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New Suit Filed in Louisiana Claims Chinese Drywall Destroyed Homes
Aug 1 2014 // Lawyers for people who say their homes were wrecked by defective drywall made in China have filed a new lawsuit against the manufacturers and a new defendant — the Chinese Cabinet agency that oversees the country’s...
AIG, GE Capital Systemic Risk Designations Renewed
Aug 1 2014 // The top U.S. regulatory panel tasked with policing the safety of the financial system said on Thursday it is launching a review of potential risks in the asset management industry. But the Financial Stability Oversight...
U.S. to Step Up Oversight of Genetic Testing
Aug 1 2014 // Commonly used tests to predict disease or match a cancer patient with the drug most likely to work will be more strictly regulated under a U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposal. The plan released yesterday means the...
Obama Climate Rules Unpopular in GOP South
Jul 31 2014 // In the Republican-heavy Southeast, critics said this week that a plan by President Barack Obama’s administration to cut pollution would raise electricity prices, result in job losses and may not significantly curtail...
NLRB’s McDonald’s Ruling Raising Liability Concerns for Franchise Operators
Jul 31 2014 // Under Democratic President Barack Obama, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board has been taking a stance on workplace relations that has employers, industry groups and Republican lawmakers voicing alarm. NLRB General...
House Votes to Proceed with Lawsuit Against Obama
Jul 31 2014 // The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives voted to sue President Barack Obama’s administration over implementation of his 2010 health-care law. With a near-party-line vote of 225-201, lawmakers endorsed...
U.S. Attorneys in Dakotas Turning Up Heat on Health Care Fraud
Jul 30 2014 // The top federal prosecutors from South Dakota and North Dakota say they have increased their efforts to fight health care fraud. U.S. Attorney Brendan Johnson of South Dakota said he has restructured his office to allow...
Climate Change Debate in Denver Pits Coal Miners vs. Skiers
Jul 30 2014 // Coal miners took on skiers, and environmentalists dueled with business groups as the public debated sweeping rules from the Obama administration to combat global warming in a nationwide series of hearings yesterday. At the...
Inaction on Climate Change Costs Economy: White House
Jul 30 2014 // As the Obama administration defends its efforts to curb carbon emissions this week, it’s taking a new tack: arguing that it is smart economic planning. A new White House report says the cost of fighting climate...
Energi, HDI-Gerling America Extend Partnership for the U.S. Energy Industry
Jul 29 2014 // Energi and HDI-Gerling America have entered into a multi-year agreement to extend their risk management and insurance programs to certain segments of the United States downstream, midstream and upstream energy markets....
New York Lawmakers Push for Airline Safety Devices
Jul 29 2014 // Two U.S. legislators urged the government to study whether American passenger jets should be equipped with devices protecting them against missiles like the one that brought down a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine and...
NCAA Offers $70 Million to Settle Sports Concussion Suits
Jul 29 2014 // The National Collegiate Athletic Association would provide $70 million for concussion testing and diagnosis of current and former NCAA athletes as a part of an agreement to settle claims in several head-injury-related...
Ohio-Based Company to Resolve Asbestos Claims for $797M
Jul 28 2014 // RPM International Inc., whose bankrupt Bondex and Specialty Products units may have faced liabilities of more than $1 billion, said it tentatively settled asbestos claims for $797.5 million. The money, allocated over a...
Judge Upholds Florida Law Curbing Doctors’ Gun Speech with Patients
Jul 28 2014 // A Florida law restricting what doctors can tell patients about gun ownership was deemed to be constitutional by a federal appeals court, which said it legitimately regulates professional conduct and doesn’t violate...
Hackers Pose High Terror Threat to U.S., Says 9/11 Panel
Jul 28 2014 // The terrorist threat against the U.S. remains dangerous 10 years after the 9/11 Commission issued its first report — only now the risk is greater online. In a report issued last week, panel members who studied the...
COMMENT: Time to be Afraid – Preparing for the Next Big Solar Storm: Kemp
Jul 28 2014 // The probability of a solar storm striking Earth in the next decade with enough force to do serious damage to electricity networks could be as high as 12 percent, according to solar scientists. One such storm erupted from...
Judge Approves NCAA’s $60 Million Video Game Settlement
Jul 25 2014 // The National Collegiate Athletic Association and Electronic Arts Inc. won a judge’s preliminary approval of $60 million in settlements of athletes’ claims that their images were used in video games without...
Canada Transport Board Welcomes U.S. Oil-by-Rail Ideas; Warns Dangers Remain
Jul 25 2014 // The Transportation Safety Board of Canada on Thursday welcomed proposed U.S. regulations for oil-by-rail tankers, but cautioned of the persistent danger until tank cars built before 2011 stop carrying oil and other...
Ascent Increases U.S. Medical Billings E&O Limits, Adds Reputational Harm Cover
Jul 24 2014 // Ascent Underwriting, a managing general agent (MGA) specializing in emerging and professional risks, has enhanced its CyberPro medical billings errors and omissions product and increased limit availability to $5...
Supreme Court Could Get Obamacare Subsidies Question
Jul 23 2014 // The U.S. Supreme Court may not be done with Obamacare yet. With appellate courts reaching opposite conclusions on the same day about a crucial financing provision of the 2010 law, a third showdown before the justices is...
