June 20, 2011
Even before a loosely organized group of hackers broke into the CIA’s and Senate’s public websites, the White House asked for stiffer sentences for breaking into government and private computer networks. Last month the Obama administration pressed Congress to pass …
June 20, 2011
More than a dozen ships heaved inland by Japan’s tsunami in March sit with red bellies and propellers exposed among the demolished houses of this once-bustling fishing town, a jarring daily reminder of the ocean’s awesome power. The enormous task …
June 20, 2011
Legislation to change limits on benefits for workers injured on the job in North Carolina swept through the General Assembly and is expected to be signed by Gov. Beverly Perdue. The bill caps temporary payments for a totally disabled worker …
June 20, 2011
A Dunkin’ Donuts employee mistakenly put sugar rather than artificial sweetener into a diabetic woman’s coffee, triggering a reaction that sent the woman to the hospital, according to a civil lawsuit filed earlier this month in Philadelphia. Danielle Jordan became …
June 20, 2011
EPIC California-based EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, was recognized as a “Best Place to Work in the Bay Area” for the fourth consecutive year by a regional business journal. The confidential …
June 20, 2011
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance has filed a lawsuit against the Denver Broncos and nine of its former players, saying its policies only covered claims in New Mexico for a “class of employee that did not include football players.” …
June 20, 2011
It’s a sight to which native New Englanders are unaccustomed: toppled trees, boarded windows, ripped-off roofs and the general destruction left by the three tornadoes that earlier this month tore through Massachusetts. Three people are dead, hundreds were injured and …
June 20, 2011
With floods and tornadoes creating havoc throughout the Midwest this spring, and Japan’s earthquake and tsunami still fresh in our memories, no one has to be convinced that natural disasters have the power to destroy lives, let alone businesses. What …
June 20, 2011
By the time you finish reading this sentence, two new law suits will be filed in U.S. courts. We live in an extremely litigious society. There is no other way to put it. The United States has more lawyers per …
June 20, 2011
Barely a day goes by without news of yet another data breach at a major corporation or institution. From Sony to Citicorp and the International Monetary Fund to the U.S. Senate, systems have proved vulnerable to hackers with uncertain motives. …