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John 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
Read MoreAttacks on Casino Giants Heralds Resurgence in Ransomware Demands
Cyberattacks on MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment last week show that ransomware gangs continue to be a major threat and are using more sophisticated strategies to break into private computer networks. GuyCarpenter reported Wednesday that a cybercrime group called … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreLawyers who Sued Tesla Board for Excess Pay Want $10,000 an Hour
WILMINGTON, Delaware –– A legal tExcess Pay Want Tesla’s directors to agree in July to return more than $700 million in compensation to the automaker for allegedly overpaying themselves are now seeking a huge payday of their own. The lawyers … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreGE Tells Judge UK Firm Sold Thousands of Bogus Jet-Engine Parts
General Electric Co. and Safran SA said thousands of jet-engine parts with falsified documents were sold to global aircraft fleets at the hands of a UK supplier, potentially wreaking havoc among airlines now racing to identify the components on their … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreBerkshire Shows Unusual Risk Appetite in Wildfire Court Fight
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.’s PacifiCorp has been battered in an unprecedented court fight over the utility’s failure to prevent massive wildfire destruction in Oregon. The largest grid operator in the western US faces the risk that it will have to … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreHHS Awards $45 Million for Long COVID Clinics
WASHINGTON –– The U.S. government is awarding $45 million in grants to help clinics treating long COVID develop new models of care and expand access, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Wednesday. Nine clinics will receive … Source: Claims Journal
Read More11th Circuit: Conflicting Wording Requires Insurers to Share Defense Expenses
When the wording of insurance policies conflict with each other and can’t be reconciled, insurers must share defense expenses, a federal appeals court said in a case that stemmed from lawsuits against school personnel. “The district court concluded that the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreN.Y. Contractor Sentenced to 6 Mos. for Work Comp Premium Fraud Scheme
A drywall contractor has been sentenced to six months in jail for defrauding the New York State Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fund out of almost $3 million in premiums over an eight-year period. The Manhattan District Attorney announced the sentence this … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreFederal Investigation Finds Worker Died After Georgia Grain Silo Operator Violated Safety Standards
COLQUITT, Ga. (AP) — The death of a worker who suffocated in a Georgia grain silo could have been prevented had their employer not violated safety regulations, federal officials say. That finding results from a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational … Source: Claims Journal
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