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Consumers may soon be able to buy electronic products with a label indicating they are secure from digital vulnerabilities. The White House on Tuesday announced the launch of a new U.S. Cyber Trust Mark, indicating designated items follow best practices … Source: Claims Journal

The American workplace is undergoing dramatic change from opposite directions: As futuristic innovations such as artificial intelligence permeate operations, our oldest human employees are occupying a greater share of jobs. This dynamic could provide a wonderful combination of new technology … Source: Claims Journal

The Justice Department is thrusting the largest rental property managers into the spotlight as it expands a price-fixing lawsuit alleging widespread collusion in the housing rental market. In an amended lawsuit against RealPage Inc., a top software provider to the … Source: Claims Journal

A lender owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. knowingly issued “unaffordable” home mortgages by ignoring the insufficient income or assets of some borrowers, a top financial regulator alleged in a lawsuit Monday. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Vanderbilt … Source: Claims Journal

Almost five years after Florida lawmakers clamped restrictions on assignment-of-benefits agreements and two years after they effectively outlawed AOBs altogether, state appeals courts may have finally put an end to one creative way that had been used in attempts to … Source: Claims Journal

Tesla Inc. is under federal scrutiny over concerns that a newly released driver-assistance feature could result in crashes, the latest move by auto-safety regulators to investigate the electric-car maker’s technology. The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a … Source: Claims Journal

A winter storm is poised to pummel Texas and the U.S. South later this week, putting the region at risk of blackouts and travel mayhem. About 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 centimeters) of snow and ice will fall … Source: Claims Journal

A woman who worked as a hairstylist for Fox Sports alleges in a lawsuit that former host Skip Bayless made repeated, unwanted advances toward her — including an offer of $1.5 million to have sex with him. Attorneys for Noushin … Source: Claims Journal

Sedgwick announced new leadership in Japan and Taiwan. In Japan, Shuji Tanaka has been appointed CEO for operations in the country, and Takeshi Nagao, who currently serves as managing director, will remain with Sedgwick and transition to the role of … Source: Claims Journal

The Winklevoss twins’ Gemini Trust Co. cryptocurrency exchange agreed to pay $5 million to end a Commodity Futures Trading Commission lawsuit claiming it misled the derivatives regulator in a bid to launch the first US-regulated Bitcoin futures contract. The proposed … Source: Claims Journal