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Exxon Bid to Halt Climate Change Probes Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court
Jan 7 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for the attorney general of Massachusetts to obtain records from Exxon Mobil Corp to probe whether the oil company for decades concealed its knowledge of the role fossil...
Ford Recalls More Than 953,000 Vehicles Globally to Replace Air Bag Inflators
Jan 7 2019 // Ford is recalling more than 953,000 vehicles worldwide to replace Takata passenger air bag inflators that can explode and hurl shrapnel. The move includes over 782,000 vehicles in the U.S. and is part of the largest series...
U.S. Signs Agreement with UK on Post-Brexit Insurance Regulation
Jan 7 2019 // The U.S. Treasury and U.S. Trade Representative have officially signed an agreement with the United Kingdom to provide insurance regulatory continuity after Britain exits the European Union. The agreement is similar to one...
3 Reasons Recovery from Hurricane Florence is Different from Hurricane Michael
Jan 7 2019 // Lessons from Past Storms and Economic Changes Suggest Rebuilding Efforts After Florence Will Be Arduous As the saying goes – location is everything. Following the two largest U.S. hurricanes this year, Hurricane...
Trump Administration Delay with Storm Mitigation Funds Frustrates States
Jan 4 2019 // The Trump administration is sitting on billions of dollars intended to help vulnerable cities and states prepare for extreme weather, prompting growing criticism from state officials worried about the next storm season. In...
Judge Grants Monsanto Request Limiting Evidence in Roundup Cancer Claims Trials
Jan 4 2019 // A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer causes cancer has issued a ruling that could severely restrict evidence that the plaintiffs consider crucial to their cases. U.S....
Southern California City Asking Residents for Suggestions on Battling Climate Change
Jan 3 2019 // The city of Long Beach, Calif. is soliciting help from its citizens to come up with a plan to deal with climate change. The coastal city of roughly half-a-million, which was an early adopter of the ban on plastic bags and...
Letter Reveals Why Vatican Halted U.S. Bishops’ Steps to Address Sex Abuse: AP
Jan 3 2019 // The Vatican blocked U.S. bishops from taking measures to address the clergy sex abuse scandal because U.S. church leaders didn’t discuss the legally problematic proposals with the Holy See enough beforehand,...
Senior Care Facilities and Their Insurers Try to Keep Up with Aging America’s Falls
Jan 2 2019 // Last March, a 103-year-old resident of a Sunrise Senior Living facility in Willowbrook, Illinois, went on a field trip to the movies. Ruth Smith, who used a walker, fell down two concrete steps in the theater and died...
Deaths on Passenger Jet Aircraft Rise Across Globe in 2018
Jan 2 2019 // The fatality rate on passenger jet aircraft worldwide jumped in 2018 after airlines recorded zero accident deaths on passenger jets in the prior year, according to a Dutch consulting firm and an aviation safety...
Competition in Artificial Intelligence Is Like New Space Race: Viewpoint
Jan 2 2019 // It’s been another year of relentless artificial-intelligence hype and incremental AI achievement. Machines still beat humans only in carefully constructed environments or at narrow tasks. The good news is that, as...
Ascot Expands U.S. Marine Team With Johnson and Factor in California
Dec 31 2018 // Ascot has named Chris Johnson and Jocelyne Factor as underwriters in the U.S. marine team. Both will be based in the new San Francisco office, expanding Ascot’s geographic footprint to the West Coast. Johnson, senior...
Judge Dismisses Privacy Suit Against Google Over Facial Recognition Technology
Dec 31 2018 // A lawsuit filed against Google by users who said the world’s largest search engine violated their privacy by using facial recognition technology was dismissed by a judge on Saturday. U.S. District Judge Edmond E....
Chamber’s List of 2018’s ‘Top 10 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits’
Dec 31 2018 // A lawsuit targeting California coffee houses for not including warning labels on their products tops the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform’s (ILR) list of the Top 10 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2018. This...
Trial Lawyers Cite ‘Worst Corporate Conduct’ of 2018
Dec 31 2018 // Not surprisingly, the American Association for Justice—representing the country’s trial lawyers– takes a very different view of the civil justice system than does the U.S. Chamber’s Institute for Legal...
Death in the Oilfields: Boom Brings Mounting Risk of Death, Injuries
Dec 28 2018 // Parker Waldridge had worked in the Oklahoma oilfields since he was 16 and acquired the traits that make a good driller: fortitude, intellect and a healthy respect for the power of a runaway gas well. And so, when...
New South Wales Hailstorm Triggers Australia Catastrophe Declaration
Dec 28 2018 // The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) last week declared a catastrophe following storms that caused extensive hail and water damage across Sydney and the Central Coast in New South Wales (NSW). As of Dec. 21, insurers...
Congressional Report Finds Olympic Leaders Valued Reputation Over Athletes’ Safety
Dec 28 2018 // A congressional review of the U.S. Olympic system’s handling of sex-abuse cases criticizes a culture that sought to protect reputation and image over athlete safety. A House subcommittee released the report last...
Wisconsin’s Next Governor Picks Insurance Commissioner, Other Cabinet Members
Dec 27 2018 // Wisconsin Governor-Elect Tony Evers has named Mark Afable as insurance commissioner. Afable has worked for American Family Insurance in Madison since 1994 and currently serves as its chief legal officer. He will replace...
Report: DEA, Distributors Not Doing Enough to Fix West Virginia Opioid Crisis
Dec 27 2018 // A congressional report on prescription pill dumping in West Virginia blames U.S. prescription drug distributors and the Drug Enforcement Administration for not doing enough to help mitigate the nation’s opioid...
