Fewer Injured Workers Receiving Opioids Under Workers’ Compensation But States Vary August 2, 2019 Fewer injured workers are receiving opioids to treat pain than in previous years, as medical providers are turning more to...
U.S. Regulators Inspected Amazon Cloud Unit When Capital One Breach Was Underway August 2, 2019 By Kanishka Singh Federal banking regulators had inspected Amazon.com Inc.’s Virginia facility earlier in April, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing...
State, Local Governments Debate How to Best Allocate Any Opioid Settlement Funds August 2, 2019 By Geoff Mulvihill The roughly 2,000 state and local governments suing the drug industry over the deadly opioid crisis have yet to see...
Gun Maker Appeals to Supreme Court Over Liability for Sandy Hook August 2, 2019 By Nate Raymond The maker of the assault-style rifle used in the 2012 mass shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, school asked the U.S....
Sun Valley Climate Conference’s Broad Agenda: Wildfires, Military, Insurance, Resilience August 1, 2019 By Don Jergler Washington had a record 1,850 responses to wildfires on Department of Natural Resources lands last year. Over the last five...
Former Swett & Crawford CEO, NAPSLO Leader Hartoch Passes Away August 1, 2019 David Hartoch, an executive long active in the wholesale insurance business, passed away on July 29. Hartoch served as president...
Court Upholds Facebook Immunity in Case Brought by Terrorist Attack Victims August 1, 2019 By Jonathan Stempel Facebook Inc. on Wednesday defeated an appeal by American victims of Hamas attacks in Israel, who sought to hold the...
Closely-Watched Oklahoma Public Nuisance Case Over Opioids Now in Judge’s Hands August 1, 2019 By Nate Raymond Oklahoma’s attorney general on Wednesday made his final bid to force Johnson & Johnson to pay $17 billion for its...
Bayer Cites Safety Concerns in Pulling Monsanto NemaStrike Crop Product August 1, 2019 Bayer AG has scrapped plans for wide sales next year of a chemical that is intended to protect U.S. crops...
Senators Question Federal Oversight of Boeing, Certification Deferrals to Manufacturers August 1, 2019 By David Shepardson A group of U.S. senators on Wednesday questioned the Federal Aviation Administration oversight of Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX as the...