Congress, in its Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, required the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to establish an apprenticeship pilot program that would allow drivers between the ages of 18 to 20 with intrastate commercial driver’s license to operate interstate commerce under specific conditions.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has implemented new rules affecting entry-level drivers who apply (or have applied) for the first time for a commercial driver’s license (CDL) on or after February 7, 2022.

(Insurer and Agent’s Knowledge That Plaintiff Had Likely Assumed 100% Ownership of Her Former Husband’s Life Insurance Policy Pursuant to a Divorce Decree Precluded Summary Judgment for the Insurer, Which Paid Benefits to Sons Designated by Former Husband as Beneficiaries Despite Insurer and Its Agent’s Previous Representations to Plaintiff That No Beneficiaries Had Been Added)

(Costs Incurred by Food Manufacturer to Mitigate, Clean, Remove, and Test For COVID-19 Were Caused by “Direct Physical Loss” Under the Terms of the Policy’s Communicable Disease Extension)

(Surety Entitled to Award of Fees and Costs as Prevailing Party in Action to Enforce Liability on a Bond, Even Though Surety’s Indemnitor Paid the Fees and Costs)

(Prior Judicial Determination That Underlying Complaint Asserting Violations of a Conservation Easement Did Not Allege an “Accident” Barred Plaintiff from Relitigating the Issue in a Subsequent Action Against Different Insurers Notwithstanding Plaintiff’s Presentation of New Factual Details and Intervening California Supreme Court Decision Holding Negligent Supervision Qualifies as “Accident”)

(Leave Granted to File an Amended Complaint Alleging Property Loss Caused by COVID-19 Government Shutdown Orders)

(Absent Direct Physical Loss Sustained by Property, Business Income Coverage Is Not Afforded by Property Policy)