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Liberty University Associate Professor Charged with Sexual Battery

A Liberty University associate professor has been charged with sexual battery and abduction involving an alleged incident with a student, according to court records and the university. Liberty University police arrested William Atwell on Nov. 20 and charged him with …

Nevada Court Sides With Gunmakers in Deadly Las Vegas Shooting Suit

Nevada’s Supreme Court ruled gun manufacturers cannot be held responsible for the deaths in the 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas Strip because a state law shields them from liability unless the weapon malfunctions. The parents of a woman …

Monarch E&S Acquires Assets of Anderson & Murison in California

Monarch E&S Insurance Services, a division of Specialty Program Group LLC, acquired the assets of Anderson & Murison Inc. in Los Angeles, California. A&M is a national surplus lines broker and underwriter of specialty commercial and personal lines insurance risks. …

Alera Group Acquires New Jersey’s Customized Benefit Solutions

Alera Group, an independent, national insurance and wealth management firm, acquired Customized Benefit Solutions Inc. (CBSI), an employee benefits and insurance firm based in Hightstown, New Jersey. Terms of the transaction were not announced. CBSI provides group employee benefits, Medicare …

Florida City Braces for Lawsuits Over Repeated Sewage Spills

The city of Bradenton, Florida, could soon find itself in the same spot as other local governments that have been accused of breaking federal law with repeated sewage spills. Led by Suncoast Waterkeeper, several environmental conservation groups announced that they …

Salesperson Injured Leaving Employer Happy Hour Could Receive Workers’ Comp

A traveling salesperson injured in a car accident after an employer-sponsored happy hour had to drive past the highway exit to his home on the way to the event, sparking debate over whether he was still considered “on the job” …

U.S. Issues New Cybersecurity Directives for Rail Airport Operators

The Transportation Security Administration is issuing new directives and recommendations aimed at strengthening the cybersecurity defenses of U.S. rail and airport operators. The Biden administration said the requirements made public Thursday are part of a broader effort at protecting the …

Meteorologists Say Unusually Warm Weather Is Due to Stuck Jet Stream, La Nina

America’s winter wonderland is starting out this season as anything but traditional. The calendar says December but for much of the country temperatures beckon for sandals. Umbrellas, if not arks, are needed in the Pacific Northwest, while in the Rockies …

Judges Mull Whether Trump’s Rape Claim Reply Is Protected Because He Was President

Federal appeals judges asked Friday whether a U.S. president’s every remark is part of the job as they weighed whether former President Donald Trump can be held liable in a defamation case that concerns his response to a rape allegation. …

Italian Tycoons’ Challenge to Generali Hinges on Its Strategy for Asset Management

The two Italian billionaires who are challenging Mediobanca SpA’s decades-long grip over Assicurazioni Generali SpA want Italy’s largest insurer to focus more on asset management, as they draw up their plans ahead of a battle for control in the spring. …

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