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German pharmaceutical and biotechnology group Bayer said on Thursday it had set aside an additional 1.2 billion euros ($1.37 billion) in provisions to address ongoing litigation in the United States over weed killer Roundup. The German group said tha...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
Thunderstorms disrupted New York City transit and inundated roads just as workers started their the home-bound commute Thursday, but conditions were improving into the night and Friday morning commuters can likely expect smoother journeys. All flash...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
BHP and Vale are facing a London lawsuit from the law firm representing hundreds of thousands of people over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, alleging the companies sought to cheat the firm out of legal fees by procuring settlements. BHP...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
Countries that fall short in efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C face growing legal risks that could push them to accelerate climate adaptation efforts. The threat of lawsuits now looms over companies and governments that don’t take aggres...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
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Posted: Aug 01, 2025
An Indianapolis man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to setting fire to an IndyGo bus and bus station, causing approximately $1.8 million in damage. Demarcus McCloud, 46, was sentenced to eight years in …...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
An Oklahoma man is facing charges for damaging the weather radar equipment of a local TV station, the office of Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced. Anthony Tyler Mitchell, 39, allegedly vandalized the power supply of News 9’s NextGen l...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
CFC, a specialist insurance provider headquartered in London, appointed Kyle Laudadio as healthcare practice leader in the U.S. Laudadio will lead the expansion of strategic broker relationships onshore in the U.S. Laudadio has over 15 years of indus...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
Legal groups sued the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on July 29, claiming it is unlawfully refusing to enforce federal workplace protections for transgender workers. Led by Acting Chair Andrea Lucas, a Republican, the federal agency cha...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
The Trump administration has billed its plan to undo U.S. climate regulation as a way to cut costs for industry, but it may backfire by forcing automakers, utilities, and manufacturers into a future of regulatory uncertainty and litigation risk, acco...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation this week approved an average 31.5% increase in homeowner rates for Trusted Resource Underwriters Exchange – one of the largest Florida rate hikes in two years – despite questions about irregularities by...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
Demolition crews are using giant saws, backhoes and other heavy equipment to remove large sections of the remaining pieces of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed last year after a container ship lost power and veered off cours...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
A Massachusetts assisted-living facility where a fire killed 10 people earlier this month temporarily lost its certification nearly a decade ago due to resident mistreatment, according to state regulators. The documents obtained by The Associated Pre...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
The Catholic Diocese of Rochester, its insurers, and survivors of clergy sexual abuse have agreed on a $246 million fund to pay abuse claims as part of the diocese’s Chapter 11 plan to emerge from bankruptcy. The plan came together …
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
As the floods hit, Kerrville officials’ messages show lack of information about what was coming” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about pub...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
The Catholic Diocese of Rochester, its insurers, and survivors of clergy sexual abuse have agreed on a $246 million fund to pay abuse claims as part of the diocese’s Chapter 11 plan to emerge from bankruptcy. The plan came together …
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
As the floods hit, Kerrville officials’ messages show lack of information about what was coming” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about pub...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) reported Thursday that severe weather has already caused nearly $1.6 billion in damage throughout the state this year. “The insurance industry continues to respond and assist Missourians a...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
Formerly licensed insurance agent was arraigned this week on multiple felony charges involving fraud for duping people to invest in a non-existent marijuana business. Matthew Evans, 36, of Palmdale, pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges invol...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
A formerly licensed insurance agent was arraigned this week on multiple felony charges involving fraud for duping people to invest in a non-existent marijuana business. Matthew Evans, 36, of Palmdale, pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges inv...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
Two Brooklyn men have been charged with staging three automobile accidents and then seeking insurance payouts from Allstate Insurance Co. for damages and purported injuries. Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jaime Huiracocha and Vi...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
Uber Technologies Inc. is pushing back on a new NYC proposal requiring delivery app workers to display company-issued identification numbers on reflective vests, saying it “singles out” immigrant workers for “heightened surveillance...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
Uber Technologies Inc. is pushing back on a new NYC proposal requiring delivery app workers to display company-issued identification numbers on reflective vests, saying it “singles out” immigrant workers for “heightened surveillance...
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
At least two dozen people were taken to hospitals after a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight hit severe turbulence that forced it to make an emergency landing in Minneapolis. Delta Flight 56 was less than an hour into its nine-hour …
Posted: Aug 01, 2025
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara is taking legal action against the California FAIR Plan Association for reportedly denying and limiting smoke damage claims from wildfire survivors. The California Department of Insurance filed an order...
Posted: Jul 31, 2025