Monthly Archives: <span>November 2021</span>

After Deadly Houston Concert, Fight Over Who’s to Blame Begins

Live Nation Entertainment Inc. is being targeted by more than a dozen lawsuits over the deadly crush of concertgoers at the promoter’s Astroworld Festival in Houston last week, but at least one expert says it may be too early to …

How J&J Shaped Report on Talc’s Links to Cancer

Unsealed emails reveal the role baby-powder maker Johnson & Johnson played in a report that an industry group submitted to U.S. regulators deciding whether to keep warnings off talc-based products linked to cancer. The emails — unsealed in the state …

Risk Strategies Acquires Connecticut’s Pawson Insurance

Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, acquired Pawson Insurance, a full-service retail insurance brokerage specializing in property/casualty and employee benefits solutions. Terms of the deal were not announced. Headquartered in Branford, Connecticut, Pawson Insurance was …

New Law Requires New York Dealers to Sell Used Cars with Working Airbags

A new law will prohibit used car dealers in New York from selling vehicles that don’t have working airbags. Democratic New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced Sunday she signed the bill into law. It’s named after 18-year-old Anthony Amoros, a …

New Jersey AG’s Office Can’t Use County’s Insurance to Cover Tort Judgment

The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office can’t rely on a county’s insurance to cover judgment against a public entity facing tort claims, New Jersey’s Appellate Division has ruled. This comes after an Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office (OCPO) detective was driving …

Lawsuit: Vaccination Statuses of Workers in Hawaii Disclosed

A lawsuit alleges that Hawaii officials unlawfully disclosed the COVID-19 vaccination statuses of nearly 300 Department of Public Safety employees. The Hawaii Government Employees Association and the United Public Workers unions said in a lawsuit filed last week that vaccination …

Businesses Must Require Proof of Vaccine as Strict Mandate Takes Effect in L.A.

Yoga studio owner David Gross felt relieved after Los Angeles passed a vaccine mandate that is among the strictest in the country, a measure that took effect Monday that requires proof of shots for everyone entering a wide variety of …

Robinhood Reports Data Breach and Extortion Payment Demand

The stock trading platform Robinhood Markets reported that it experienced a data breach on Nov. 3 that could potentially affect the email addresses of about five million customers and personal data of others. The hackers demanded an extortion payment. Robinhood …

US Court Rejects Israeli Firm’s Immunity From Facebook Suit Over Malware

A U.S. appeals court said Facebook can pursue a lawsuit accusing Israel’s NSO Group of exploiting a bug in its WhatsApp messaging app to install malware allowing the surveillance of 1,400 people, including journalists, human rights activists and dissidents. In …

Judge Upholds United Airlines’ COVID Vaccine Mandate for Employees

A U.S. federal judge on Monday ruled United Airlines Holdings Inc. can impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on its employees that only provides unpaid leave for workers who are exempted for medical or religious reasons. U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman …