Report Alleges Workers’ Compensation Abuse in New York Correctional Unit May 26, 2023 A report by the New York State Inspector General alleges “egregious” abuse of a workers’ compensation loss wage benefit provision...
Rhode Island AG Sues Manufacturers of Forever Chemicals May 26, 2023 Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha yesterday filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly...
Citizens Financial to Pay $9 Million to Settle Consumer-Protection Lawsuit May 25, 2023 By Paige Smith Citizens Financial Group Inc. will pay $9 million and take other remedial measures to settle US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...
Firefighting Foam Contaminates Public Water for About 9,000 in Maine May 25, 2023 WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) – Firefighting foam used in battling a fatal fire in an apartment building entered the public water...
Appeals Court Upholds Revised Admissions Policy at Elite Virginia High School May 25, 2023 By Matthew Barakat A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at an elite public high...
New England Health Insurer Still Dealing With Ransomware Attack May 24, 2023 Point32Health, the parent company of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, is still dealing with a ransomware attack...
Time Lag Does Not End Insurer’s Duty to Defend, Court Rules May 24, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal court in New York has reiterated that a time lag between the date a trip-and-fall accident occurred and...
Columnist Seeks to Add $10M to Defamation Case for Trump’s Post-Verdict Comments May 24, 2023 By Larry Neumeister E. Jean Carroll, the advice columnist who won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation award against former President Donald...
People Moves: Lockton Adds Allianz’s Caruso; Verdi Joins Alliant From Gallagher; Marsh McLennan Agency Names Moher; Bischoff Joins Harford’s IT May 23, 2023 Lockton Appoints Caruso Financial Institutions Practice Leader in the Northeast Lockton, based in Kansas City, Missouri, has appointed Joe Caruso...
New York Dairy Farm Workers Gain $150K in Unpaid Wages May 23, 2023 A settlement in New York in a wage theft case has resulted in two dairy farm workers receiving nearly $150,000...