave employers facing hard choices, big challenges
The new law could leave Illinois employers facing a choice between abiding by competing state and federal immigrant employment laws and requirements, and leave Illinois facing another day in court defending a law which could stand in defiance to federal laws governing immigrant work eligibility
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Injunction scaled back in challenge to Calif. law targeting minors' online activities
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court has dissolved portions of an injunction that blocked a California law imposing new regulations on social media and other online companies over their handling of minors' accounts.
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Bipartisan hate crime prevention bill proposed in wake of rise in antisemitism
U.S. Reps. Don Beyer (D-VA) and Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced the Improving Reporting to Prevent Hate Act to the House in March of 2024 in an effort to improve reporting of hate crime incidents and stop rising levels of antisemitism.
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Oregon given green light to regulate chemicals in kids' toys
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court won't help industry groups challenging Oregon's Toxic-Free Kids Act, finding certain parts of it aren't preempted by federal law.
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Manchin says Energy Permitting Reform Act will advance American energy
WASHINGTON – After years of negotiations, Joe Manchin and another U.S. Senator have introduced a permitting reform bill that could speed approvals of energy and infrastructure projects.
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Argument tossed in challenge to Utah's social media law
SALT LAKE CITY (Legal Newsline) - A key claim in the challenge to a Utah law designed to protect minors on social media has been thrown out.