Trump Safety Regulator Blocks Washington State’s Crude Oil Train Rules May 13, 2020 By Valerie Volcovici The U.S. pipeline regulator late on Monday blocked an effort by Washington state to tighten vapor pressure restrictions on the...
Debate Over Business Liability in Pandemic Turns to OSHA Regulation, CDC Guidelines May 13, 2020 By Ben Brody Congressional Republicans have made liability protection for employers a nonnegotiable demand in any new coronavirus stimulus, but Senator Lindsey Graham,...
FCCI Insurance Terminates CEO Johnson Days After His Arrest May 12, 2020 Craig Johnson, chief executive officer of Florida-based FCCI Insurance Group, has been terminated and removed as an officer and board...
Workers’ Comp May Need Backstop as Presumptions Push Claim Costs into Billions May 12, 2020 By Jim Sams An executive order by California Gov. Gavin Newsom last week is the most aggressive yet among the directives issued by...
Why We Can’t Wait Until It’s Safe to Lift Lockdowns: Opinion May 12, 2020 By Faye Flam, Bloomberg Opinion Officials in the U.S. have undermined hopes of a successful economic reopening because they’ve garbled public messaging, never clearly explaining...
Proxy Firms Offer ‘Cautionary Support’ for AIG Executive Pay Before Shareholder Vote May 12, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn American International Group Inc. faces a crucial test on Wednesday, when shareholders are to vote on whether the board of...
Homeland Security Intelligence Officer Glawe Named CEO of Insurance Crime Bureau May 12, 2020 The National Insurance Crime Bureau’s (NICB) announced that David Glawe has been appointed as the new president and chief executive...
Small Businesses See Coronavirus Effect Lasting 12-16 Months May 12, 2020 By Andrea Shalal Eighty-one percent of small U.S. companies surveyed by Veem, a global payments network, expect the new coronavirus pandemic to affect...
REUTERS SPECIAL REPORT on Police Immunity: For Cops Who Kill, Special Supreme Court Protection May 12, 2020 By Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung, Guillermo Gomez, Andrea Januta and Jackie Botts MADILL, Oklahoma — Sick with pneumonia, agitated and confused, Johnny Leija refused to return to his hospital room. Moments later,...
Lawsuit Alleging Anti-Conservative Bias at Google Ends Quietly May 12, 2020 By Robert Burnson A lawsuit that made a big bang in Silicon Valley two years ago with allegations of mistreatment of politically conservative...