DuPont Says It Will No Longer Buy Firefighting Foam With Suspect Chemicals August 28, 2019 Industrial materials maker DuPont said on Wednesday it would stop buying and using firefighting foams made with a controversial class...
Tropical Storm Dorian to Drench Puerto Rico; Then Could Hit Florida as Hurricane August 28, 2019 By Brian K. Sullivan and Will Wade Tropical Storm Dorian is about to lash Puerto Rico with torrential rains, and then is expected to gain strength and...
Biometrics and Financial Firms, Ransomware Variant Among Latest Cyber Trends: Chubb August 28, 2019 State biometrics laws, a new ransomware threat and the targeting of financial institutions are among the recent trends in cyber...
Auto Safety Test Pits Traditional Car Mirrors v. Rear/Side Cameras August 28, 2019 By Bryan Pietsch The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to test how drivers could use cameras to replace traditional rearview mirrors...
Why J&J Opioid Lawsuit Could Mean Real Culprits Are Let Off the Hook: Viewpoint August 28, 2019 By Joe Nocera, Bloomberg Opinion In 1977, after an electrical fire destroyed the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, killing 165 people, a plaintiffs’...
Chronic Commercial Auto Insurance Underwriting Losses to Continue in 2019: Fitch August 27, 2019 U.S. property/casualty insurers continue to face substantial underwriting losses on commercial automobile insurance and, following a statutory combined ratio of...
Serving on One Outside Board Is Enough, BlackRock Warns Directors August 27, 2019 By Jessica DiNapoli and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed BlackRock Inc. is stepping up opposition to U.S. CEOs who sit on more than one corporate board beside their own,...
Other Opioid Lawsuit Plaintiffs Welcome Oklahoma Ruling Affirming Public Nuisance August 27, 2019 By Jef Feeley and Riley Griffin While some Johnson & Johnson investors were relieved that the company’s $572 million penalty for fueling Oklahoma’s opioid epidemic wasn’t...
How Small Businesses Are Training for Active Shooters August 27, 2019 By Joyce M. Rosenberg At a four-hour meeting last month, Michelle Abdow’s staffers got to experience some of the sights, sounds and even smells...
J&J Found Liable; Ordered to Pay Less Than Investors Feared in Oklahoma Opioid Trial August 26, 2019 By Heide Brandes An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $572.1 million to the state for its part in...