East News for August 2026
- OpenAI Warns of Confusion as Massachusetts Readies Crackdown
- People Moves: MEMIC Group Adds 2 to Loss Control Team
- Police Officer Sentenced for Role With Other Officers in Insurance Fraud Scheme
- General Contractor Found Not Liable for Subcontractor Employee’s Injury
- Maine Governor Names Darby as Acting Insurance Chief as Schott Departs
- Seltzer Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s Trego Insurance Agency
- Pennsylvania Imposes New Rules to Set Up AI Data Centers in State
- Luigi Mangione’s State Murder Trial Postponed Indefinitely
- Judge Nixes Uber’s RICO Suit Alleging NY Lawyers, Doctors Conspired on Auto Claims
- People Moves: OneShield Appoints Becker SVP, New Products
- Davis & Towle Acquires New Hampshire’s Allied Insurance Agency
- Connecticut Boosts Innovation Center With $20M for New Urban Campus
- Police Looking for Additional People in Virginia University Shooting
- Trump Spurned Again by US Supreme Court on $5 Million Carroll Award
- Six Persons Indicted for Allegded Roles in Multi-State Retail Theft Ring
- Jury Finds No Gun Defect, Sides With Sig Sauer in Unintended Discharge Case
- Harvard Wins Dismissal of US Suit Over Campus Antisemitism
- Aon’s NFP Buys Cannabis Business From Frontier Risk
- Safety Agency Reports on 2025 Blast at Pennsylvania Steel Plant That Killed 2
- NJ School Board Not Liable for Boy’s Shooting at Football Game With No Metal Detector
- Amynta Group Buys Virginia-Based Southern States Underwriters MGU
- Lindsay Clancy Trial Focus Turns to Drugs Prescribed Before She Killed Her 3 Children
- Report Says Firefighting Tactics at Maine Lumber Mill Inadvertently Aided Deadly Blast
- Business Moves: FM Acquires Wildfire Intelligence Firm FortressFire
- People Moves: World Insurance Names CFO, World Retail
- OSHA Fines Maine Pulp Mill $700K for Chemical Release That Killed 2 Workers
- Massachusetts High Court Says Mag Mutual Must Defend Doctor Accused of Stalking
- Appeals Court Says Lobstermen’s Defamation Suit Raises First Amendment Questions
- Tour Boat Operator Charged in Fatal Capsizing in New York Harbor
- Delaware Judge Orders Verisk to Proceed With $2.35 Billion AccuLynx Deal
- New Jersey Sues Amazon, Alleging Poor Pay and Conditions for Drivers
- Virginia Study on Data Centers Calls for Tighter Water Regulations
- Teva Seeks to Keep Israel Ties From Philadelphia Jury, Cites Gaza War
- New York Strengthens Law on Inspections of Cooling Towers in City
- People Moves: Ames & Gough Names Partners Lynch and Maxwell as Senior VPs
- Chipwich Maker Withdraws Lawsuit Against Insurance Agency
- Virginia Moves Toward Regulating Self-Driving Vehicles Amid Safety, Liability Concerns
- Abuse Claimants Allowed to Sue for Parish Assets in Vermont Catholic Bankruptcy Case
- NYC Law on Sharing Food Delivery Apps’ Data Is Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Rules
- NYC Vows Legal Action Against Online Sellers of Illegal E-Bikes and E-Scooters
- Jury Says Medtronic Owes $88 Million in First Trial Over Covidien’s Hernia Mesh
- Law Restricts Her From Reducing ‘Excessive’ $91M Injured Worker Award, Judge Finds
- People Moves: Plymouth Rock Names 3 Key Leaders; Valekha to Lead MIA Financial Unit
- New Jersey Sues Amazon Alleging Poor Pay and Conditions for Drivers
- NYC Mayor Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Heaps Pressure on a Teetering CMBS Deal
- New Jersey Settles Trucker Misclassification Claims for $2.7 Million
- DOXA Buys LimitFi Platform for Credit Risk Insurance Products
- Plymouth Rock Launches ChatGPT for Home Insurance Quotes
- New York Sues Prediction Market Kalshi Alleging ‘Illegal Gambling Operation’
- Maine Moves to Strengthen Mobile Home Park Oversight
- New York’s Heavy Rains Lead to Water Rescues, Grist Mill Destruction
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