East News for February 2022
- Man Exonerated in 1981 Rape Files $50M Suit Against New York
 - OSHA Fines Contractors at Philadelphia Amazon Site Over Worker Death
 - New York State Ethics Commission Hit by Cyber Attack
 - Virginia School Board to Appeal Judge’s Ruling Blocking Elite School’s Admissions Policy
 - Maine Senate Advances Equal Rights Amendment
 - New York Governor Plans Center to Coordinate Public, Private Cybersecurity
 - Phishing Scam Costs Massachusetts Town $102K
 - Pennsylvania Adopts Exception to Ban on an Insurer Subrogating Against an Insured
 - Accuser Seeks Trump’s DNA, Not Deposition, in Defamation Suit
 - New Hampshire Reaches $25M Deal With Monsanto Over PCB Pollution
 - Delaware Poultry Farm With 1.2 Million Birds Hit by Lethal Flu
 - Person of Interest Sought in Deadly Baltimore Fire in Vacant Rowhouse
 - Virginia Lawsuit Blames Amazon Demands on Delivery Drivers for Crash
 - Delaware Residents Near Guard Base Report High Levels of ‘Forever Chemicals’
 - Massachusetts House Passes Bill to Let Immigrants Get Driver’s Licenses
 - Maine Eyes Additional Funding to Fight ‘Forever Chemicals’
 - People Moves: Johnston, Skiba Join Irwin Siegel; MEMIC Adds Newton, Cosey; O’Neill Joins McGriff
 - Officials Quarantine New York Site After Bird Flu Detected
 - Massachusetts Hospital Settles for $14.6M Over Billing for Overlapping Surgeries
 - Massachusetts Firefighters With Cancer Sue Companies Over ‘Forever Chemicals’
 - Judge Says Trumps Must Testify in New York Civil Probe
 - FTC Sues to Stop Merger of Rhode Island’s Two Biggest Hospital Firms
 - Gasoline Tanker Crashing Into Long Island Building Causes Major Blaze, Fuel Spill
 - Risk Strategies Acquires Joyce Insurance in Pennsylvania
 - New Jersey Cites 5 Contractors for Employee Misclassification
 - Altman Leaving Pennsylvania Insurance Post to Lead California Health Plan
 - Accounting Firm Cuts Ties With Trump, Says Financial Statements Are Unreliable
 - Massachusetts City’s Pension Fund Lost $3.5M in Email Scam
 - District Joins $100M Settlement With Digital Lender BlockFi
 - Massachusetts Firms at War Over Oprah’s ‘Favorite’ Waffles
 - Lemonade Now Offering Its Pet Insurance in Massachusetts
 - Vermont Town Officials Seek Opinions on Police Review Board
 - Bus Firm Reaches $20M False Claims Act Settlement With New Jersey Transit
 - Vermont Governor Vetoes Registration, Insurance Requirement for Contractors
 - New Hampshire Hospital to Pay $3.8 Million to Resolve Kickback Claims
 - World Insurance Acquires Allied Partners in Maryland-District of Columbia Area
 - Man Found With Severed Arm Injured Himself, Maine Police Conclude
 - Hospital Violated Maine’s Equal Pay Law, Judge Rules
 - Suit by 3 Students Alleges Harvard University Ignored Sexual Harassment
 - Hilb Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Wharton Surety Consultants
 - Families Allege Safety Violations in Suing Building Owners Over Bronx Fire That Killed 17
 - Virginia City Deploys Flood Safety App to Help Drivers Navigate Increased Flooding
 - Massachusetts Town’s Former Police Officer Alleges Sexual Orientation Discrimination
 - Truist Insurance to Acquire Title Insurance Agency Kensington Vanguard
 - Maine Moves to Extend Workers’ Comp Mental Health Benefit for First Responders
 - Massachusetts Senate Weighs Bill to Lower Prescription Drug Prices for Patients
 - Judge Dismisses Fired Amazon Worker’s Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination
 - World Insurance Acquires J.K. Olivieri Agency in Massachusetts
 - People Moves: Brace Underwriting Adds Dorr; Brown & Riding Expands in New York; Mead Heads Vermont Captives
 - 3 Firms to Pay $65M to Settle Upstate New York Water Pollution Class Action
 - Connecticut Added 13 Captives in 2021
 - Connecticut’s Hurricane Ida Disaster Aid Extended to Additional Counties
 - People Moves: Philadelphia Insurance Promotes 11 to Vice President
 - Massachusetts Excludes Supplemental Workers’ Comp From Retirees’ Formula
 - Massachusetts Lawmakers Advance Internet Data Privacy Bill
 - Judges Tosses Maryland Family’s Suit Blaming Uber for Driver’s Killing by Passenger
 - Investigators of Collapsed Pittsburgh Bridge to Review 5 Others With Similar Design
 - Pennsylvania Township Reported to Settle Police Shooting Lawsuit for $950K
 - Geico $4.5M Insurance Fraud Suit Seeks Documents From New York City Mayoral Aide
 - Town Not Liable in Drowning of Handcuffed Teen, Says Delaware Court
 - Maine Diocese Deems Abuse Allegations Against 2 Priests Credible
 - Hilb Group Acquires New York’s Malvaso Agency
 - Family’s Wrongful Death Suit Alleges Disability, Rights Violations by Delaware City, Police
 - Rhode Island Bus Service Says Data Breach Affected 22,000
 - World Insurance Associates Buys Connecticut’s Sumner & Sumner
 - Vermont State Police Releases List of 11 Internal Investigations
 - Man Injured in 2019 New Hampshire Motorcycle Crash Sues Massachusetts Registry
 - Investigators to Review ‘Entire History’ of Pittsburgh  Bridge That Collapsed
 - Maryland Coalition Wants End to Truck-Towing Companies Charging Huge Fees
 
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