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Barnes & Noble Calls Fired CEO’s Defamation Claims ‘Lies and Mischaracterizations’
Aug 29 2018 // Barnes & Noble Inc. was sued on Tuesday by a former chief executive officer who said the largest U.S. bookstore chain falsely accused him of violating its sexual harassment policy before firing him after 14 months on...
Airbnb Sues New York City to Block User-Data Bill Over Privacy
Aug 27 2018 // Home-rental providers Airbnb Inc. and HomeAway are suing New York City over a recently passed law that allows the collection of data on the websites’ hosts, claiming the ordinance violates users’ constitutional...
New York Health Officials Investigating Illnesses Linked to McDonald’s Outlet
Aug 24 2018 // New York state health officials said on Thursday they were investigating reports of multiple illnesses potentially associated with a McDonald’s Corp restaurant in Jamestown, N.Y. The state health department and the...
New Jersey Investigating NRA-Sponsored Carry Guard Insurance
Aug 22 2018 // The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is investigating the marketing and sale in New Jersey of insurance sponsored by the National Rifle Association for potential violations of state insurance laws. The...
New York Man Pleads Guilty in the Killing of His Girlfriend’s Mother
Aug 21 2018 // A New York man charged in the killing of his girlfriend’s mother for insurance money has pleaded guilty. WHEC-TV in Rochester reports Knowledge Couser entered his plea Thursday to murder charges in connection with...
FBI Seeks Help to Find Art Depicting Old West Stolen from New York City Home
Aug 21 2018 // The FBI is seeking the public’s help in rounding up more than a half-million dollars’ worth of artworks that were stolen in 1983 from the New York City home of an artist known for his scenes of the American...
Socius Insurance Services Hires Ascolese in New York City
Aug 20 2018 // Socius Insurance Services Inc., a management liability and property/casualty insurance wholesaler, has hired Jerry Ascolese to join its casualty practice as vice president. Ascolese will be based in New York City – a...
Third Compliance Date Approaching for New York Cybersecurity Regulation
Aug 20 2018 // The third transitional period for New York’s first-in-the-nation cybersecurity regulation for all Department of Financial Services (DFS) regulated entities ends on Sept. 4, 2018. Beginning on Sept. 4, banks,...
Construction Company Indicted for Wage Theft, Insurance Fraud in New York
Aug 20 2018 // CRV Precast Construction LLC (CRV) and six of its employees have been indicted for misclassifying workers as lesser-skilled, underpaying them and falsifying information about payroll and employees, including a worker who...
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Aug 20 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a retail property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm, has announced that Lou D’Agostino and his Iron Cove Partners team have joined...
Recovery Underway in New York Region Hit by Flash Flooding
Aug 17 2018 // Clean-up and recovery efforts continued Wednesday in several upstate New York counties where flash flooding damaged homes, vehicles and infrastructure from the Finger Lakes region to the Binghamton area. Tuesday’s...
Tighter Regulations in NYC Could Take Bite Out of Airbnb Profits
Aug 17 2018 // Airbnb faces tightening regulations in New York City that could take a big bite out of its profits, and on Wednesday the short-term rental company offered a counter-measure designed to appease hostile politicians: a $10...
NYC Mayor Signs Bill Capping New Ride-Hail Licenses
Aug 16 2018 // New York City, the largest American market for Uber, has become the first U.S. city to regulate the growth of app-based rides. Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday signed a bill placing a temporary cap on new...
Flash Flooding Closes Roads, Damages Homes in Central New York
Aug 16 2018 // Home and business owners in New York’s Finger Lakes region were dealing with flooded basements after heavy rains caused flash flooding that inundated roads in several towns Tuesday. A state of emergency was declared...
Affinion Group Closes Sale of Insurance Division to New York’s Mill Point Capital
Aug 16 2018 // Affinion Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Affinion Group Holdings Inc., has closed the previously announced sale of its insurance division, Affinion Insurance Solutions, to an affiliate of Mill Point Capital. As a result of the...
Settlement Reached in New York Kayak Drowning Case
Aug 15 2018 // A lawsuit settlement has been reached in a New York kayak drowning after the victim’s fiancee served prison time for criminally negligent homicide. The family of Vincent Viafore had filed a wrongful death lawsuit to...
New York Sues OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Over Opioids
Aug 15 2018 // New York state on Tuesday sued Purdue Pharma LP, accusing the OxyContin maker of widespread fraud and deception in the marketing of opioids, and contributing to a nationwide epidemic that has killed thousands. The state...
Court Orders Pruitt’s EPA to Reverse Course and Ban Crop Pesticide
Aug 10 2018 // A divided federal appeals court on Thursday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban a widely-used pesticide that critics say can endanger children and farmers. The 2-1 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court...
Third Compliance Date Approaching for New York Cybersecurity Regulation
Aug 9 2018 // The third transitional period for New York’s first-in-the-nation cybersecurity regulation for all Department of Financial Services (DFS) regulated entities ends on September 4, 2018. Beginning on September 4, banks,...
New York City Votes to Cap Uber, Lyft Vehicle Licenses
Aug 9 2018 // The New York City Council on Wednesday agreed to cap the number of licenses for ride-hailing services such as Uber for one year, dealing a blow to the companies that have relied on the largest U.S. metro area for a major...
