T C Wheelers, Inc., which operates T.C. Wheelers Bar & Pizzeria in Tonawanda, New York, violated federal law when management and employees harassed an employee because of his gender identity, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has alleged in a …
A Massachusetts woman has pleaded guilty to accepting money in exchange for agreeing to issue passing learner’s permit test scores to applicants regardless of whether they actually passed. U.S. Attorney Rachael S. Rollins reported that Mia Cox-Johnson, a former manager …
The city of Buffalo has filed suit against Kia and Hyundai seeking to hold the carmakers responsible for the rash of auto thefts caused by their alleged failure to include industry-standard anti-theft technology. Buffalo looks to join Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, …
AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. has hired Michael Tripp as regional vice president, head of MidAmerica region. Tripp joins New York, New York-based AmTrust from Chubb, where he spent the last four years as national vice president, small business sales. Previously, …
Massachusetts regulators have opened an investigation into sales of company stock by top executives at First Republic Bank in the weeks leading up to the recent banking turmoil. Massachusetts’ Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin told Reuters his office has …
AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Northern Neck Insurance Co. of Irvington, Virginia. AM Best said the …
Maine’s attorney general is suing manufacturers of so- called forever chemicals that have contaminated farms and wells, contending they knew about the toxicity decades ago but concealed the information from the public. Two lawsuits targeting DuPont, 3M and others seek …
A Massachusetts man whose SUV crashed through the glass storefront of an Apple store, killing one man and injuring nearly two dozen other people, has been charged with murder, prosecutors said. Bradley Rein, 53, was indicted by a grand jury …
An unlicensed labor broker for the construction industry has pleaded guilty to participating in a fraud scheme in order to evade more than $1 million in workers’ compensation premiums. According to Manhattan prosecutors, Salvador Almonte, Jr. underreported the size of …
The Delaware Senate gave final approval Tuesday to bills legalizing recreational marijuana use by adults in the state and authorizing the establishment of a state-licensed and regulated cannabis industry, setting up a potential battle with Democratic Gov. John Carney. The …
