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#1 Hack of Contractor Was at Root of Massive Federal Data Breach
May 21 2025 // A software company that handles sensitive data for nearly every US federal agency was the victim of a cyber breach earlier this year due to a “major lapse” in security measures, according to documents reviewed...
#2 Exclusions Make Contractor Coverage Elusive, Builders Say. Appeals Court Disagrees
Mar 11 2025 // A federal appeals court decision handed down last week is a victory for a Liberty Mutual surplus carrier, but it highlights what one attorney said is a widespread problem in the construction industry: an alleged...
#3 Contractor Fined $430K for California Labor Violations
Mar 24 2025 // A construction company was fined more than $430,000 for California labor violations that resulted in unpaid wages, overtime and other violations. The stateis Labor Commissioneris Office secured the settlement to return...
#4 Louisiana Contractor Charged for Allegedly Damaging Homeowners’ Roof
Oct 11 2024 // On an early August morning, a roofing contractor arrived at a Lafayette, Louisiana couple’s house and requested permission to inspect the home’s roof. The roofer’s arrival wasn’t unexpected. The...
#5 Can Comp-Exempt Sub Owner Sue Contractor for Work Injury? Miss. Court Says ‘No’
Dec 18 2024 // It’s a question that has cropped up in state courts only on rare occasions: If the owner or officer of a subcontractor firm opts out of workers’ compensation coverage for himself, can he then sue the general...
#6 Insurer, Contractors Allege Staged Injury Claims Scheme Under New York Scaffold Law
Nov 19 2024 // A construction industry captive insurer along with three construction contractors have filed a lawsuit alleging a massive New York fraud scheme involving staged workplace accidents and bogus workers’ compensation and...
#7 Contractors Insurance Alert: Construction Defect Lawsuits Rising
Mar 20 2025 // A new report identifying commercial litigation waves likely to pick up steam in 2025 highlights one particular theme that could further lengthen the tail of general liability claims for insurers writing policies for...
#8 Massachusetts Cuts Red Tape on Insurers, Plus Banks, Contractors, Barbers and More
Jun 3 2025 // Massachusetts is eliminating a series of insurance and other business regulations with a goal of making it easier and less costly to conduct business in the state. According to Gov. Maura Healey, her administration’s...
#9 Washington Marble Contractor Fined $300K for Exposing Workers to Silica Dust
Sep 2 2024 // A Skagit County was fined nearly $330,000 for exposing workers to crystalline silica dust from cutting, grinding and polishing stone countertops. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries cited and fined A+...
#10 Retrial Begins in Civil Suit Against Contractor Accused in Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal
Nov 1 2024 // A military contractor accused of contributing to the abuse of detainees at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison two decades ago is again on trial in a federal courtroom after a long-awaited civil case earlier this year ended...
#11 Contractor’s Drilling of Hole Caused Leak in Underwater Tunnel to Manhattan
Sep 9 2024 // An underwater tunnel that passes beneath New York City’s East River sprung a leak last Wednesday after a city contractor mistakenly drilled a hole through it, sending streams of water into the heavily used passage as...
#12 Oklahoma Seeks Contractors, Evaluators for Fortified Homes Program
Dec 16 2024 // The Oklahoma Insurance Department is seeking applications from contractors and evaluators to participate in the Strengthen Oklahoma Homes program (SOH). SOH provides Oklahoma residents with grants of up to $10,000 to...
#13 Contractor Agrees to Iowa Consent Order Regarding Unlicensed Public Adjusting
Sep 6 2024 // The Iowa Insurance Division entered into a consent order with a Midwest roofing contractor on Sept. 5 following a June cease and desist order against contractors acting as unlicensed public adjusters. IID alleges that...
#14 Cal/OSHA Cites Farm Labor Contractor for Serious Heat-Related Safety Violations
Oct 9 2024 // Cal/OSHA cited a farm labor contractor in Dixon for reportedly failing to protect its employees from heat illness. The inspection was opened in June after reports the employer allegedly fired farmworkers who left their...
#15 Federal Judge Blocks Labor Department From Enforcing DEI Ban for Contractors
Apr 18 2025 // A federal judge on Tuesday issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the U.S. Department of Labor from requiring government contractors and grant recipients to certify they do not operate any diversity, equity and...
#16 Jury Finds Defense Contractor Liable in Torture at Abu Ghraib Prison
Nov 13 2024 // A federal jury on Tuesday found U.S. defense contractor CACI International liable for its role in torture at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad during the Iraq war and ordered it to pay $42 million in damages. The...
#17 Chicago Contractor Faces $268K Penalty for Exposing Workers to Deadly Fall Hazards
Aug 15 2024 // A federal workplace safety investigation has found that a metro-Chicago carpentry contractor with a long history of exposing employees to potentially deadly hazards again ignored regulations to protect workers from...
#18 Illinois Contractor Faces $354K in Fines for Exposing Workers to Fall Hazards
Jul 15 2024 // Federal workplace safety inspectors have cited an Illinois construction contractor for again exposing employees to falls from elevation — the industry’s leading cause of injury and death — as they did residential...
#19 Painting Contractor Cited by OSHA After Worker Falls 80 Feet from Water Tower
Jul 26 2024 // A New Jersey contractor whose employee fell 80 feet to the bottom of a Bayville water tower has been cited by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for allegedly failing to provide required...
#20 California Cites Contractor $157K Following Fatal Trench Accident
Mar 25 2025 // A construction company was fined $157,500 by California for multiple violations of workplace safety regulations following a fatal trench collapse. W.A. Rasic Construction was fined by the California Division of...
