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Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Defies Expectations on Employer-Employee Cases

Labor unions and worker advocates have applauded President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court. Yet a look back at Jackson’s decisions in cases involving business and labor suggest that she won’t always rule as …

Education Providers Face Challenges With Growth in Cyber Threats, Insurance Costs

As cyber threats have continued to grow, one segment of the market that has been especially impacted is education, according to guests on the most recent episode of The Insuring Cyber Podcast. “This is a segment that is squarely a …

Louisiana Court: Feds Can Require Tracking of Charter Fishing Boats

A federal judge on Feb. 28 rejected a lawsuit filed by Gulf of Mexico charter fishing boat operators opposed to federal regulations that include a requirement that they affix tracking equipment to their vessels. U.S. District Judge Susie Morgan ruled …

BP Seeks to Appeal Kansas Town’s Lawsuit Over 2021 Gas Price Hike

Energy giant BP is seeking to appeal a decision that allowed a small Kansas town’s lawsuit over soaring natural gas prices in February 2021 to proceed. BP, formerly known as British Petroleum, filed two documents last week that indicate it …

Arkansas Medical Supply Owner, CEO Indicted For Allegedly Conspiring to Defraud Workers’ Comp Insurers

Both the former owner of a Rogers, Arkansas-based medical supply and billing company and its former chief executive officer have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in three separate conspiracies to defraud the U.S. government and …

7th Circuit: Liberty Must Defend USA Gymnastics in Nassar Lawsuits; Coverage May Be Limited

Larry Nassar is accused of sexually assaulting hundreds of girls and young women while working with USA Gymnastics, resulting in his criminal conviction and hundreds of lawsuits that forced the organization into bankruptcy. Liberty Mutual Underwriters must defend USAG against …

Florida Comp Broker Says in Federal Suit That Competitor’s Lies Cost It Business

Talking trash about a competitor may be as old as humanity. But a Florida-based workers’ compensation insurance broker is charging that some bad-mouthing by another broker cost it a long-standing relationship with major insurance carrier. Comp360 LLC, with headquarters in …

Rochester Settles Wrongful Termination Claim by Ex-Police Chief

Rochester’s ex-police chief La’Ron Singletary will receive $75,000 from the City of Rochester after he sued the city for wrongful termination last year, alleging former Mayor Lovely Warren fired him for refusing to lie during an investigation into the death …

Man Alleging Malicious Prosecution for Fatal Fire Sues Pittsburgh Detectives, Prosecutor

A Pennsylvania man who spent nearly 14 years in prison for a deadly 1993 fire before winning a new trial and having the charges against him dropped has filed a federal lawsuit against a prosecutor and two former police officers …

Maine Mother Nears $10M Settlement Over Clinic Failure to Report Abuse

The federal government has agreed to pay $10 million to a Maine woman after a medical clinic failed to tell her or the state about signs that her son had been abused, according to court records. The agreement between the …

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