Cleanup Begins After Hurricane Idalia Hits Gulf Coast August 31, 2023 By Steve Gorman, Marco Bello and Maria Alejandra Cardona Cleanup and recovery from Hurricane Idalia began on Thursday along Florida’s Gulf Coast, where property damage, loss of life and...
FBI, European Partners Seize Major Malware Network in Blow to Global Cybercrime August 31, 2023 By Frank Bajak and Stefanie Dazio U.S. officials said Tuesday that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major malware network...
Appeals Court Nixes Its Own ‘Flawed’ Limit on Title VII Employee Discrimination Claims August 30, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal appeals court has discarded its own long-time precedent and expanded the scope of discrimination claims that employees can...
Judge Allows Age-Discrimination Lawsuit Against Elon Musk’s X to Proceed August 30, 2023 By Daniel Wiessner A California federal judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing X, the social media service formerly called Twitter, of...
Chubb Loses Bid to Enforce D&O Coverage Exclusions in Opioid-Related Case August 30, 2023 By Chad Hemenway A federal judge in North Carolina has ruled against a Chubb subsidiary in an attempt to rid itself of defense-cost...
Warren Buffett’s Bet on Mild Florida Storm Season Faces Test With Hurricane Idalia August 30, 2023 By Max Reyes Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bet big earlier this year that Florida’s reinsurance market would deliver huge premiums with minimal losses. Hurricane...
People Moves: Cover Genius Names Rudow Chief Financial Officer; Lubbers Head of US Affinity & Programs at WTW’s CRB August 30, 2023 Cover Genius Names Rudow Chief Financial Officer Cover Genius appointed David Rudow as its new chief financial officer (CFO). Rudow...
Tesla Faces More Questions From Feds on Autopilot Safety August 30, 2023 By Hyunjoo Jin and Joseph White The U.S. auto safety regulator investigating Tesla’s Autopilot driver assistance system is demanding an explanation for a software change that...
Unusually Warm Atlantic Ocean Is Supercharging Hurricane Idalia August 29, 2023 By Kendra Pierre-Louis and Brian K. Sullivan Hurricane Idalia, now a Category 1 storm, is expected to make landfall along Florida’s Gulf Coast on Wednesday. The hurricane’s...
Update: 3M to Pay $6 Billion to Settle Military Earplug Lawsuits August 29, 2023 By Ryan Beene and Jef Feeley 3M Co. has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve hundreds of thousands of lawsuits alleging it sold defective earplugs...