Latest New York Headlines
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Multiple Causes Cited in Deaths of 14 Horses at Saratoga. Could Rainfall Be One?
Feb 28 2024 // A review of 14 horse deaths at Saratoga Race Course last summer found no definitive cause of why they happened, saying rainfall “could not be overlooked” as a factor. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety...
Jury Finds Former NRA Chief LaPierre Misspent Gun Group’s Funds, Owes $4.4M
Feb 26 2024 // The longtime head of the National Rifle Association, Wayne LaPierre, misspent millions of dollars of the organization’s money, using the funds to pay for an extravagant lifestyle that included exotic getaways and...
‘Ghost Gun’ Sellers Must Face New York Lawsuit Seeking to Ban Them
Feb 26 2024 // Nine companies that sell unfinished guns without serial numbers, used to make untraceable “ghost guns,” must face a lawsuit by New York’s Democratic attorney general seeking to halt their business in the...
Fire Mitigation Industry Terror: NYC Gang Member Convicted of Extortion, Racketeering
Feb 22 2024 // A gang member who ran a fire restoration company has been convicted of using violence, threats of violence, and extortion to terrorize and dominate the fire restoration industry in New York City. After presiding over a...
ANALYSIS: Trump’s Appeal of Civil Fraud Verdict May Hinge on ‘No Victims’ Defense
Feb 22 2024 // Donald Trump’s planned appeal of a $355 million judgment against him in his civil fraud case may focus on the former president’s contention that there were no actual victims from his conduct at issue in the...
New York State’s Commission on Ethics Facing Judicial Test
Feb 21 2024 // Months after a judge ruled that New York’s ethics watchdog violated the state constitution because it was too independent, a state lawyer told an appeals court that officials had the right to create a...
Woman Drops Lawsuit Alleging Billionaire Financier Raped Her
Feb 21 2024 // A woman who accused billionaire Leon Black of raping her two decades ago at the Manhattan mansion of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has ended her lawsuit against the Apollo Global Management...
Trump Avoids ‘Corporate Death Penalty’ in Civil Fraud Case, But Business Still Slammed
Feb 20 2024 // Donald Trump won’t face the corporate death penalty after all. A New York judge on Friday spared the ex-president that worst case punishment as he ruled in a civil case alleging Trump fraudulently misrepresented...
People & Places
Feb 19 2024 // National Andy Stirk Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan headquartered in New York, hired Andy Stirk as United States chief growth officer. Stirk is based in New York, New York. With 20 years of insurance industry...
Referral Fees: A Multi-State Overview
Feb 19 2024 // No matter the business, customer referrals are always a welcome way to expand client bases and build trust within the marketplace. This is certainly true within the insurance space, where it is common practice for...
What Does ADR Mean for Workers’ Compensation Programs On Construction Sites?
Feb 19 2024 // Workers’ compensation insurance is one of the costliest aspects of a construction project that carriers, construction managers, and businesses face. According to Insureon, construction carries the highest...
New York’s High Court Backs Insurer’s Denial of COVID-19 Business Interruption Claim
Feb 16 2024 // New York state’s highest court has affirmed that there must be direct physical loss or damage, not just presence of a virus, to trigger coverage under a commercial property policy for COVID-19 business interruption...
New York City Sues Social Media Platforms Over Teen Mental-Health Concern
Feb 16 2024 // New York City joined a growing chorus of states, cities and school districts suing social media companies over claims that their platforms are fueling a mental-health crisis among teens, alleging that Meta Platforms and...
College Board to Pay Penalty and Stop Monetizing New York Students’ Data
Feb 14 2024 // College Board, which administers standard educational tests that are used as part of college admissions, has agreed to a $750,000 settlement with New York state for violating students’ privacy and unlawfully selling...
Columbia University Sued by Jewish Student Over Campus Antisemitism
Feb 14 2024 // Columbia University was sued by a Jewish graduate student who claims the campus experienced an “explosion” of antisemitism since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel. Mackenzie Forrest, 23, claims she faced...
New York Attorney General Triples Size of Crypto Fraud Lawsuit to $3 Billion
Feb 14 2024 // New York Attorney General Letitia James on Friday expanded her lawsuit against Digital Currency Group and other cryptocurrency defendants, tripling the size of their alleged fraud scheme to more than $3 billion. James had...
10 Cars of Cargo Train Carrying Cooking Oil, Plastic Pellets Derail; 2 Land in Hoosic River
Feb 12 2024 // Ten cars of a cargo train carrying plastic pellets and cooking oil derailed in upstate New York, with two ending up in a river, authorities said. The cars, part of a 94-car train operated by Berkshire & Eastern...
The Oil Was From Iran. The Insurance Was From New York
Feb 9 2024 // Last June, a rusting tanker named Sincere 02 picked up oil at an Iranian port and steamed across the Persian Gulf on its way to the United Arab Emirates. US sanctions forbid Western companies from knowingly doing business...
New York Proposes Pharmacy Benefit Manager Regulations
Feb 7 2024 // The New York State Department of Financial Services has proposed market conduct regulations to govern pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) operating in the state. The regulations have been developed to implement a law passed...
Trump Civil Fraud Case Judge to Probe Potential Perjury by Ex-CFO
Feb 7 2024 // A New York judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial has asked lawyers in the case for information about possible perjury by the former U.S. president’s onetime finance chief, who is reportedly facing...
