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Rhode Island AG Sues Manufacturers of Forever Chemicals

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha yesterday filed a lawsuit against the manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, for allegedly causing significant harm to the residents and natural resources of Rhode Island. The suit …

Citizens Financial to Pay $9 Million to Settle Consumer-Protection Lawsuit

Citizens Financial Group Inc. will pay $9 million and take other remedial measures to settle US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau allegations that the bank failed to adequately address credit-card disputes and fraud claims. The consumer watchdog alleged in a 2020 …

Firefighting Foam Contaminates Public Water for About 9,000 in Maine

WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) – Firefighting foam used in battling a fatal fire in an apartment building entered the public water system, prompting the water district to order thousands of residents not to drink the water. The do-not-drink order went into …

Appeals Court Upholds Revised Admissions Policy at Elite Virginia High School

A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia that critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans. The 2-1 ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit …

New England Health Insurer Still Dealing With Ransomware Attack

Point32Health, the parent company of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, is still dealing with a ransomware attack it first reported on April 17. The company has now disclosed that patient information has been stolen. The Massachusetts-based health …

Time Lag Does Not End Insurer’s Duty to Defend, Court Rules

A federal court in New York has reiterated that a time lag between the date a trip-and-fall accident occurred and when the conduct alleged to have caused it took place does not itself relieve an insurer of its duty to …

Columnist Seeks to Add $10M to Defamation Case for Trump’s Post-Verdict Comments

E. Jean Carroll, the advice columnist who won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation award against former President Donald Trump, is seeking at least $10 million more in a court filing Monday that seeks to hold him liable for …

People Moves: Lockton Adds Allianz’s Caruso; Verdi Joins Alliant From Gallagher; Marsh McLennan Agency Names Moher; Bischoff Joins Harford’s IT

Lockton Appoints Caruso Financial Institutions Practice Leader in the Northeast Lockton, based in Kansas City, Missouri, has appointed Joe Caruso as its financial institutions practice leader in the Northeast. Caruso is based in New York, New York. Caruso brings 30 …

New York Dairy Farm Workers Gain $150K in Unpaid Wages

A settlement in New York in a wage theft case has resulted in two dairy farm workers receiving nearly $150,000 in back wages. The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) said its investigators found that Lewis County dairy farm …

Questions Raised Over Virginia State Police Being Allowed to Investigate Itself

Late last year, with the Virginia State Police under scrutiny after authorities said a former trooper kidnapped a 15-year-old California girl and killed three members of her family, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced he had requested a full investigation by the …

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