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Viacom Settles $1B Copyright Suit Against Google Over YouTube Videos
Mar 19 2014 // Google Inc. and Viacom Inc. settled Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit claiming YouTube violated copyrights by letting users post video clips from television shows without authorization after a federal judge twice threw out...
AXA Equitable to Pay New York DFS $20M Fine Over Annuity Changes
Mar 18 2014 // New York officials announced AXA Equitable will pay a $20 million fine to the state’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) for violating insurance law related to certain variable annuity products. DFS said its...
Federal Report: N.Y. Metro-North Railroad Allowed Safety to Erode
Mar 18 2014 // The second-largest U.S. commuter railroad allowed safety to erode while pushing to keep its trains on time, resulting in a lax culture of inadequate inspections, poor training and inappropriate cellphone use, according to...
N.Y. Court: Zurich Not Obligated to Defend Sony Units in Data Breach Litigation
Mar 17 2014 // A New York trial court recently ruled in a commercial general liability (CGL) policy coverage case that Zurich American Insurance Co. has no duty to defend Sony Corp. of America and Sony Computer Entertainment America in...
New York Regains Title As World’s Top Financial Center
Mar 17 2014 // New York replaced London as the world’s leading financial center for the first time, after the U.K. capital was rocked by a series of scandals and questions over the U.K.’s place in the European Union. New York...
Opinion: Study Suggesting N.Y. Scaffold Law Causes Injuries Misuses Statistical Techniques
Mar 15 2014 // [Editor’s Note: The following is a commentary on a recent study from the New York Civil Justice Institute. The study argues that the New York’s “Scaffold Law” diverts millions of dollars to legal...
National Interstate Enhances RV Coverage In New York
Mar 14 2014 // National Interstate Insurance Co. has enhanced its specialty recreational vehicle insurance product offering in the state of New York with additional coverages including total loss replacement, agreed value, and...
N.Y.-Based Russell Bond Expands Operations to Tennessee
Mar 13 2014 // Russell Bond & Co. Inc., an insurance wholesaler based in Buffalo, N.Y., announced Philip C. Wilson has joined the firm as a broker. Philip C. Wilson Based in Nashville, Tenn., Wilson will focus on providing services...
Veracity Insurance Expands Security Program to New York
Mar 13 2014 // Veracity Insurance Solutions, LLC has expanded its alarm and security program into New York State. The addition of New York completes the list of territories allowing Veracity to provide coverage to the alarm and security...
N.Y. Health Exchange Reports 591,000 New Yorkers Now Enrolled
Mar 12 2014 // New York State’s new health exchange reports more than 908,000 New Yorkers have completed applications for insurance while more than 591,000 of them have now enrolled for specific coverage. The state’s health...
USG Insurance Services Hires Finkelstein as Producer/Broker in N.Y.
Mar 12 2014 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a Tampa, Fla.-based national wholesaler and managing general agent, announced the expansion of their Staten Island, N.Y., operations with the addition of Eric Finkelstein as a...
NY Post Loses Bid to Throw Out Boston Marathon Bombing Defamation Suit
Mar 11 2014 // The New York Post lost its bid to throw out a defamation lawsuit by two men whose photo and the headline “BAG MEN” appeared on the tabloid’s front page last year during the manhunt for the Boston Marathon...
Preferred Mutual Promotes Lopata to Senior VP in New York
Mar 10 2014 // Preferred Mutual Insurance Co. in New Berlin, N.Y., has promoted Jeffrey Lopata to senior vice president and chief information officer. Lopata joined Preferred Mutual in 2005 as manager of the commercial lines e-business...
Car-Sharing Service RelayRides to Pay $200K Penalty to New York DFS
Mar 10 2014 // New York State’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced its investigation has found that the car-sharing service RelayRides put New Yorkers at risk through false advertising, unlicensed insurance activity,...
Study Says N.Y. ‘Scaffold Law’ Drives Up Building Costs, Causes Injuries
Mar 10 2014 // A new study published in February is challenging the claim that New York’s Labor Law 240, also known as the “Scaffold Law,” improves workplace safety. The study argues New York incurs additional workplace...
N.J. Court Seeking Ways to Expedite Sandy Flood Litigation
Mar 10 2014 // A New Jersey federal court is seeking ways to expedite the litigation process for hundreds of flood insurance coverage-related cases that have been filed in wake of Superstorm Sandy. The court said it has received more...
People – East
Mar 10 2014 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has appointed Tracey Caffrey Ant as senior vice president of field sales and execution for the company’s middle market segment. She will report to David Carter, head of The...
New York Assembly OKs Paid Family Leave Insurance Bill
Mar 7 2014 // New York’s Assembly passed a series of bills Wednesday intended to provide affordable child care, increase funding for child care subsidies and establish paid leave for medical emergencies, the birth or adoption of a...
Top Executives of Failed Dewey Law Firm Facing Fraud Charges
Mar 7 2014 // Three former executives at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, once the No. 3 legal adviser to banks handling merger deals, were charged with a “blatant” $200 million fraud that spurred the largest law firm bankruptcy in...
U.S. Congresswoman: Flood Insurance Bill Bad for Michigan
Mar 5 2014 // A U.S. Congresswoman from Michigan wants her state to opt out of the National Flood Insurance Program, saying it’s not good for Michigan homeowners. U.S. Representative Candice Miller (MI-10) voted against H.R. 3370,...
