February 6, 2023
Connecticut Insurance Department Names Callanan as General Counsel Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Andrew N. Mais has named Jane Callanan, of Wallingford, his department’s new general counsel. Before taking on this newest role, Callanan was in private practice with Willkie Farr & …
February 6, 2023
The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial intelligence tool used by a Pittsburgh-area child protective services agency following concerns that it could result in discrimination against families with disabilities, The Associated Press has learned. The interest from federal …
February 3, 2023
A New Jersey beach town that defied state environmental authorities and fixed its dunes that were seriously eroded by a storm can proceed with a lawsuit seeking to recover $21 million it spent bulking up its shoreline, but cannot build …
February 3, 2023
Public schools on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket remained closed on Wednesday a day after a ransomware attack targeted the district’s computer system and prompted officials to send students home early. “Together with outside data security experts, our Information Technology …
February 3, 2023
A technology and cybersecurity services firm and its insurer have settled a business interruption claim linked to a data breach one month after a federal judge denied the insurer’s bid to have the claim dismissed. The claim involved business losses …
February 2, 2023
A federal judge has halted a New Jersey law allowing the state attorney general to bring civil lawsuits against the gun industry in that state. U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi granted a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the law …
February 2, 2023
A federal investigation has found a Connecticut contractor’s failure to provide legally required safeguards and make sure they were in place to prevent trench collapses contributed to the death of an employee buried when an 8-foot-deep trench caved in. Investigators …
February 2, 2023
The New Jersey Department of Insurance has given Honeycomb Insurance approval to sell policies statewide. The technology-based managing general agent (MGA) serves the commercial real estate market and will offer insurance for apartment buildings, condominium associations and single family rental …
February 2, 2023
Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed an executive order aimed at reducing long wait times for professional applicants seeking to enter their fields in Pennsylvania. Under the order signed Tuesday, state agencies will be held to firm timelines to review license …
February 1, 2023
BOZRAH, Conn. (AP) — An estimated 100,000 hens died in a weekend fire at a Connecticut farm owned by one of the country’s largest egg producers, Connecticut officials confirmed Monday. It’s one of several such fires that have killed millions …