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Biden Says Norfolk Southern Must Be Held Accountable for Derailment
President Joe Biden ordered federal agencies to continue holding Norfolk Southern accountable for its February derailment in eastern Ohio and appoint a FEMA official to oversee East Palestine`s recovery, but he still stopped short of declaring a disaster. Biden issued … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreMGM Resorts Computers Back Up After 10 Days as Analysts Eye Effects
LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts brought to an end a 10-day computer shutdown prompted by efforts to shield from a cyberattack data including hotel reservations and credit card processing, the casino giant said Wednesday, as analysts and academics measured … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAlex Murdaugh Pleads Guilty to Financial Crimes
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh did something Thursday he hasn’t done in the two years since his life of privilege and power started to unravel — plead guilty to a crime. Murdaugh admitted in federal court to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAriz. Appellate Court Upholds Death Benefits for Widow of Worker Killed by COVID
The widow of an Arizona worker who died after contracting COVID-19 from a co-worker suffered a workplace “accident” that is compensable under the state’s workers’ compensation law, a panel of the state Court of Appeals ruled Thursday. In a 3-0 … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreChicago Sues Monsanto, Univar for Contaminating City’s Water
Chicago is suing Bayer AG’s Monsanto and Univar Solutions Inc. for polluting the city’s water, air and soil with chemicals the companies knew were harmful to humans. The complaint, filed in Cook County Circuit Court, seeks financial compensation for expenses … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFAA Proposes Space Junk Clean-Up Rule to Declutter Earth’s Orbit
A new proposed rule would require commercial space companies to clean up some of their junk. The US Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday released a proposal to limit the uncontrolled reentry of a launch vehicle’s upper stage — the part of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreViewpoint: A New Risk Landscape Emerges for Global Maritime Industry
In a constantly changing world, the maritime industry has always stood as a symbol of resilience, adaptability, and progress. Key to this, however, has always been the role of insurance, and in particular, third party liability within the context of … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreAstraZeneca Refused to Pay Full Bonus to US Remote Worker, Lawsuit Claims
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP has been sued in the U.S. by a former senior director who claims the drugmaker refused to pay her nearly $130,000 in promised bonuses and stock options because she worked from home full-time. Elmarie Bodes, who was … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreJohn Grisham, Other Top US Authors Sue OpenAI over Copyrights
A trade group for U.S. authors has sued OpenAI in Manhattan federal court on behalf of prominent writers including John Grisham, Jonathan Franzen, George Saunders, Jodi Picoult and “Game of Thrones” novelist George R.R. Martin, accusing the company of unlawfully … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHomeowners Face Rising Insurance Rates as Climate Change Makes Wildfires, Storms More Common
NEW YORK (AP) — A growing number of Americans are finding it difficult to afford insurance on their homes, a problem only expected to worsen because insurers and lawmakers have underestimated the impact of climate change, a new report says. … Source: Claims Journal
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