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Schlitterbahn Co-Owner Arrested, Added to Kansas Waterslide Death Indictment
Mar 28 2018 // A water park company’s co-owner was being held in a Texas jail on murder and other charges on March 27 in connection to a Kansas criminal case in the death of a 10-year-old boy on what was promoted as the...
Pot Landlord Sues Southern California City Over Marijuana Regulations
Mar 28 2018 // A woman who owns a business that claims to be California’s largest landlord of marijuana businesses sued the city of San Bernardino to overturn its pot regulation ordinance that could bar her from the...
New Florida Law Requires Backup Power Sources for Nursing Homes
Mar 28 2018 // Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation Monday requiring backup power sources in Florida nursing homes and assisted living facilities, months after the deaths of several residents from a sweltering nursing home that lost power...
Schlitterbahn, Former Park Operator Indicted in Kansas Waterslide Death
Mar 27 2018 // A Kansas waterslide hyped as the world’s highest was a “deadly weapon” that had already injured more than a dozen people before a 10-year-old boy was decapitated on it in 2016, according to a grand jury...
Jury Orders AndroGel Maker AbbVie to Pay $3M After Judge Rejected $150M
Mar 27 2018 // A U.S. jury on Monday ordered AbbVie Inc. to pay more than $3 million to a man who claimed the company misrepresented the risks of its testosterone replacement drug AndroGel, causing him to suffer a heart attack, though...
TMK Launches Cyber & Services Cover to Help Combat Evolving Cyber Threat
Mar 27 2018 // Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), the London-based specialist and corporate insurance business, launched Cyber Ctrl, a new insurance and services policy to protect clients against the impact of cyber attacks. Addressing an...
Court Rules Release Form Protected Alaska Rafting Company in Man’s Death
Mar 26 2018 // A divided Alaska Supreme Court has sided with a river rafting company, deciding its release form protected it from liability in the 2013 death of a man on a rafting trip. The majority ruling, supported by three of the...
‘Plaintiff-Friendly’ St. Louis Targeted in Missouri Bill
Mar 26 2018 // Business groups are praising a bill under consideration in the Missouri Senate that would restrict when people can join together to sue over injuries. The bill’s sponsor, Republican Rep. Glen Kolkmeyer of Odessa,...
Toxic Impact of Hurricane Harvey Deeper than Public Told
Mar 26 2018 // A toxic onslaught from the nation’s petrochemical hub was largely overshadowed by the record-shattering deluge of Hurricane Harvey as residents and first responders struggled to save lives and property. More than a...
Revamp of Kentucky Workers’ Comp System Gets OK From State Senate
Mar 26 2018 // Kentucky lawmakers are closing in on making the biggest changes to the workers’ compensation system in decades after the Senate passed the measure on Thursday. The legislation – backed by business groups but...
Superior Court Rules California Commissioner Can’t Consider Affiliates’ Assets
Mar 25 2018 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones exceeded his statutory authority by considering the investment income of separate State Farm affiliates when he ordered State Farm General Insurance Co. to roll back its...
Utah Governor Signs Legislation Allowing Terminally Ill to Use Pot
Mar 23 2018 // Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a bill allowing terminally ill people to use certain forms of marijuana. Herbert’s office announced Wednesday that he signed the measure allowing people to use the drug if a doctor...
California Chief Justice Expects an Influx of Wildfire Claims
Mar 23 2018 // California courts are preparing for an influx of lawsuits tied to last year’s historically destructive wildfires and mudslides, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye told lawmakers this week in her annual “state of...
Arkansas Judge Tosses Licensing Process for Medical Pot Growers
Mar 23 2018 // An Arkansas judge on March 21 struck down the state’s decision to issue its first licenses to grow medical marijuana, ruling that the process for awarding the permits and the rankings of applicants were...
Indiana Governor Signs Bill Allowing Sale of CBD Oil
Mar 23 2018 // Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb has signed a bill that allows for the widespread sale of a cannabis-derived oil. Cannabidiol, commonly referred to as CBD, is derived from marijuana and hemp and is believed to have therapeutic...
Legislation to Combat Online Sex Trafficking Clears Congress; Moves to President
Mar 22 2018 // Congress passed a bill to combat online sex trafficking that has split the tech industry, bringing one of the first measures to weaken legal protection for websites closer to becoming law as Big Tech faces a mounting...
Driverless Vehicles Provide Test of Attitudes Toward Risk: Kemp
Mar 22 2018 // Uber has suspended road tests of self-driving vehicles after the first pedestrian was killed by one of its vehicles operating under autonomous computer control. Proponents of self-driving vehicles claim they would be...
Foreign Insurers Benefit as China Tightens Rules on Local Firms
Mar 21 2018 // When Zhang Xixi, a 25-year-old staffer at an online financial company in China’s southern province of Guangdong, decided last year to buy personal insurance for the first time, he was swamped with options. Local...
China Names Guo to Head New Insurance, Banking Regulatory Commission
Mar 21 2018 // China has named Guo Shuqing as the head of the newly formed regulator for the banking and insurance sectors, financial publication Caixin reported on Wednesday without citing a direct source. Guo had been the head of the...
Judge Says President Trump Not Immune to Defamation Suit Over ‘Unofficial Conduct’
Mar 21 2018 // A New York state judge on Tuesday said U.S. President Donald Trump must face a defamation lawsuit by a woman who accused him of sexually harassing her after she appeared on his former reality TV show. The decision by...
