March 5, 2025
Kroger Chairman and CEO Rodney McMullen has resigned after an internal investigation into his personal conduct. Kroger, the nation’s largest grocery chain, said Monday that the investigation into McMullen’s personal conduct was unrelated to the business, but was found to …
November 20, 2024
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi Gulf Coast restaurant and its co-owner it were sentenced Monday on federal charges of mislabeling inexpensive imported seafood as local premium fish. Mary Mahoney’s Old French House, founded in Biloxi in 1962 in a …
August 29, 2024
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Austal USA, an Alabama-based shipbuilder that makes vessels for the U.S. Navy, has admitted wrongdoing and agreed to pay a $24 million fine to settle an accounting fraud investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday. …
July 12, 2024
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A sitting Tennessee sheriff pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he illegally profited from the work of jail inmates under his supervision and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without …
November 1, 2023
(AP) — A former employee is suing to force a Mississippi utility to repay $382 million that the federal government gave to build a failed coal- fueled power plant. Kelli Williams, a former construction manager for Atlanta-based Southern Co., filed …
August 23, 2017
The U.S. Ninth Circuit court of Appeals affirmed Wednesday that the Los Angeles Lakers are not entitled to insurance coverage for class action allegations that the team violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. During a game the team evidently invited …
April 14, 2016
Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), the policyholder-owned property and casualty insurer designed for high net worth individuals and families, has made several enhancements to its personal excess liability coverage, including the introduction of not-for-profit directors & officers (D&O) liability coverage. …
October 30, 2015
Marsh has enhanced its Side A directors & officers (D&O) difference in conditions (DIC) cover Marsh Alpha in response to the new and emerging legal and regulatory risks facing directors and officers. The enhanced coverage now includes broad investigation cover, …
June 27, 2014
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) insurers have introduced a new policy endorsement that ensures primary directors and officers (D&O) policy funds are immediately available to clients named as defendants in securities lawsuits for the preparation of “event studies.” The endorsement …
April 30, 2014
QBE North America’s continues its expansion into the management liability & professional lines arena with the launch of three new products for public and private commercial companies and financial institutions and non-profit businesses. The three products currently available in the …