Medical Cannabis User Fired After Failing Drug Test Appeals Denial of Job Benefits June 3, 2024 By Lisa Rathke A Vermont man who lost his job after he said a random drug test showed he had used medical marijuana...
Vermont Is 1st State With Law Requiring Oil Companies Pay for Climate Change Damage June 3, 2024 By Lisa Rathke Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the...
Aon/NFP’s Lenox Advisors Acquires Maryland Benefits Firm Serving Medical Pros May 31, 2024 Lenox Advisors, Inc., an affiliate of NFP, an Aon company, reports it has acquired Martin/Wight & Co., a Maryland-based insurance...
AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable, Affirms Excellent Ratings for MEMIC Group May 31, 2024 AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and...
Nurse Honored for Compassion Is Fired After Referring to Gaza ‘Genocide’ in Speech May 31, 2024 By Karen Matthews A nurse was fired by a New York City hospital after she referred to Israel’s war in Gaza as a...
Clinic Sued for Allegedly Firing Employee for Not Disclosing Disability in Job Interview May 31, 2024 The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is pursuing a case against an employer the agency says fired a new employee...
Denial of House Fire Claim Upheld. Insureds Never Knew Their Policy Was Nonrenewed. May 31, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A Connecticut Appeals Court has affirmed that an insurer is not obligated to provide actual notice of a home insurance...
Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Team Assessing Likelihood of Another Tragic Bridge Disaster May 31, 2024 By Lea Skene Researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore are assessing the country’s bridges to determine the likelihood of another disaster like...
Supreme Court Backs NRA in First Amendment Claim Against New York Regulator May 30, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. Supreme Court has revived a claim by the National Rifle Association (NRA) that a former New York regulator...
Ex-Employee Accuses Private Equity Firm of Retaliatory Firing Over Complaint May 30, 2024 By Daniel Wiessner A former executive assistant at One Equity Partners sued the private equity firm on Wednesday, claiming she was subjected to...