December 10, 2020
A St. Louis, Mo.-based construction company that revoked an applicant’s job offer after learning she was pregnant will settle a federal discrimination lawsuit for $38,000. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) says The Harlan Company also will furnish other …
December 10, 2020
Oklahoma has asked the state Supreme Court to order Johnson & Johnson to pay more than $9.3 billion to cover the entire anticipated cost of combatting the state’s opioid crisis, arguing in its appeal that a lower court’s award wasn’t …
December 10, 2020
Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc., Burnham Gibson Wealth Advisors, Inc., and Burnham Risk and Insurance Solutions LLC has been acquired by Baldwyn Krystyn Sherman Partners LLC. Burnham will a middle-market indirect subsidiary of BRP Group Inc. (NASDAQ: BRP). …
December 10, 2020
A dozen doesn’t sound like a lot, but it may be a record in the world of the California Export List. More items were proposed for the list than in recent memory during a California Department of Insurance hearing conducted …
December 10, 2020
A federal appeals court has affirmed that Mississippi parents may pursue a lawsuit that says the state allows grave disparities in funding between predominantly Black and predominantly white schools. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 9-8 Monday to …
December 10, 2020
AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to C+ (Marginal) from B- (Fair) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “b-” from “bb-” of Echelon Property & Casualty Insurance Co. (Echelon), based in Chicago. The ratings outlook is negative. …
December 10, 2020
The man who died in a corn silo at a mill in Columbia County, Wis., was a 52-year-old employee, sheriff’s officials said. Deputies were called to Didion Milling in Cambria on Dec. 8 where an employee was reported missing and …
December 10, 2020
Houston-based NOW Insurance, an AI-enabled insurance platform aimed at matching small business owners and professionals with commercial insurance coverage plans, has secured another $1.25 million in seed funding led by The MFO Group, bringing its total funding amount to $2.5 …
December 10, 2020
The City of Seattle will pay the family of Che Taylor $1.5 million to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed after two police officers shot and killed Taylor outside a Wedgwood neighborhood home. A federal judge two months ago …
December 10, 2020
Los Angeles County’s health director acted “arbitrarily” and didn’t prove the danger to the public when she banned outdoor dining at restaurants as coronavirus cases surged last month, a judge ruled Tuesday in a case other businesses may use to …