January 4, 2013
An insurance fund that slaps a fee on every Michigan car to pay for catastrophic injuries suffered in accidents has been ordered to open its books and demonstrate how it sets the annual rate. The decision by an Ingham County …
June 15, 2012
The Lloyds’s Market Association (LMA) has joined central banks and other financial instiutions in preparing for a possible euro zone exit. It has issued a “note” giving insurers and brokers guidance on what they should be prepared to do in …
June 6, 2012
From recent news you will have learned that the euro zone crisis continues to be the 700 pound gorilla in the room of the global economy. It’s become increasingly clear that, whatever happens in Greece on June 17, the euro …
November 8, 2011
Aki Tsurumaki says he never felt his life was in danger during the 15 years he has been helping companies escape entanglements with Japan’s “yakuza” crime syndicates. But the 42-year-old lawyer jokes that he does not take any chances, adding …
July 1, 2011
Cyber criminals are outwitting national and international legal systems that fail to embrace technological advances, a top U.S. official said on Friday, demanding a cross-border campaign to combat the security threat. “Most countries don’t even have a legal framework that …
April 6, 2011
A Massachusetts woman is suing a Rhode Island bakery alleging that its pastries gave her son salmonella. Attorneys for Erin Carrera filed the lawsuit Monday against DeFusco’s Bakery in Johnston. Carrera, of Rehoboth, Mass., bought pastries at DeFusco’s Bakery on …