Sentencing is moved up for Mississippi trial lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and one other lawyer in a judicial bribery case. U.S. District Judge Neal Biggers Jr. on June 3 granted Scruggs’ request to change the date from July 2 to …
North Carolina authorities cited more than 15,000 drivers and passengers for seat belt and child passenger safety violations during the “Click It or Ticket” campaign between May 19 and June 1 according to Gov. Mike Easley. The final statewide total …
Governor Jim Douglas has signed into law a bill making changes to Vermont’s banking and insurance laws, including provisions for streamlining and growing the state’s captive insurance industry. The bill also includes measures designed to protect consumers by enabling Vermont …
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Ralph S. Tyler has fined Liberty Mutual companies for failure to issue proper notices of proposed rate increases to consumers. Liberty Mutual was fined $25,000 and returned nearly $450,000 to consumers as a result of sending these …
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear reappointed Edgar F. Oldham Jr. and James M. Vicini to serve as a members of the Kentucky Mining Board. Oldham is an international representative for the United Mine Workers of America. He previously worked as a …
American International Group Inc. will have to surrender certain privileged documents to its former chief executive, according to a New York Court of Appeals ruling Thursday. Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, who ran AIG for nearly four decades, has been seeking the …
European Union countries should limit the civil liability of auditors in order to encourage new firms to enter a sector now dominated by four firms and in this way protect European capital markets, the EU executive arm said. The European …
Veteran law enforcement officer Mark Keel said he is ready to get started as the new director of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, an agency under fire recently for allegations of trooper misconduct. Keel, a 30-year veteran of …
Authorities in eastern North Carolina are telling 39 homeowners to evacuate after a wildfire jumped containment lines. The blaze in the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge has burned up to 10,000 acres, or nearly 16 square miles. Fire officials say …
She says she crossed the border from Mexico and found work as a live-in housekeeper for a family that never let her out of their sight. At first, her employers paid her $200 a month for cooking, cleaning and care-taking …
