Federal Court Rules Delaware Business Court’s Private Arbitration Is Unconstitutional October 24, 2013 Delaware’s legal industry suffered a blow when a federal court found on Wednesday the state violated the U.S. Constitution with...
North Carolina, Florida Among States With Most Reported Heavy Equipment Thefts October 24, 2013 A report this month from the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) shows five of the top 10 states nationwide with...
Flood Insurance Price Increases Affecting Home Sales October 24, 2013 By Toluse Olorunnipa Rangel Dockery and her husband bought a waterfront house in Florida four months ago, assuming their $2,000-a-year flood-insurance premium would...
New Jersey’s Second Homeowners Stuck in Limbo a Year After Sandy October 24, 2013 By Katie Zezima The Jersey shore’s small vacation bungalows and cottages have for decades staked out little plots of paradise where families who...
Jury Finds Bank of America Liable for Countrywide Mortgage Fraud October 24, 2013 By Nate Raymond Bank of America Corp. was found liable for fraud on Wednesday over defective mortgages sold by its Countrywide unit, a...
Bill to Curb ‘Patent Trolls’ Introduced in Congress October 24, 2013 A U.S. congressman, who has led the charge against frivolous patent infringement lawsuits, introduced a bill on Wednesday to curb...
After JPMorgan $13B Deal, Banks Seek Protections in Future Bailouts October 24, 2013 By Jessica Toonkel and Jonathan Stempel As the U.S. government closes in on a $13 billion settlement with JPMorgan Chase & Co. over its mortgage practices,...
Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers Promotes Dreher to Director of Underwriting October 24, 2013 Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, formerly IWIF, recently announced that Joanne Dreher has been promoted to director of underwriting.In this new...
Senate, House Negotiators Tackle Farm Bill, Crop Insurance October 24, 2013 By Charles Abbott U.S. Senate and House negotiators, who will begin working on a compromise farm bill on Oct. 30, face a major...