A federal judge has ruled that an executive order and new Virginia law allowing parents to opt their children out of classroom COVID-19 mask mandates cannot prevent 12 vulnerable students from seeking a “reasonable modification” that could include a requirement …
A federal judge has upheld the verdict that awarded a high-ranking Boston police detective $2 million after she accused her former boss of gender discrimination, harassment and retaliation. U.S. District Court Judge Leo Sorokin denied the city’s attempts to appeal …
District of Columbia judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Washington Post politics reporter who said the newspaper discriminated against her as a woman and victim of sexual assault. Felicia Sonmez sued the Post in July, saying the paper …
Franchisees in Massachusetts can be considered employees rather than independent contractors and thus be entitled to the state’s minimum wage, overtime rules and other state worker law protections, the state’s highest court has ruled. The ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme …
Infowars host Alex Jones failed to show up and testify under oath at a deposition Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, leading the families’ lawyer to call for Jones’ arrest …
Pepperidge Farm said it has resumed baking at a facility in Bloomfield, Connecticut after a fire there Wednesday that consumed several drums of an acid solution. The fire, which broke out at about 4:30 a.m., was contained in a tent …
Rating agency AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “aa” (Superior) from “a” (Excellent) of New Jersey Casualty Insurance Co., New Jersey Indemnity Insurance Co. and …
The Hilb Group said it has acquired E.B. Cohen Insurance and Risk Management, expanding the company’s presence in the tri-state area. E.B. Cohen has offices in both Roseland, New Jersey, and New York, New York and provides insurance and risk …
Everest Indemnity Insurance Co. is on the hook to defend an insured alleged to have improperly installed a fire suppression system under its errors and omissions policy because its various exclusions were, at best, ambiguous. The ruling In Bayside Fire …
Federal labor officials are seeking a restraining order to bar a North Providence doctor from retaliating against a former employee who complained that a co-worker with COVID-19 put her at risk while she was pregnant. The Providence Journal reports that …
