State AG, Atlantic City Casino Union Ask Judge to Dismiss Anti-Smoking Lawsuit May 1, 2024 By Wayne Parry Atlantic City’s main casino workers union and the New Jersey attorney general this week asked a judge to dismiss a...
New York Court Officer Wins 9/11 Workers’ Compensation Benefits on Appeal May 1, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson On the morning of September 11, 2001, Robert Liotta was at his job as a senior court officer at 100...
OSHA Cites Hanover Foods for 70 Alleged Safety Violations May 1, 2024 Pennsylvania-based food manufacturer Hanover Foods Corp. has been found in violation of dozens of safety and health hazards at its...
Connecticut Weighs Wide-Ranging Bill to Regulate AI. But Its Fate Is Uncertain. May 1, 2024 By Susan Haigh The Connecticut Senate recently pressed ahead with one of the first major legislative proposals in the U.S. to rein in...
Maine Alters ‘Yellow Flag’ Law, Expands Mental Health Care in Wake of Shootings April 30, 2024 By David Sharp and Patrick Whittle Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law a suite of gun safety legislation approved by lawmakers after the deadliest...
‘Fearless Girl’ Lawsuit by State Street Settles on Eve of Trial April 30, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel State Street Corp. and the artist it commissioned to create Wall Street’s sculpture have settled a 2019 lawsuit on the...
Hazing Concerns Prompt University of Virginia to Expel 1 Fraternity, Suspend 3 Others April 30, 2024 Concerns about hazing have prompted the University of Virginia to terminate one local fraternity and suspend three others on its...
Jersey Shore Town and State Agree on Plan to Replenish Eroded Beaches April 30, 2024 By Wayne Parry A long-running sandstorm at the Jersey Shore could soon come to an end as New Jersey will carry out an...
Manager Who Operated Crane Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter in Quarry Worker’s Death April 29, 2024 An upstate New York court last week accepted a mine manager’s guilty plea to manslaughter in the second degree over...
Philadelphia’s Republic First Bank Closed by Regulators, Sold to Fulton Bank April 29, 2024 Regulators have closed Republic First Bank, a regional lender operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. The Federal Deposit...