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Suez Canal Must Upgrade to Avoid Future Shipping Disruption: Sources
Apr 5 2021 // CAIRO – Egypt’s Suez Canal must move quickly to upgrade its technical infrastructure if it is to avoid future shipping disruption, shipping industry sources said, as the major trade route tries to bounce back from...
Suez Blockage Claims Expected to Hike Marine Reinsurance Rates, Says Willis Re
Apr 1 2021 // The blockage of the Suez Canal is likely to lead to large reinsurance claims, adding to upward pressure on marine reinsurance rates, James Vickers, chair of reinsurance broker Willis Re International, told Reuters. Formal...
Inmate Sues Over Riot in Hawaii That Injured Him
Mar 31 2021 // An inmate who was injured in a Maui jail riot is suing the Hawaii Department of Public Safety. Kevin Lifoifoi’s lawsuit alleges the department failed to keep prisoners safe in an overcrowded jail, The Maui News...
Supreme Court Could Use TransUnion ‘Terrorist List’ Case to Curb Class Actions
Mar 31 2021 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled it could narrow the scope of a class action lawsuit against TransUnion in which thousands of people sought damages after the credit reporting company flagged their names as...
Lloyd’s Expects Large Loss from Suez Canal Blockage
Mar 31 2021 // The blockage of the Suez Canal for nearly a week will result in a “large loss” for Lloyd’s of London, its chairman said on Wednesday, as the insurance market recorded a 900 million pound ($1.2 billion)...
Formal Investigations Begin into How Container Ship Ran Around in Suez Canal
Mar 31 2021 // ISMAILIA, Egypt – Formal investigations into how the giant container ship Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal, shutting down shipping in the major global waterway for almost a week, begin on Wednesday, a canal...
Houston Company to Pay $50.9K to Settle Federal Age Discrimination Suit
Mar 31 2021 // A Houston-based engineering and construction company will pay a former employee $50,960 to resolve an age discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. The lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Lengthy Legal Battles Expected from Suez Canal’s Longest Closure in Almost 50 Years
Mar 30 2021 // The Suez Canal may be open again, but the battle over damages from the waterway’s longest closure in almost half a century is just beginning. With cargoes delayed for weeks if not months, the blockage could unleash a...
Indiana Sandwich Shop to Pay $28.7K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
Mar 30 2021 // A Bloomington, Ind., fast-food sandwich shop will settle a federal disability discrimination lawsuit for $28,700, authorities say. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in its suit that Ranrae...
California County Paying $4M in Misconduct Suits
Mar 30 2021 // San Diego County has so far spent more than $4 million to settle a dozen lawsuits brought after a sheriff’s deputy admitted to on-duty misconduct with 16 women, a newspaper reported Sunday. The Union-Tribune cited...
Boeing Directors Seek Dismissal of Investors’ Lawsuit Over 737 MAX Safety
Mar 30 2021 // Boeing Co. asked a Delaware court to throw out a shareholders’ lawsuit over the safety of its 737 MAX following fatal crashes, saying the board engaged in “robust and well-established” oversight of...
Insurance Unlikely to Cover All Shipowners’ Expenses Incurred in Suez Closure Chaos
Mar 30 2021 // The owners and charterers of ships unable to sail through the the Suez Canal for nearly a week face at least $24 million in expenses they will be unable to recoup as their insurance policies do not cover them, industry...
Supreme Court Grapples With Investor Class Actions in Goldman Sachs Securities Case
Mar 30 2021 // U.S. Supreme Court justices on Monday struggled in a case involving Goldman Sachs Group Inc. over how judges should determine when shareholders can collectively sue publicly traded companies for fraudulent statements that...
Mastercard Battles Attempts to Expand Scope of $19B Class Action in UK
Mar 29 2021 // LONDON – Mastercard, a global payment processor, is battling attempts to add about 14 million deceased people to a 14 billion pound-plus ($19.3 billion) British class action in an effort to limit the scope of the...
OSHA Sues Texas Hotel Operator for Whistleblower Law, Other Violations
Mar 29 2021 // Federal officials have sued the operator of a hotel in Waller, Texas, after it fired an employee who sought medical help after being exposed to carbon monoxide and reported the incident. According to U.S. Department of...
Suez Canal Blockage Likely to Bring Large Losses for Global Reinsurers: Fitch
Mar 29 2021 // The blocking of the Suez Canal and resulting disruption to global shipping is likely to cause a large loss event for the reinsurance industry, according to Fitch Ratings. This event will reduce global reinsurers’...
Update: Stranded Container Ship Is Refloated; Suez Canal Shipping Traffic Resumes
Mar 29 2021 // ISMAILIA, Egypt – Shipping was on the move again late on Monday in Egypt’s Suez Canal after tugs refloated a giant container ship which had been blocking the channel for almost a week, causing a huge build-up of...
U.S. Supreme: Accident Victims Can Sue Ford in Minnesota, Montana State Courts
Mar 26 2021 // The Supreme Court has ruled that Michigan-based Ford Motor Co. can be sued in the state courts of people who were killed or seriously injured in accidents involving Ford vehicles. The justices unanimously rejected the...
Suez Canal Blockage Could Cost Global Trade $6B-$10B per Week: Allianz
Mar 26 2021 // BERLIN – The container ship blocking the Suez Canal could cost global trade $6 billion to $10 billion a week, a study by German insurer Allianz showed on Friday. The study by Europe’s biggest insurer also found...
Container Ship Could Block Suez Canal Like a ‘Beached Whale’ for Weeks
Mar 25 2021 // ISMAILIA, Egypt – A huge container ship blocking the Suez Canal like a “beached whale” may take weeks to free, the salvage company said, as officials stopped all ships entering the channel on Thursday in a...
