As Some States Welcome More Captives, Alabama DOI Declares Moratorium on Them March 10, 2025 By William Rabb Just as several other U.S. states are bragging about the growing number of captive insurers domiciled there – and are...
Virginia’s Top Court Rejects Amazon’s ‘Zig-Zag’ in Upholding Flex Drivers as Employees March 10, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that Amazon Flex drivers are employees and not independent contractors while criticizing...
Cascading Extreme Weather Events Unleash Billions in Damages Globally March 10, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan, Mary Hui and Joe Wertz First came a dry spell that parched the land, then a spark, followed by some wind. Suddenly, swaths of South...
Washington Timber Company Fined $114K for Child Labor Violations March 10, 2025 A Washington timber company was fined $114,300 for reportedly violating state and federal child labor regulations. The violations involve a...
Honolulu Allowing Some Developers to OK Their Own Projects March 10, 2025 By Ben Angarone More than a year after the Honolulu City Council created a program to reduce the city’s backlog of building permit...
Update: Long Island Brush Fires Contained; 2 Firefighters Injured; Arson Probe Underway March 9, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Four brush fires that broke out over the weekend on Long Island are being investigated as possible arsons. The brush...
25 Pacific Palisades Fire Victims Sue LA and Water & Power March 7, 2025 Twenty-five victims of the Palisades Fire victims filed an inverse condemnation lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against the...
Minnesota Bill Aims to Combat Sexually Explicit, AI-Generated Deepfakes March 7, 2025 By Steve Karnowski Molly Kelley was stunned to discover in June that someone she knew had used widely available “nudification” technology to create...
UK Court Blocks Class Action Lawsuit Against Water Companies Over Sewage Leaks March 7, 2025 By Upmanyu Trivedi A UK court blocked a class action lawsuit over allegations of the under reporting of sewage leaks by six water...
Canada Court Approves $23 Billion Settlement to End Big Tobacco Lawsuits March 7, 2025 A Canadian court approved a plan to settle long-running tobacco lawsuits in the country as part of which the units...