May 21, 2024
The Chicago Tribune is being sued by some of its staffers, who say they and other women and Black journalists are being paid less than their white male counterparts. The complaint filed in federal court in Chicago also names Tribune …
May 21, 2024
The increasing emphasis on incorporating sustainability initiatives to fight climate change and ensure a greener world for future generations has led many organizations across various industries to reevaluate their practices. These efforts are, in part, attributed to increasing consumer pressure …
May 21, 2024
A report on the first quarter of 2024 shows a continued surge in new auto insurance policies, indicating that U.S. consumers are switching providers at higher rates. LexisNexis issued its Insurance Demand Meter report this week. It advises carriers to …
May 21, 2024
GSK Plc is facing a whistleblower lawsuit that could potentially cost it billions of dollars from the laboratory that revealed the presence of a probable carcinogen in Zantac, the heartburn medication that the UK drugmaker invented and turned into a …
May 20, 2024
General Motors and South Korea’s LG Electronics reached a settlement to establish a $150 million fund to provide relief to Chevrolet Bolt EV owners affected by defective batteries, documents filed in a U.S. court on Thursday showed. General Motors first …
May 20, 2024
The US government is seeking to play a more active role in protecting the private health-care sector from a deluge of cyberattacks that have disrupted patient care and left providers unpaid. US health officials will unveil Monday a new program …
May 20, 2024
Actor Angie Harmon has filed a lawsuit against Instacart and one of its former shoppers who fatally shot her dog in March while delivering groceries at her North Carolina home. The lawsuit filed in Mecklenburg County seeks to hold the …
May 20, 2024
Citigroup Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of racial discrimination for its policy of waiving ATM fees for customers of minority-owned banks. The plaintiffs, who don’t bank with Citigroup, claim they were charged out-of-network fees for transactions at the bank’s …
May 20, 2024
The judge who oversaw a landmark trial about New Hampshire’s youth detention center has refused to discard the $38 million verdict, saying the facility’s leadership “either knew and didn’t care or didn’t care to learn the truth” about endemic physical …
May 20, 2024
With 28 separate natural disaster events costing at least $1 billion and totaling more than $93 billion in catastrophe losses, 2023 was a historic year for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the U.S. That’s a big enough figure. However, …