Bayer’s Billions in Roundup Verdicts Increase Pressure for New Legal Strategy January 31, 2024 By Jef Feeley and Tim Loh Bayer AG faces mounting pressure to come up with a new plan for handling its Roundup weedkiller litigation after getting...
Highway Repairs Underway in Ohio Following Tanker Truck Crash and Fuel Spill January 31, 2024 MACEDONIA, Ohio (AP) — Authorities have identified the tanker truck driver killed in a crash in Ohio that spilled thousands...
BMS Re’s CEO Chandler Steps Down to Become Vice Chair; Interim Co-CEOs Named January 31, 2024 BMS Re, the specialty reinsurance arm of global broker BMS Group, announced that Andrew Wheeler and Russ McGuire have been...
Norfolk Southern Says Total Costs of East Palestine Derailment Up to $1.1B January 31, 2024 By Josh Funk Norfolk Southern’s fourth-quarter profit fell 33% because of the ever growing costs of the cleanup of last year’s fiery derailment...
Wisconsin Ice Cream Plant Fined $145K for Safety Violations January 31, 2024 Responding to a report of workers being exposed to anhydrous ammonia, federal investigators found a Madison, Wisconsin ice cream plant...
State Troopers Arrested for Alleged Commercial Driver’s License Bribery Scam January 31, 2024 Two current and two former Massachusetts State Police troopers are among six charged in connection with an alleged conspiracy to...
Move to End Georgia’s Direct-Action Lawsuits vs. Trucking Insurers Gaining Steam January 31, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports This year could be the year that Georgia joins most other states and repeals its direct-action law that has reportedly...
UK Navy Warns of Piracy Menace to Ships in Indian Ocean January 31, 2024 By Alex Longley The UK Navy posted an advisory to merchant ships in the Indian Ocean warning of pirate activity, a sign of...
Murdaugh Denied New Trial After Judge Hears Jury-Tampering Claims January 31, 2024 By Jeffrey Collins COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge on Monday denied Alex Murdaugh’s bid for a new trial after his...
US Disabled Chinese Hacking Network Targeting Critical Infrastructure, Sources Say January 31, 2024 By Christopher Bing and Karen Freifeld The U.S. government in recent months launched an operation to fight a pervasive Chinese hacking operation that successfully compromised thousands...