Monthly Archives: <span>January 2023</span>

Oklahoma AG Announces 4 New Opioid Settlements Worth $226M

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma entered settlement agreements with three major pharmacy chains and an opioid manufacturer totaling more than $226 million, Attorney General John O’Connor announced Wednesday. Including the new settlements with drugmaker Allergan and pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens …

Major Winter Storms Dump on California, Upper Midwest

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Major winter storms continued to dump on California and a stretch of the Upper Midwest on Wednesday, with heavy rain on the West Coast and heavy snow in the north-central states — as a possible tornado damaged …

Duke Energy: Plant, Purchase Failures Contributed to Outages

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Duke Energy Corp. executives on Tuesday blamed a convergence of widespread extreme cold, higher than projected demand, malfunctioning plant equipment and the inability to buy power elsewhere for rolling blackouts on Christmas Eve — the first …

Meta Fined 390M Euros in Latest European Privacy Crackdown

LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Wednesday hit Facebook parent Meta with hundreds of millions in fines for privacy violations and banned the company from forcing users in the 27-nation bloc to agree to personalized ads based on their …

Trader Joe’s is Sued over Lead, Cadmium Levels in Dark Chocolate

NEW YORK –– Trader Joe’s was sued on Wednesday by a consumer who accused the grocery chain of misleading and endangering shoppers by selling dark chocolate that contains harmful levels of lead and cadmium. The proposed class action was filed …

Claims People: The Hanover, Sedgwick, CCC and Great American

The Hanover Appoints Claims Leader The Hanover Insurance Group has appointed David J. Lovely executive vice president and chief claims officer. Lovely joins The Hanover from PricewaterhouseCopper, where he was responsible for building a new practice to help clients strengthen …

CIBC Ordered to Pay $848M Damages to Cerberus, Will Appeal

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce plans to appeal a New York judge’s order that it pay about $848 million in damages to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, in a contract dispute tied to the 2008 global financial crisis. In …

Soaked California Braces for Another Deluge as Storm Batters State

A powerful storm with hurricane-force gusts is winding down after ripping across California, leaving behind power outages, flood threats and road closures just hours before another drenching is set to wash over the state. “It’s not like this is done,” …

Lawsuit Alleges Insurance Agency Liable for Child Shooting at Home Office

The parents of a Maine three-year old boy who accidentally shot himself with a loaded pistol filed a negligence suit against the owner of a Vermont home where the boy found the gun while on a visit. The boy’s family …

Four Alive in ‘Miracle’ After Car Plunges off California Cliff

MONTARA, Calif. (AP) — A 4-year-old girl, a 9-year-old boy and two adults survived Monday after their car plunged off a Northern California cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway near an area known as Devil’s Slide that’s known for fatal …