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Trump Now Sides With Those Hoping to Pull Plug on All of Obamacare
Mar 27 2019 // The Trump administration is siding with Obamacare opponents who argue that it is unconstitutional and should be scrapped entirely, initiating a new, more aggressive assault on the health care law that will assure the issue...
In ‘Trump Country’ Farm Belt, Flooding Woes Add to Trade War Stress
Mar 26 2019 // Nebraska grain farmer Ryan Ueberrhein was barely breaking even after the U.S.-China trade war pushed prices for his soybean crop to a decade low. Then the nearby Elkhorn River burst its banks as flooding swept across the...
Shipping Resumes in Houston Channel Closed After Chemical Tank Fire
Mar 26 2019 // The U.S. Gulf Coast’s most important industrial waterway partially reopened on Monday after it was polluted with cancer-causing benzene and toxic runoff from the region’s worst chemical disaster in more than a...
J&J, Bayer Deny Liability But Settle 25,000 Xarelto Lawsuits for $775 Million
Mar 26 2019 // Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson have agreed to settle more than 25,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging that their blockbuster blood thinner Xarelto caused unstoppable and in some cases fatal bleeding for a total of $775 million,...
California Judges Target Class Actions That Benefit Lawyers Over Consumers
Mar 26 2019 // Federal judges in California are cracking down on warped incentives in class-action lawsuits, exerting tighter oversight of settlements that provide hefty fees for plaintiff lawyers but no meaningful benefit for those...
Supreme Court Denies Amazon’s Bid to Halt Suit Over Hack of Zappos
Mar 25 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court turned away an appeal by Amazon.com Inc.’s Zappos unit, letting a lawsuit proceed over a 2012 hack that exposed the personal information of 24 million customers. The online shoe and clothing...
Houston Channel Still Closed as Chemical Fire Cleanup Continues; Texas Sues ITC
Mar 24 2019 // Vessels will be allowed to enter a tributary to the Houston Ship Channel this morning, a workaround allowing some shipping in the area as the main route into the region remains closed as a result of a cloud of...
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas to Pay $75K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
Mar 22 2019 // Federal employment regulators say BlueCross/Blue Shield of Texas (BCBS), based in Dallas, will pay $75,000 and furnish other relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit. According to the suit filed by the U.S....
Most of Country at Risk for Major Flooding This Spring
Mar 22 2019 // The deluge that devastated so much of the Midwest over the last week could be a preview for one of the worst years for flooding in the U.S., according to federal weather officials. Now flooding is occurring at St. Joseph,...
Analysis: Jury Upends Bayer’s Roundup Defense Strategy
Mar 22 2019 // Bayer AG had hoped a new trial strategy focusing jurors on scientific evidence could stem a burgeoning tide of U.S. lawsuits over its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup, but a second jury finding on Tuesday that the...
Houston-Area Petrochemical Blaze Probe Weighed by Federal Investigators
Mar 21 2019 // Federal and local investigators are weighing a probe of the Houston chemical blaze as hazardous compounds waft near the burned-out site. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board “is following up on the incident and should be...
Thinking Past the Obvious: Former CEO of XL Group McGavick Looks Back
Mar 21 2019 // The former chief executive officer of XL Group, Mike McGavick, admits that frequently during his career he has taken on leadership roles that some of his contemporaries considered too hot to handle—such as the...
Supreme Court Casts Doubt on $8.5 Million Google Privacy Settlement
Mar 21 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday put in jeopardy an $8.5 million settlement Google made with users to resolve a class action lawsuit accusing it of violating their privacy by sharing users’ search queries with...
Family Behind Purdue Pharma Facing Second Suit Over Role in Opioid Crisis
Mar 21 2019 // The billionaire family that owns opioid-maker Purdue Pharma LP has been accused by local governments in a new lawsuit of causing the nationwide public-health crisis involving pain-killing medicines that has left hundreds...
‘Devastation Is Everywhere’ in Flooded Communities Along Missouri River
Mar 20 2019 // A string of small Missouri towns prepared for the next deluge along the raging Missouri River on Wednesday after flooding wreaked nearly $1.5 billion in damage in Nebraska, killing at least four people and leaving another...
Facing Bias Claims, Facebook Will Revamp Its Platform for Housing, Jobs, Credit Ads
Mar 20 2019 // Facebook Inc has agreed to change its paid advertising platform as part of a wide-ranging settlement to prevent discriminatory and “harmful” practices, the company and U.S. civil rights groups said on...
Another Jury Finds Roundup Weed Killer Causes Cancer in First Phase of Trial
Mar 20 2019 // A U.S. jury on Tuesday found Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused cancer, a blow to the company eight months after another jury issued a $289 million verdict over similar claims in a different...
Next-to-Last Flight of Lion Air’s Doomed 737 MAX Was Saved by Off-Duty Pilot
Mar 20 2019 // As the Lion Air crew fought to control their diving Boeing Co. 737 MAX 8, they got help from an unexpected source: an off-duty pilot who happened to be riding in the cockpit. That extra pilot, who was seated in the cockpit...
U.S. Safety Agency Weighs Bids for Putting Automated Vehicles on Roads
Mar 20 2019 // The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday it was seeking public comment on General Motors’ 15-month-old petition seeking approval to deploy a limited number vehicles on U.S. roads without...
More Rain Forecast as Midwest, Great Plains Continue to Deal With River Flooding
Mar 19 2019 // The Great Plains and Midwest, struggling with flooding that inundated roads and farms and pushed rivers to record heights, is set to get more rain ahead, with light showers forecast over the next few days and a heavier...
