Monthly Archives: <span>February 2021</span>

Bender in California Names Murray Technology Risk Advisor

Bender Insurance Solutions in Sacramento, Calif., has named Bryan Murray a technology risk advisor in the commercial lines department. He will provide risk management advice and education for technology businesses across California. He has 10 years of experience in the …

Weinstein Co. Bankruptcy Faces Appeal by 4 of His Sexual Misconduct Accusers

Four women who have accused disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct are appealing a Delaware judge’s approval of the Weinstein Co.’s bankruptcy plan. Attorneys filed the appeal in U.S. District Court in Delaware on Tuesday on behalf of …

Judge Questions Why Facebook May Have Overpaid in Data Privacy Settlement

Facebook Inc. may have paid $4.9 billion more than the maximum penalty it faced under a settlement agreement with regulators related to allegations it mishandled user privacy, according to a Wednesday court ruling. The information made public by a Delaware …

Opt-In Data Privacy Legislation Moves Forward in Oklahoma

Bipartisan legislation to address concerns over data privacy and data manipulation unanimously passed out of the Oklahoma House Technology Committee with a vote of 6 to 0. The Oklahoma Computer Data Privacy Act, House Bill 1602, requires internet technology companies …

Minneapolis Diner Owners Seek $4.5M Suit over Property Damaged in Protests

The owners of a Minneapolis restaurant have filed the first lawsuit against the city over property damage caused by the civil unrest following the police killing of George Floyd. A federal lawsuit filed by owners of the Town Talk Diner …

Texas Woman Faces Charges After Dog Attacks 3-Year-Old Girl

The owner of a dog that attacked a 3-year-old girl at a suburban Houston restaurant in January has been charged with injury to a child and tampering with evidence. Jennifer Romano, 46, has been charged in the Jan. 9 attack …

Arsonist Charged in Texas Courthouse Fire Suspected in Additional Blaze

The suspect in a fire that destroyed all but the outer rock walls of a 111-year-old Texas courthouse is being held on arson charges, authorities say. Nicholas Miller, who remained jailed on Feb. 9, was arrested on Feb. 5 after …

Indiana Company Fined $14K Following Death of 3 Workers in Manhole

State regulators have fined an excavating company $14,400 for workplace safety violations discovered after three workers, including a father and son, died in August while working on a northeastern Indiana sewer project. The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration imposed …

Heffernan Acquires Micor Insurance Brokers in California

Heffernan Insurance Brokers has acquired Micor Insurance Brokers in San Jose, Calif. The Micor San Jose office is Heffernan’s 10th California location. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Corrie Foos, president of Micor, and his team, joined Heffernan. Foos …

Investigators Focus on Conveyor Belt in Georgia Poultry Plant Deaths

Problems with the operation of a conveyer belt system that transported chicken for freezing appear to be the cause of a liquid nitrogen release that killed six workers at a Georgia poultry processing plant, federal investigators said. Chicken traveled down …