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Government Data Shows How Opioid Epidemic Spread Across America
Jul 18 2019 // Newly released federal data shows how drugmakers and distributors increased shipments of opioid painkillers across the U.S. as the nation’s addiction crisis accelerated from 2006 to 2012. The data, released this week...
Boeing Creates $50M Crash Victims’ Fund; Hires Feinberg to Oversee
Jul 18 2019 // Boeing Co. said on Wednesday it will dedicate half of a $100 million fund it created after two crashes of its 737 MAX planes to provide payments to families of those killed, with veteran U.S. compensation expert Ken...
California Settles 19-Year Old Public Nuisance Claim Against Lead Paint Makers
Jul 18 2019 // When Californian counties and cities first sued paint makers in 2000, they wanted the companies to pay billions to remove dangerous old lead paint from hundreds of thousands of homes. After a 19-year legal struggle, they...
Judge Recommends $14M Award to Montana Neo-Nazi Trolling Victim
Jul 17 2019 // The publisher of a neo-Nazi website should have to pay the victim of an internet trolling campaign over $14 million and remove all posts that encouraged his readers to contact the Montana real estate agent, a magistrate...
N. D. Insurance Commissioner Urges U.S. Senate to Tackle Surprise Air Ambulance Bills
Jul 16 2019 // In a letter sent to U.S. Senate leaders in early July, North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread, urged lawmakers to take action on the issue of surprise bills from air ambulance providers. Godfread wrote to Senate...
Oklahoma Accuses J&J of Dodging Liability for ‘Cunning’ Opioid Drug Push
Jul 16 2019 // Even after illegally promoting opioid painkillers to reap billions of dollars in profit over the past two decades, Johnson & Johnson has accepted “zero responsibility” for its central role in fueling a...
Alphabet Has High Hopes for Its Drone Traffic Control App OpenSky
Jul 16 2019 // The company that brought you free digital maps and email wants to do the same thing for your drone. Wing LLC, an offshoot of Alphabet Inc.’s Google, on Tuesday unveiled a new app it calls OpenSky that it hopes will...
Study Links Stricter Gun Laws to Lower Risk of Kids’ Deaths by Firearms
Jul 16 2019 // Children living in states with strict firearm laws are less likely to die from gun violence than those in states with more lax restrictions, according to a study in Pediatrics published Monday. The more rigorous the rules,...
Bayer Vows Appeal After Judge Cuts Roundup Jury Award to $25M from $80M
Jul 16 2019 // A federal judge on Monday slashed a damages award Bayer AG owed a California man who blamed Roundup weed killer for his cancer, to $25.27 million from $80.27 million, while rejecting the company’s bid for a new...
Oklahoma, J&J Wrapping Up First Trial Over Opioid Crisis
Jul 15 2019 // Oklahoma’s attorney general is expected to urge a judge to find Johnson & Johnson responsible for flooding the market with painkillers and fueling the U.S. opioid epidemic, as the first trial in nationwide...
Panama to Withdraw Flags from More Vessels that Violate Iran Sanctions: Reuters
Jul 15 2019 // Panama will withdraw its flag from more vessels that violate sanctions and international legislation, the country’s maritime authority told Reuters, following the removal of about 60 ships linked to Iran and Syria...
U.S. Opens Criminal Probe Into J&J Denials of Cancer Risks from Baby Powder
Jul 15 2019 // The U.S. Justice Department is pursuing a criminal investigation into whether Johnson & Johnson lied to the public about the possible cancer risks of its talcum powder, people with knowledge of the matter said. The...
U.S. Boosting Marijuana Crop Available for Research
Jul 15 2019 // The U.S. government is growing the largest crop of research marijuana in five years, responding to interest in varieties with high levels of THC and CBD. The government is the only source of pot for nearly all research in...
Business Moves
Jul 15 2019 // East W.N. Tuscano Agency, Insurance Markets W.N. Tuscano Agency Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Clarks Summit, Penn.-based Insurance Markets Inc. Founded in 1960, Insurance Markets Inc. is a managing general agency...
U.S. P/C Insurers’ Net Income Increased 69% in 2018 Over 2017: A.M. Best
Jul 15 2019 // The U.S. property/casualty industry showed a year-over-year 69% increase in net income to $59.2 billion in 2018, owing to lower losses from catastrophic events, favorable development of prior years’ loss reserves and...
Barry Expected to Make Landfall in Louisiana as Hurricane on Saturday
Jul 12 2019 // In an update issued at 4 p.m., CDT, on July 12, the National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Barry is expected to make landfall as a category 1 hurricane along Louisiana’s central Gulf Coast on July 13. The NHC...
Refineries in Tropical Storm Barry’s Path to Keep Operating
Jul 12 2019 // Most U.S. refiners whose plants are in the path of Tropical Storm Barry took steps on Friday to keep them running, even as forecasters warned that the second named storm of the season could become a hurricane just before...
Art Ring Charged with Smuggling $143M in Antiquities
Jul 12 2019 // An art dealer who authorities called one of the most prolific smugglers in the world and seven others were charged with trafficking more than $140 million in stolen antiquities, prosecutors said Wednesday. Authorities...
Aon Promotes Ronda to President of U.S. Reinsurance
Jul 12 2019 // Global broker Aon has promoted Aon veteran Tim Ronda to president of its U.S. Reinsurance Solutions business. He is based in New York. As president, he succeeds George deMenocal, CEO of U.S. Reinsurance Solutions, who has...
Now a Tropical Storm, Barry Takes Aim at Louisiana
Jul 11 2019 // Tropical Storm Barry formed in the Gulf of Mexico and could strike Louisiana as a hurricane Saturday, causing almost $1 billion in damage and worsening flooding in New Orleans. The system, which was about 95 miles (153...
