East News for May 2021
- Robinhood Cannot Block Massachusetts Securities Regulators’ Case, Judge Rules
 - Pennsylvania Drops Legal Action Against Restaurants Over Pandemic
 - New Hampshire Sex Abuse Class-Action Suit Tossed, Individual Claims Stand
 - Woman in Racist Central Park Confrontation Sues Employer Over Firing
 - Penn. Court Says Tavern Entitled to Business Income Coverage for COVID-19 Losses
 - Lawsuit Dismissed in Death of Woman Buried in Maryland Beach Sand
 - Pennsylvania Lawmakers Now Hold Fate of Regulations Waived Amid Pandemic
 - Fire Displaces 50 People from Delaware Apartment Complex
 - Phase One of Autonomous Corridor Project Begins in Maryland City
 - Maine Lawmaker Sued Over Trees Cut Down on Neighbors’ Land
 - People Moves: Hub Hires Howard; Prime to Starkweather & Shepley; The Hilb Group Adds Grant
 - Worker Falls to Death at Queens Building Under Construction
 - To Protect a Community from Climate Change, New York is Elevating a Park
 - Delaware Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in $2M Fraud Plot
 - Pennsylvania Woman Sentenced to Jail for Filing False Auto Insurance Claims
 - Vermont Law Restricts Sale of Products Containing PFAS
 - Student Blamed for Cyber Attack on Massachusetts School’s Network
 - Staffers Allege that Employer Ignored COVID Precautions in Massachusetts
 - As One New Jersey Forest Fire is Contained, a Second Starts
 - Lawsuits Over University of Delaware COVID-19 Shutdown Can Proceed
 - Ex-Gynecologist in Virginia Gets 59 Years on Fraud Conviction
 - Element Risk Management Acquires Pennsylvania’s Smith Insurance
 - Brooklyn Landlord Charged in Deadly Fire Started by Space Heater
 - Explosion Damages New Hampshire House Under Construction, Worker Burned
 - Several Injured in Gas Explosion in Baltimore County
 - People Moves: Lockton Hires Haraden, MLMIC Names Schoppmann CEO
 - Forest Fire Consumes Hundreds of Acres in Southern New Jersey
 - Parties in Connecticut Class-Action Lead Suit to Give Settlement Details
 - Supreme Court Backs Energy Firms Against Baltimore on Legal Issue in Climate Case
 - Ex-Bank Official in Massachusetts Gets Year in Prison for $1.5M Embezzlement
 - Meetings to Be Held on Status of PFAS Chemicals in New Hampshire Communities
 - New Vermont Law Waives Time Limit for Physical Abuse Suits
 - High Street Insurance Partners Acquires Paladin, Richardi-Demola Insurance Agencies
 - Massachusetts Health Boards Overwhelmed, Unready to Protect Workers
 - New York to Set Workplace Safety Standards for Airborne Diseases
 - Connecticut Offering $280M to Nursing Homes to Avoid Strikes
 - Mitchell | Genex | Coventry Agrees to Acquire QualCare Alliance Networks
 - NJM Insurance Adds BOP, Commercial Excess, Umbrella Coverage in New Jersey
 - Kaplansky Insurance Acquires Massachusetts’ John P. Riley Insurance
 - Blind Teen Alleges Rhode Island Eatery Violated Her Rights
 - Maine Paper Mill That Was Site of Explosion Sues Inspection Firm
 - People Moves: MEMIC Names Three to Leadership Roles; USG Hires Starr
 - Connecticut Utilities Face Steep Fines for Storm Failures
 - Massachusetts Sues Marketing Firm for Role in Opioid Crisis
 - Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of Ion Insurance Corporation
 - New Hampshire Security Firm Says It’s Not At Fault for Woman’s Death
 - Tornado That Struck Chesapeake Bay’s Western Shore Damaged Houses
 - Alera Group Acquires Employee Benefits Division of Lamb Insurance Services
 - Pennsylvania Takes Next Step to Start Carbon Emissions Caps in 2022
 - New Hampshire Bill Would Make Employers Pay for Any Required COVID-19 Test
 - Maine One of Latest States to Enact NAIC-Inspired Insurance Data Security Act
 - Gallagher Bassett Services Acquires Total Safety Consulting and Its Affiliates
 - Ex-Maryland Volunteer Firefighters Indicted on Arson Charges
 - AssuredPartners Acquires Massachusetts’ Lehrer & Madden Insurance Agency
 - Pennsylvania Contact Tracing Breach Impacts Private Info of 72K People
 - Connecticut Officials Mull Utility Fines Over Storm Response
 - People Moves: Towne’s Skinner, RT Specialty’s Reynolds Promoted; Buckle Hires Two
 - Federal Grant to Bolster Merrimack River Against Floods, Pollution
 - AM Best Upgrades Union Mutual Rating to Excellent with Stable Outlook
 - USI Insurance Services Acquires Northwest Insurance Service’s Insurance Business
 - Baltimore County to Pay $1.1M to Settle Church’s Religious Bias Claims
 - Fire at Rehoboth Beach Restaurant Causes $500K Damages
 
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