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California Chicken Plant Shutting Down Due to Virus Outbreak

A chicken processing plant in central California has been ordered to shut down after it became the site of one of the largest and most severe COVID-19 outbreaks in the state, health officials said. The order to close the Foster …

California Issues Cease and Desist for Illegal Extended Warranties

The California Department of Insurance issued a cease and desist order on Elite Integrity LLC, doing business as Auto Protection Plus, in Garden Grove, and its controlling manager, Kamisha Daniel, of Irvine, for allegedly selling illegal vehicle service contracts to …

Honolulu Flooding Control Plan Updated

The Army Corps of Engineers released a revised flood protection plan for Honolulu neighborhoods that includes fewer impacts on natural streams and residential properties within the watershed. The updated Ala Wai Flood Control Pro¡ject remains contentious because of a canal …

Worker Offered $1M to Sew Malware in Nevada

A Russian citizen has been arrested and charged with offering an employee of a Nevada company $1 million to sew malware for an attack to harvest company data for ransom, U.S. authorities said. Egor Igorevich Kriuchkov, 27, was arrested Saturday …

UCLA Suing Under Armour, Seeking Damages in Excess Of $200 Million

UCLA filed a lawsuit against Under Armour this week in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles for breach of contract, seeking damages in excess of $200 million.. Under Armour announced in late June that it was ending its deal with …

Washington Insurance Commissioner Probing Unpaid Insurance Taxes

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has begun a study to determine how many organizations in Washington are not paying insurance premium tax as required under state law. The study began with an initial survey sent to about 5,000 businesses and …

Apple Can’t Dodge California Lawsuit Claiming Sex-Bias for Canceled Contract

Apple Inc. can’t dodge a lawsuit in which it’s accused of canceling a contract with a janitorial service because the owner is a woman. In a tentative ruling last week in California state court in San Jose, Judge Cynthia Lie …

California Residents with Hoses Target Fires as Crews Urge Them to Stop

California residents have organized to put out flames themselves in a large swath of land burning south of San Francisco, defending their homes despite orders to evacuate and pleas by officials to get out of danger. They are going in …

Arizona’s Resecō Group Adds Gard as Senior Advisor

Jason Gard has joined Reseco Insurance Advisors LLC, a partner with United Benefit Advisors (UBA) and Insurance Agency Network (ISU), as senior advisor. Gard brings 25 years of expertise in the insurance industry, specializing in employee benefits. He will be …

California Commissioner Issues Emergency Notice to Expedite Wildfire Claims

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday issued an emergency notice to all property/casualty insurance companies doing business in California, requesting they expedite claims handling for California wildfire survivors in order to help them begin the recovery and rebuilding process …

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