Platforms’ Gig Worker Measure Moves Step Closer to Ballot in Massachusetts September 2, 2021 By Nate Raymond Massachusetts’ attorney general on Wednesday gave backers of a proposed ballot measure, which would define drivers for app-based companies like...
School Board in Virginia to Pay ACLU’s Legal Costs Over Bathroom Lawsuit September 1, 2021 By Ben Finley A school board in Virginia has agreed to pay $1.3 million in legal costs to the American Civil Liberties Union...
Appeals Court Rejects Case Accusing NYU Law Review of Bias September 1, 2021 A Texas group has no standing to claim that New York University illegally gives preference to women and racial minorities...
People Moves: New Hires at Buckle, Plymouth Rock Assurance August 31, 2021 Buckle Appoints Sinclair to Newly Created Position of Chief People Officer Buckle, a tech-enabled financial services company, appointed Cheryl Sinclair...
Connecticut Insurance Department to Host Conference on Climate Change, Insurance August 31, 2021 The Connecticut Insurance Department and U.S. experts on climate change, resiliency, mitigation and adaptation are leading a discussion on what...
Massachusetts Contractor Faces $1.3M in Penalties After Workers Die at Dig Site August 31, 2021 At a Boston sewer repair worksite in February, Jordy Alexander Castaneda Romero and Juan Carlos Figueroa Gutierrez died after a...
New York Volunteer Firefighter Killed by Reversing Fire Truck August 30, 2021 A volunteer with the Hartland fire company was killed on Tuesday evening when a fire truck she was helping to...
Pennsylvania Woman Who Coughed on Market Produce, Claimed Virus Gets Jail August 30, 2021 A Pennsylvania woman who pleaded guilty to coughing and spitting on food at a supermarket in the early days of...
Feds Say $31M Manhattan Trip-and-Fall Scam Used Homeless People as Pawns August 30, 2021 By Larry Neumeister A racket in which corrupt lawyers and doctors generated over $20 million in lawsuit settlements by manipulating hundreds of homeless...
Online Thieves Divert $2.3M from New Hampshire Town of Peterborough August 27, 2021 By Holly Ramer The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the theft of $2.3 million from the town of Peterborough, New Hampshire, by foreign...