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Cyber Security Firms in Spotlight Following WannaCry Attack
May 23 2017 // For Kris Hagerman, chief executive of UK-based cyber security firm Sophos Group Plc, the past week could have been bad. The WannaCry “ransomware” attack hobbled some of its hospital customers in Britain’s...
JLT Specialty USA Appoints Levitt as Executive Vice President in New York
May 23 2017 // JLT Specialty USA, a U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), has appointed Gabe Levitt as executive vice president. Based in New York, Levitt will join JLT’s New York office and focus on servicing...
In Defeat for Patent Trolls, Supreme Court Limits Venue for Lawsuits
May 22 2017 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday tightened rules for where patent lawsuits can be filed in a decision that may make it harder for so-called patent “trolls” to launch sometimes dodgy patent cases in friendly...
China Eyeing Cyber Rule Delay After Outcry from Foreign Firms: Sources
May 22 2017 // China may delay full implementation of controversial new cyber security rules, giving companies more time to prepare, two people who attended a meeting on Friday between the country’s internet regulator, businesses...
U.S. Court Voids Recreational Drone User Registry
May 22 2017 // The government’s authority to oversee burgeoning recreational drone use was dealt a setback when a federal appeals court barred the Federal Aviation Administration from forcing hobbyists to register the millions of...
Firms Turn to Kidnap Insurance Policies to Cover Ransomware Losses
May 19 2017 // Companies without cyber insurance are dusting off policies covering kidnap, ransom and extortion in the world’s political hotspots to recoup losses caused by ransomware viruses such as “WannaCry,”...
Democratic Attorneys General Move to Defend Obamacare Insurer Subsidies
May 19 2017 // More than a dozen Democratic attorneys general on Thursday sought to intervene to defend a key part of the Obamacare healthcare law — subsidy payments to insurance companies — which is under threat in a court...
Toyota, BMW, Mazda, Subaru Settle Takata Airbag Economic Loss Claims
May 19 2017 // Four automakers agreed to a $553 million settlement to address class-action economic loss claims covering owners of nearly 16 million recalled vehicles with potentially defective Takata airbag inflators, court documents...
Residents Assess Damage After Night of Tornadoes in Central U.S.
May 18 2017 // Residents of an Oklahoma subdivision and a Wisconsin trailer park that were leveled by deadly tornadoes sifted through what remained of their homes and possessions Wednesday, even as forecasters warned of another round of...
Judge Dismisses Lawsuits Claiming Facebook Liable for Supporting Terrorists
May 18 2017 // A federal judge on Thursday dismissed two lawsuits seeking to hold Facebook Inc. liable for supporting terrorist groups by letting them use its social media platform to further their goals, including violence against...
Tornadoes Leave at Least 2 Dead as Storms Pummel Central U.S.
May 18 2017 // Storms whipped through a wide swath of the nation’s midsection, giving rise to tornadoes that flattened a Wisconsin mobile home park and an Oklahoma subdivision and killing at least two people and injuring dozens of...
New York County Sues Purdue, J&J Over Opioid Marketing
May 18 2017 // A county in New York state has sued Purdue Pharma LP, Johnson & Johnson and other drugmakers, accusing them of engaging in fraudulent marketing that played down the risks of prescription opioid painkillers, leading to...
European Cyber Police Hunt for Culprits of Global Ransomware Attack
May 18 2017 // Days after the global cyber attack, U.K. police are trying to figure out whether it was an established network of criminals, state-backed hackers or bored teenagers that crippled the country’s health service. The...
Eastern Pacific Hurricane Season Starts Off Slowly
May 18 2017 // The eastern Pacific hurricane season is starting off with a whimper. While one short-lived tropical storm developed off Mexico’s Pacific coast last week, the earliest on record, computer models show another one...
Republican Governors Have Own Ideas for Healthcare Reforms
May 18 2017 // A group of about a dozen Republican governors is pushing for its own set of national healthcare reforms, flexing its considerable muscle in the national debate over the future of Obamacare as the U.S. Senate begins writing...
U.S. Drought Monitor Says New England Drought is Over
May 18 2017 // New England is drought free. That’s according to the latest weekly report issued by the U.S. Drought Monitor. While conditions in about a quarter of the state of Connecticut remain “abnormally dry,” no...
AP to Defend Against Libel Claim by Russian Billionaire Over Trump Ties Story
May 17 2017 // A Russian billionaire with ties to Vladimir Putin sued The Associated Press on Monday for defamation over a story about his connections to a former Trump campaign chairman. Aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska claimed in the...
Drug Use at Work at Highest Rate in 12 Years: Quest
May 17 2017 // Drug use in the American workforce, fueled by illicit drugs including cocaine, reached the highest positivity rate in 12 years last year, according to an analysis of more than 10 million workforce drug test...
WannaCry Ransomware Hackers Threaten to Release More Malicious Code
May 17 2017 // Governments turned their attention to a possible new wave of cyber threats on Tuesday after the group that leaked U.S. hacking tools used to launch the global WannaCry “ransomware” attack warned it would...
U.S. Supreme Court Sides With Kentucky Nursing Home in Arbitration Case
May 17 2017 // The United States Supreme Court says a Kentucky nursing home can require the families of two former residents to pursue claims against the home outside of court. The justice ruled 7-1 on Monday that the home could enforce...
