December 22, 2006
A port security task force this week urged that the nation adopt mandatory security standards for cargo and that the president appoint a port security czar to coordinate the federal agencies that oversee the nation’s 361 seaports. Shippers should also …
October 17, 2006
Doctors have reached a deal to settle their class-action lawsuit claiming New Jersey’s largest health maintenance organization shortchanged thousands of physicians. Under the proposed agreement with Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, the HMO agreed “to continue significant …
August 7, 2006
Two New Jersey scientists believe they may have found a way to tame hurricanes. Their concept would take some of the punch out of hurricanes by cooling a vast area of the ocean ahead of a storm, depriving it of …
June 5, 2006
New Jersey’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that illegal immigrants injured by uninsured drivers can have medical costs covered by the state’s insurance guaranty fund. The 7-0 decision by New Jersey highest court, which reverses two lower court rulings, came …
May 19, 2006
New Jersey’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that illegal immigrants injured by uninsured drivers can have medical costs covered by a fund whose money comes from insurance fees. The 7-0 decision by New Jersey highest court, which reverses two lower …
October 2, 2005
Accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC is fully responsible for paying a $182.9 million judgment stemming from a jury’s finding that a predecessor company was negligent in auditing Ambassador Insurance Co., which collapsed more than 20 years ago, a federal judge has …