The National Equipment Register (NER), a division of ISO Crime Analytics, has launched a new industry Web site to improve efforts to coordinate the fight against heavy equipment theft and offers a variety of free services to help equipment owners …
In the wake of last month’s tsunami in Chile and less than six months after a tsunami hit American Samoa — both events that resulted in loss of life and property — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the …
A jury that decided a Texas A&M University student was texting while driving and caused a deadly wreck has ordered him to pay $22 million in damages. The victim, Megan Small of Houston, was a senior at Baylor University and …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two Ohio-based companies — American Warming and Ventilating Inc. in Bradner, Ohio, and Ohio Decorative Products, a die cast metal products manufacturer in Spencerville — for safety violations. …
Bank crimes most frequently occur on Tuesdays. Regardless of the day, the time frame when bank crimes happen most frequently is between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m That’s according to the FBI, which just released a report showing that during …
The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that an appellate court was correct when it found that an insurance company cannot exclude occupants of an insured vehicle from underinsured motorists coverage (UIM). The high court’s decision stems from a pair of …
BuckleySandler LLP, a leading financial services law firm based in Washington, D.C., with offices in Los Angeles and New York, has announced that Donna L. Wilson, a class action defense and insurance coverage litigator, has joined the firm as a …
A California state Senate report said nurse assistants who lost their certification over abuse, negligence or theft in nursing homes were able to go to work as caregivers in assisted living facilities because of a computer tracking loophole. A Senate …
The Georgia Supreme Court has struck a cap on medical malpractice awards imposed in 2005 as part of a package of legislative tort reforms. The state’s high court said the law limiting noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases violates the …
An investigator looking at last month’s fire that destroyed a block of buildings along New Hampshire’s Hampton Beach estimates the damage to be at least $9.5 million. Hampton Fire Prevention Officer Jon True says that number takes into account the …