Advocates’ Suit No Longer Says Mormon Church Swayed Medical Pot Changes May 8, 2019 Marijuana advocates dropped legal claims that Utah lawmakers conspired with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to make...
Court Upholds California Department of Insurance $27.5 M Fine Against Mercury May 8, 2019 A California Court of Appeal upheld a $27.5 million fine the California Department of Insurance issued against Mercury Insurance Co....
New York State Deploys More Than 800K Sandbags Along Lake Ontario May 8, 2019 New York state says it has deployed more than 800,000 sandbags, hundreds of pumps and 920 feet of temporary dams...
The Hilb Group Acquires Summit Insurance Services May 8, 2019 The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Summit Insurance Services LLC (SIS), the insurance operations of Summit Financial Group Inc....
Munich Re’s Q1 Profit Drops 23.5% on Higher Claims Payments from Previous Years May 8, 2019 German reinsurer Munich Re reported a 23.5 percent decrease in its first quarter net profit to €633 million ($708.6 million)...
Hub International Limited Acquires Assets of RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation May 8, 2019 Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of RIMS Insurance Brokerage Corporation. Located in Providence,...
J&J Pinnacle Hip Lawsuits Settlement Said to Cost $1 Billion May 8, 2019 By Jef Feeley Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay about $1 billion to resolve most lawsuits claiming it sold defective metal-on-metal hips that...
Uber May Rethink Litigation Avoidance Plan as 60,000 Drivers File Arbitration Demands May 8, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt For Uber Technologies Inc., using legal arbitration to deal with driver compensation complaints — over anything from pay to overtime...
Flaws in Smart Home Devices May Mean False Sense of Security May 8, 2019 Researchers at North Carolina State University have identified design flaws in “smart home” Internet-of-Things devices that allow third parties to...
Hackers Steal 7,000 Bitcoins Worth $40M from Cryptocurrency Exchange Binance May 8, 2019 By Eric Lam Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said hackers withdrew 7,000 Bitcoins worth about $40 million via a single...