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Bankman-Fried Fraud Charges Sidestep Debate Over How U.S. Law Sees Crypto
Jan 9 2023 // Sam Bankman-Fried may find it hard to argue the fraud charges against him should be tossed because of uncertainty as to how U.S. law treats cryptocurrency, as other high-profile defendants in criminal cases involving...
Russian Hackers Targeted U.S. Nuclear Scientists
Jan 6 2023 // A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by Reuters and five cybersecurity experts. Between...
U.S. Targets Non-Compete Clauses That Block Workers From Better Jobs
Jan 6 2023 // The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which enforces antitrust law, proposed a rule that would ban companies from requiring workers to sign noncompete provisions as well as some training repayment agreements, which companies...
U.S. FCC Proposes Additional Spectrum for Drone Communications
Jan 5 2023 // The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday proposed new rules to make licensed radio spectrum in the 5 GHz band for the rising number of unmanned aircraft systems, or drones, in use. Currently, drones...
Starbucks Illegally Terminated Union Leader, U.S. Officials Say
Jan 4 2023 // US labor board prosecutors have concluded that Starbucks Corp. illegally forced out a New York barista who has been a key architect of the union campaign that swept through hundreds of its cafes this year. The union...
Banks Should Be More Cautious on Crypto Contagion Risks, U.S. Regulators Warn
Jan 4 2023 // Banks should be more careful about the risks of fraud, legal uncertainty and misleading disclosures by crypto firms, U.S. regulators warned on Tuesday, just two months after the collapse of crypto exchange FTX stunned the...
New Mexico Seeking Changes to U.S. Rules for Wildfire Claims
Jan 3 2023 // New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is asking that changes be made to rules proposed by the U.S. government as it processes damage claims from a historic wildfire sparked by forest managers. Balderas filed comments...
U.S. Sues AmerisourceBergen, Says Distributor Helped Ignite Opioid Epidemic
Jan 3 2023 // The U.S. government filed a lawsuit accusing AmerisourceBergen Corp., one of the nation’s largest drug distributors, of helping ignite the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic by failing to report hundreds of...
Google, YouTube Content Providers Must Face U.S. Children’s Privacy Lawsuit
Dec 29 2022 // A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday revived a lawsuit accusing Alphabet Inc’s Google and several other companies of violating the privacy of children under age 13 by tracking their YouTube activity without parental...
Southwest Cancels Thousands More Flights; U.S. Government Vows Scrutiny
Dec 28 2022 // Southwest Airlines Co. on Dec. 27 came under fire from the U.S. government after the low-cost carrier kept canceling flights due to harsh winter weather that grounded planes and disrupted holiday travel. U.S. airlines have...
U.S. FDA Weighs Regulating Cannabis Compound CBD in Food, Supplements
Dec 28 2022 // The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to make recommendations on how to regulate the use of popular cannabis compound CBD in food and supplements, the Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 27, citing agency...
U.S. Judge Bars 3M From Shifting Earplug Liability to Bankrupt Unit
Dec 27 2022 // A U.S. judge on Thursday [Dec. 22] barred 3M Co. from trying to avoid liability for injuries current and former U.S. military members sustained from its allegedly defective earplugs by shifting blame to a subsidiary. U.S....
Government Funding Bill to Bolster U.S. Antitrust Regulators
Dec 27 2022 // A $1.7 trillion government funding bill approved by the U.S. Senate Thursday will bolster U.S. regulators and make it easier for states to bring antitrust lawsuits. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which has a number of...
ACORD Study Highlights Drivers of High Performance Among Top U.S. Insurers
Dec 22 2022 // ACORD recently conducted the U.S. Value Creators Study focused on the 100 largest property/casualty insurance groups in the U.S., representing nearly 90% of premiums written and almost 100% of the industry’s market...
Winter Storm Rattling Busy US Travel Season With Cold and Snow
Dec 20 2022 // A massive winter storm is winding across the central US, threatening to disrupt air traffic during the busy holiday season, rake Chicago with a blizzard and send an arctic blast as far south as Texas and the Gulf of...
Kuczinski to Retire as CEO of Munich Re US P&C Companies
Dec 15 2022 // Munich Reinsurance America Inc. announced the retirement of Anthony J. Kuczinski as chief executive officer of Munich Re US P&C Companies and of Munich Re US Holding Inc., effective Dec. 31, 2022, with an agreed change...
Subaru Recalls 271,000 U.S. Vehicles, Urges Drivers to Park Outside
Dec 13 2022 // Subaru on Tuesday said it was recalling 271,000 2019 through 2022 model year Ascent sport utility vehicles due to increased fire risk and urged owners to park their vehicles outside until repairs are completed. The...
U.S. Commercial Lines Prices Up 5% in Q3: WTW
Dec 13 2022 // With the exception of directors & officers liability and workers compensation, nearly all lines of business in the U.S. continued to see rate increases in the third quarter of 2022, according to WTW’s Commercial...
FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Arrested in Bahamas at Behest of U.S. Prosecutors
Dec 13 2022 // FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was arrested in the Bahamas at the behest of U.S. prosecutors on Monday, the day before he was due to testify before Congress about the abrupt failure last month of one of the world’s...
U.S. Opioid Crackdown Hits Some Patients’ Access to Psychiatric Drugs
Dec 12 2022 // A crackdown by U.S. drug wholesalers in response to the opioid crisis is preventing some pharmacists from dispensing a combination of stimulants and sedatives routinely prescribed by psychiatrists to help patients manage...
