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U.S. Updates Guidance on COVID Vaccine Mandates, Incentives, Privacy in Workplace
Jun 1 2021 // Federal employment laws do not prevent an employer from requiring all employees physically entering the workplace to be vaccinated for COVID-19, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has affirmed. Also,...
New U.S. Rules Require Pipelines to Report Cyber Incidents, Mitigate Risks
May 27 2021 // The Department of Homeland Security issued a new security directive for pipeline owners and operators on Thursday after a hack of the Colonial Pipeline disrupted fuel supplies in the southeastern United States for days...
After Dutch Ruling Against Energy Company, Focus Turns to U.S. Climate Lawsuits
May 27 2021 // A landmark ruling on Wednesday by a Dutch court ordering Royal Dutch Shell to drastically cut its planned greenhouse gas emissions could impact the United States where most of the world’s climate cases are being...
U.S. Says Rules on Pilots’ Records Database Being Finalized
May 26 2021 // The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it is finalizing rules establishing a long-delayed electronic pilot records database demanded by Congress in 2010 in the wake of a fatal crash. In March, the FAA published...
Western U.S. Wildfires Have Made Insurance for Contractors a Tough Buy
May 25 2021 // Things look bad with California’s ever-sooner wildfire season seemingly approaching and what’s shaping up to be a severe drought across the Western U.S. The plague of wildfires in the past few years in...
Labor Leader Urges U.S. to Require Human Drivers in Automated Vehicles
May 18 2021 // A senior American labor union leader will tell U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday that the government should require human operators in all self-driving passenger services to take over in the event of an emergency. Greg Regan,...
U.S. Hailstorms that Cost Insurers Billions – and Other April Natural Disasters: Aon
May 12 2021 // Insurers face multi-billion-dollar losses from U.S. hailstorms during April, according to Aon’s Global Catastrophe Recap report, which each month analyzes the impact of natural disaster events worldwide. The report...
North Dakota Workplace Death Rate Among Highest in U.S.
May 11 2021 // An annual report using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows North Dakota’s rate of workplace deaths remains among the highest in the country. The annual report released by the AFL-CIO shows that 37...
Ransomware Attack on Colonial Again Shows U.S. Ignores Warning After Warning
May 11 2021 // The ransomware attack that shut down the nation’s biggest fuel pipeline prompted an all-too familiar question in the corridors of power in Washington and boardrooms across the country: Can anyone stop debilitating...
U.S. Offered No Advice on Whether Colonial Pipeline Should Pay Pay Ransom
May 10 2021 // The White House declined to weigh in Monday on whether companies that are hacked like Colonial Pipeline should pay ransom to their attackers, but a national security official said it may offer some advice in the...
U.S. Announces Safety Investigation of Steering Loss in 1.1M Honda Accords
May 10 2021 // The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said Monday it was opening a formal safety probe into more than 1.1 million Honda Accord vehicles over sudden loss of steering control reports. The agency said the...
U.S. Working With Colonial Pipeline to Restore Operations After Cyber Attack
May 9 2021 // The White House was working closely with top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline on Sunday to help it recover from a ransomware attack that forced the company to shut a critical fuel network supplying populous...
EU Summit to Discuss Vaccine Patent Waiver Proposed by U.S.
May 7 2021 // BRUSSELS – European Union leaders said Thursday that in the wake of the U.S. backing patent waivers for COVID-19 vaccine technology, the 27-nation bloc immediately will start discussing whether they should join such...
U.S. Court Allows Movie Chain’s COVID Business Interruption Suit Against FM Global
May 7 2021 // A federal judge in Sherman, Texas on Wednesday ruled against insurer FM Global that sought to dismiss a $500 million COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit by the nation’s third-largest chain of movie theaters. The...
NOAA: Hot is the New U.S. Climate Normal
May 6 2021 // It’s hot, get used to it. That might be the clearest takeaway from a message out from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday, which gave us a glimpse of the “new normal” in a...
U.S. Legal Cannabis Sales Hit Record $17.5B as Legislation Transforms Insurance Outlook
May 6 2021 // A new report highlights the opportunity for insurers in cannabis. New Dawn Risk launched its latest white paper on insurance for the U.S. legal cannabis, CBD and hemp markets. The 2021 report is called “Opportunity...
Rare Covid-19 Vaccine and Treatment Injury Victims Look to U.S. Fund
May 4 2021 // High school senior Emma Burkey received her “one and done” Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on March 20, and within two weeks was in an induced coma following seizures and clotting in her...
Buffett Extols U.S. Economic Recovery, Laments SPACs, Shrugs Off Tax Hike
May 3 2021 // Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is being lifted by a U.S. economy faring far better than he predicted early in the coronavirus pandemic, though investor euphoria is making it hard to deploy...
Lawsuit Over U.S. Wage Rule Focused on Louisiana Crawfish Processors
Apr 30 2021 // Federal regulators are using an illegally adopted rule and unreliable research in allowing Louisiana crawfish processors to hire foreign workers at “depressed and stagnated wages” — wages that also hold down...
Uber, Lyft, Other Gig Firms Worried About U.S. Push to Reclassify Workers as Employees
Apr 30 2021 // Under growing threat by a new U.S. administration insistent on reclassifying ride-hail and food delivery workers as employees with full benefits, gig economy companies including Uber, Lyft, Doordash and Instacart are...
