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Officials Quarantine New York Site After Bird Flu Detected
Feb 22 2022 // A highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a non-commercial backyard flock of birds on Long Island in New York, federal authorities confirmed Saturday. Samples from the flock were tested at the Cornell...
Business Moves
Feb 21 2022 // East Truist Insurance, Kensington Vanguard Charlotte, North Carolina-based Insurance broker Truist Insurance Holdings Inc. agreed to acquire the national title insurance agency Kensington Vanguard National Land Services....
People & Places
Feb 21 2022 // National Great American Insurance Group has promoted Jason M. Cohen to senior vice president and Julie F. Kadnar to divisional group president within its Property & Casualty Group. In 2006, Cohen joined the company as...
Judge Says Trumps Must Testify in New York Civil Probe
Feb 18 2022 // A New York judge ruled on Thursday that former U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath within 21 days in the state attorney general’s civil probe into their family...
Jury Rejects Palin’s Libel Claim Against New York Times
Feb 15 2022 // A U.S. federal jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin in her lawsuit accusing the New York Times of defaming her in a 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked her to a mass shooting, after the presiding judge said he...
Insurance Broker Hengguang Among Chinese Firms Filing Small New York IPOs
Feb 15 2022 // At least six Chinese companies have lodged documents for New York listings in recent weeks, filings showed, promising an end to a months-long freeze after an unprecedented clampdown last year by Chinese...
Judge Throws Out Palin Defamation Suit But Still Wants Jury to Issue Verdict
Feb 14 2022 // A U.S. judge said on Monday he will throw out Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, after concluding that an editorial in the newspaper did not maliciously link the former Alaska governor and...
Jury Deliberates Over Palin Defamation Claim Against New York Times
Feb 14 2022 // Jurors began considering whether to hold the New York Times liable for defaming Sarah Palin, after her lawyer on Friday accused the newspaper of falsely associating her in a 2017 editorial with a mass murder, a link that a...
Takeaways from Our Conversation on More M&As, Cannabis ‘Frappucinos’ on Tap for 2022
Feb 14 2022 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv New Frontier Data, a producer of cannabis research and intelligence, released its “22 for 22 Report,” in January, which imparts a definitive air of optimism mixed with few...
Sarah Palin, New York Times Editor Take the Stand in Defamation Trial
Feb 10 2022 // Sarah Palin portrayed herself as a dedicated public servant in testimony in her defamation case against the New York Times, after a former editor who oversaw the 2017 editorial underlying her lawsuit on Wednesday denied...
Judge Dismisses Fired Amazon Worker’s Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination
Feb 9 2022 // A federal judge on Monday sided with Amazon.com Inc. in dismissing a discrimination lawsuit that workplace organizer Christian Smalls had filed against his former employer. U.S. District Judge Rachel Kovner rejected...
People Moves: Brace Underwriting Adds Dorr; Brown & Riding Expands in New York; Mead Heads Vermont Captives
Feb 8 2022 // Brace Bolsters North America Team with Dorr Brace Underwriting Limited announced the appointment of Glenn Dorr as head of distribution, North America, continuing the firm’s expansion. Based in Boston, Dorr will help...
3 Firms to Pay $65M to Settle Upstate New York Water Pollution Class Action
Feb 8 2022 // HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $65 million settlement in a class action lawsuit with three companies over chemical contamination of the water supply in an upstate New York village. The Times...
Reuters Special Report: J&J’s Secret Plan to Limit Payouts to Cancer Claimants
Feb 7 2022 // Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and other talc products caused deadly...
Business Moves
Feb 7 2022 // National Marsh McLennan, Affinity Agency Association Member Benefits Advisors, a national affinity-based membership and marketing insurance agency, has agreed to acquire the associations business of Mercer, a business of...
Geico $4.5M Insurance Fraud Suit Seeks Documents From New York City Mayoral Aide
Feb 4 2022 // New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s chief of staff, Frank Carone, was subpoenaed for documents in a $4.5 million federal civil racketeering lawsuit over alleged fraudulent insurance charges. The subpoena to Carone, who...
Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Malvaso Agency
Feb 3 2022 // The Hilb Group reports it has acquired the Mark E. Malvaso Agency, building upon the company’s presence throughout New York state. The transaction became effective January 1, 2022. Based in Elbridge, New York, the...
Sweeping Class Action Accuses NFL Teams of Racial Bias Against Blacks
Feb 2 2022 // The recently fired head coach of the Miami Dolphins has filed a scathing lawsuit accusing the National Football League of past and present unfair discrimination against Black coaches, players, owners, managers and...
New York AG Says State to Receive $230M From $26B Opioid Settlement
Jan 28 2022 // New York Attorney General Letitia James said the state will receive the maximum amount of $230 million available under the $26 billion settlement agreement.with the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors...
Police Officer’s Immunity Does Not Extend to New York County Employer: U.S. Court
Jan 27 2022 // A municipality in New York may be held liable for wrongful action by an employee even though the employee was granted individual immunity. A police detective found liable by a jury for a false arrest was entitled to...
