September 17, 2024
Parts of North Carolina saw something Monday that has not been seen in hundreds, or perhaps 1,000 years – 18 inches of rain in half a day. That’s “once in every 1,000 years!” the National Weather Service said on social …
September 17, 2024
Sports-betting platform DraftKings Inc. has been using names and images of Major League Baseball players without permission and in violation of Pennsylvania law, their union alleged in a lawsuit. Boston-based DraftKings and another popular betting site – Bet365 – are …
September 17, 2024
An Oregon judge has overturned a $260 million verdict against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit brought by a woman who said she got mesothelioma, a deadly cancer linked to asbestos exposure, from inhaling the company’s talc powder, the company …
September 17, 2024
Younger small business owners seem to be less aware of the importance of workplace safety than older owners, showing an apparent gap between generations in how they approach keeping workers from harm. A survey from Pie Insurance conducted with more …
September 17, 2024
A BNP Paribas SA manager faces allegations he ordered staff to cut female employees bonuses to boost the pay of male colleagues in London, according to fresh claims by a broker who previously won a landmark case against the French …
September 17, 2024
A Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas has upheld a Philadelphia jury’s $725.5 million verdict against ExxonMobil in a case of cancer linked to exposure to benzene, an ingredient in gasoline. The court denied ExxonMobil’s post-trial motions and added more $90 …
September 17, 2024
Tech behemoth Oracle has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit for $115 million over allegations that it tracked consumer activity both on and offline. The suit alleges Oracle captured, compiled, and sold individuals’ data to third parties without their …
September 16, 2024
Losses from Hurricane Francine are expected to be manageable for property/casualty insurers, with major population centers sparred from the worst of the storm’s damage. Privately insured loss from Hurricane Francine are estimated to be close to $1.5 billion, catastrophe modeler …
September 16, 2024
No single factor led a fire in the seaside Hawaiian town of Lahaina last year to rage out of control and kill 102 people, according to a state report that assesses the government’s response to the disaster but not its …
September 16, 2024
A Black UPS driver won a $237.6 million jury verdict in a case in which he alleged he’d been discriminated against and subject to a hostile work environment before being fired. The verdict, rendered Thursday in the US District Court …