For more than 50 years, insurers have known that their duty to defend a Texas policyholder from a lawsuit must be decided based only on the language of the insurance contract and the allegations made by the plaintiff. The so-called …
Alliant Adds James Madigan as Senior Vice President Within Employee Benefits Group Alliant has added James “Jimmy” Madigan as senior vice president within its employee benefits group. Based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Madigan has nearly two decades of experience as an …
The Texas Attorney General is suing Facebook parent Meta, saying the company has unlawfully collected biometric data on Texans for commercial purposes, without their informed consent. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed the lawsuit Feb. 14 in a state district court …
Higginbotham has acquired Fort Worth, Texas-based WhitneySmith Company, a provider of HR advisory services. WhitneySmith will expand the service capacity of Higginbotham’s HR Services division while giving WhitneySmith Company the ability to offer insurance services to its clients. Higginbotham named …
The director of Austin’s water department resigned Feb. 11, days after employee mistakes at a treatment plant put the city under a boil order notice for three days. Austin Water Director Greg Meszaros announced his resignation in a letter Friday, …
Investigators were set to begin digging through rubble to determine the cause of a massive fire that smoldered for four days and engulfed a $65 million luxury apartment complex in Oklahoma City that had been under construction. At least 80 …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission voted to approve two orders for state utilities to recover natural gas costs incurred during the February 2021 winter storm. The commission approved separate orders for CenterPoint Energy and Public Service Company of Oklahoma. Commission Chair …
The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled that injuries suffered in a golf cart at a school isn’t covered in an auto liability policy held by the school district. In Pharr–San Juan–Alamo Independent School District, v. Texas Political Subdivisions Property/Casualty Joint …
Seven more people have been charged in New Orleans for their participation in a scheme to stage collisions with commercial trucks, bringing the total number of defendants charged in the federal probe up to 47. United States Attorney Duane A. …
A federal judge on Feb. 9 dismissed a lawsuit four sisters of Josh Duggar filed over the release of records from a police investigation that concluded the former reality television star fondled them. U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks dismissed …
