Drugmakers Sue to Halt Rule on Prices in TV Ads June 17, 2019 U.S. drugmakers on Friday filed a lawsuit to prevent the companies from disclosing the list price of prescription drugs in...
Nobody Seems to Know Why Hail Storm Losses Suddenly Began Rising in 2008 June 17, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan In 2008, the year the stock market crashed and Barack Obama won the presidency, the U.S. was hit with a...
Plaintiffs Suing Drug Firms Eye Opioid Settlement Involving Every County, Municipality June 17, 2019 By Nate Raymond Lawyers representing county and municipal governments accusing drug manufacturers and distributors of fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic proposed a novel...
Workplace Mass Shootings Are Rare But Still a Worry to Americans June 14, 2019 A postal worker on disability retirement for psychological issues returned to her workplace years later and killed six people. A...
Uber, Lyft Appeal for Deal on Driver Status as Independent Contractors June 14, 2019 By Josh Eidelson Faced with legislation in California that endangers their business model, Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. are urging a compromise...
Rebranded Crime App Aims for ‘People-Powered Public Safety Net’ June 14, 2019 By Olivia Carville One afternoon in late October 2017, hundreds of students from the elite Avenues private school in Manhattan were loaded onto...
El Niño Conditions Likely to Continue Through Summer June 14, 2019 There is a 66% chance that the Northern Hemisphere will see persisting El Niño conditions in the summer of 2019,...
Family Sues Cruise Line, Alleging It Would Not Let Heart Attack Victim Off Ship June 14, 2019 By Christopher Palmeri The family of Jeffrey Eisenman, a 65-year-old passenger on the Carnival Sunshine, alleges in a lawsuit that the world’s largest...
Scientists Vow to Report Flood Risk for Every U.S. Property for Free June 14, 2019 In a major research undertaking, a group of scientists and a technology nonprofit technology organization have set a mission to...
Climate Change and the Reinsurance Implications June 13, 2019 By Don Jergler Climate change presents “high exposure risk” to insurers and their policyholders on many fronts: General liability claims for third-party bodily...