Behavioral Health Linked to Workers’ Comp Recovery: Study August 30, 2022 By Jahna Jacobson Psychosocial factors are strong predictors of delayed recovery and other adverse outcomes in patients with work-related injuries. A recent white...
Vehicle Pedestrian Safety Systems Struggle to See in the Dark: IIHS August 30, 2022 By Joseph White Many of the automatic braking systems automakers are using to prevent vehicles from hitting pedestrians do not work well in...
Hurricane Alley Hasn’t Been This Quiet in a Quarter Century August 30, 2022 By Brian K. Sullivan The Atlantic crucible of hurricanes hasn’t had a storm all month and if the calm holds it will stand as...
Travelers, Policyholder Agree to Void Current Cyber Policy August 30, 2022 By Chad Hemenway Travelers and policyholder International Control Services (ICS) jointly filed a stipulation to have a federal court rescind an active cyber...
Sept. 11 Victims Not Entitled to Seize Afghan Central Bank Assets, Says Judge August 29, 2022 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge on Friday recommended that victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks not be allowed to seize billions...
‘Tape or Chewing Gum:’ Twitter’s Lapses Echo Worldwide August 29, 2022 By Barbara Ortutay From fire departments to governments, from school districts to corporations, from local utilities to grassroots organizers around the world, Twitter...
SEC Changes Whistle-Blower Award Rules to Boost Tipster Payouts August 29, 2022 By Matt Robinson The US Securities and Exchange Commission changed its whistle-blower rules to give the agency more leeway to pay out hefty...
Cyber Insurance Price Hike Hits Local Governments Hard August 29, 2022 By Jenni Bergal, Stateline This story originally appeared on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Horry County, South Carolina, officials were in...
Meta’s Facebook Agrees to Settle Cambridge Analytica Suit August 29, 2022 By Joel Rosenblatt Meta Platforms Inc. settled a long-running lawsuit that claimed Facebook illegally shared user data with the research firm Cambridge Analytica....
3M Bankruptcy Tactic Fails as Combat Earplug Suits Move to Trial August 29, 2022 By Ryan Beene, Jef Feeley and Steven Church 3M Co.’s plan to use controversial bankruptcy rules to shield itself from some 230,000 lawsuits over military earplugs looked like...