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Jury Finds Insys Founder, Execs Guilty of Racketeering in Opioid Sales
May 3 2019 // Insys Therapeutics Inc. founder John Kapoor was convicted of a racketeering conspiracy that drove sales of a highly addictive opioid while contributing to a nationwide epidemic. Federal jurors in Boston found that Kapoor...
New York Braces for ‘Worst-Case’ Flooding Along Lake Ontario
May 2 2019 // New York state is preparing for a “worst-case scenario” as water levels rise along Lake Ontario where flooding caused extensive damage in 2017, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday. The Democrat was in Sodus Point in...
Sue, Settle, Mediate, Litigate. RIMS Covers the Bases on Dispute Resolution
May 2 2019 // Sue or settle? Mediate or litigate? Attorneys and risk managers on Tuesday tapped into years of experience to suggest strategies that will lead to the right approach for resolution of claim disputes during the Risk and...
Upstate New York Prepares as Lake Ontario Water Rises Again
Apr 25 2019 // Emergency officials in upstate New York are again preparing for possible flooding along Lake Ontario. Niagara County’s director of emergency services, Jonathan Schultz, says lake levels have risen about five inches...
Indictment Alleges New York Pharma Ex-CEO Ignored Red Flags as Opioid Crisis Raged
Apr 25 2019 // The pharmaceutical industry executive hit Tuesday with criminal charges stemming from the opioid crisis doesn’t have his name on a museum wing, and his company isn’t within earshot of Apple or anyone else on...
New York State Senate Launches Vaccination Push Amid Measles Outbreak
Apr 24 2019 // Members of the New York state Senate are joining the fight to encourage people to get vaccinated amid an ongoing measles outbreak in the state. Lawmakers in the Democrat-led chamber launched a public awareness campaign on...
U.S. Charges New York Drug Firm Executives with Opioid Distribution Conspiracy
Apr 24 2019 // Federal prosecutors unveiled the first criminal charges against pharmaceutical executives for illegally diverting opioids, accusing the former chief executive officer and the head of compliance at a major U.S. drug...
Student Sues Apple for $1 Billion, Blames Face-Recognition Tech for False Arrest
Apr 23 2019 // Apple is being sued for $1 billion in damages by an 18-year-old college student who blames the company’s facial recognition software for his false arrest and for wrongly tying him to thefts at Apple stores in several...
Everest Insurance Hires Gregg as Vice President in New York City
Apr 22 2019 // Everest Insurance has hired Dawn Gregg as a vice president within the Risk Management division. In this role, Gregg will focus on growing the Everest Insurance portfolio of large primary casualty risk management accounts...
New York Contractors Arrested in Workers’ Compensation Fraud Scheme
Apr 18 2019 // Two New York state contractors were arrested on charges they filed fraudulent applications for a roofing project in Amsterdam, N.Y., as part of a workers’ compensation fraud scheme. Jose A. Sanchez, owner of Sanchez...
Alliant Hires Walsh as Executive Vice President in New York
Apr 17 2019 // Alliant has hired Pat Walsh as executive vice president. In this role, the White Plains, N.Y.-based industry veteran will service a portfolio of clients that includes regional, national and international...
So You Comply with New York Reg. 500: Now What?
Apr 17 2019 // In March of 2017, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) implemented 23 NYCRR §500 (NY Reg. 500). In doing so, it became the first state regulatory authority to impose regulations that address cybersecurity...
New York City May Ban Pre-Hire Marijuana Tests for Many Job Applicants
Apr 15 2019 // Many job-seekers would no longer face tests for marijuana use under legislation that New York City is likely to enact, taking a novel step as lawmakers and employers around the U.S. grapple with workplace policies about...
Worker Killed by Falling Crane Counterweight in New York City
Apr 15 2019 // A worker was crushed to death Saturday when a crane counterweight fell on him at a lower Manhattan construction site, the third time in less than a week that a New York City construction worker was killed on the...
Brake Complaints Cause Lyft to Replace 3,000 Electric Bikes in 3 Cities
Apr 15 2019 // Lyft Inc. is removing several thousand electric bikes from service in its bike-share program in New York, Washington and San Francisco because of a braking problem, the ride-hailing company said on Sunday. “We...
Lawyer Says Challenge to NYC’s Vaccination Order in the Works
Apr 12 2019 // New York City’s effort to halt a measles outbreak by ordering mandatory vaccinations in one Brooklyn neighborhood is facing opposition, with lawyers for parents opposed to vaccinations promising to file a lawsuit...
New York City Orders Mandatory Vaccines for Some Amid Measles Outbreak
Apr 11 2019 // Health officials Tuesday ordered nearly everyone in a heavily Orthodox Jewish New York City neighborhood to be vaccinated for measles or face fines, reviving a public-health strategy that experts say hasn’t been used...
Reuters: J&J Refocused Baby Powder Marketing on Minority, Overweight Women
Apr 10 2019 // Pressure was mounting on Johnson & Johnson and its signature Baby Powder. In 2006, an arm of the World Health Organization began classifying cosmetic talc such as Baby Powder as “possibly carcinogenic” when...
Audit Says New York Health Inspectors Go Easy on Restaurant Violations
Apr 8 2019 // Food safety inspectors in New York state failed to take action in response to hundreds of serious health code violations, according to a state audit published Friday. Officials from state Comptroller Thomas...
Gramercy Risk Holdings Acquires New York’s Executive Insurance Company
Apr 4 2019 // Gramercy Risk Holdings LLC, a Uniondale, N.Y.-based insurance holding company, has acquired Executive Insurance Company, a New York-domiciled admitted insurance company. Following the acquisition, Executive will be renamed...
