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Experts to Visit Fukushima Plant to Check Water Release Plan
TOKYO (AP) — A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency will visit Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant next week to review plans to begin releasing more than a million tons of treated radioactive water into the … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreUN Experts: North Korea Stealing Millions in Cyber Attacks
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea is continuing to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency firms and exchanges, illicit money that is an important source of funding for its nuclear and missile programs, U.N. experts … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWashington State School District Offers $34M in Toxic Exposure Case
SEATTLE (AP) — The Monroe, Washington, School District offered a $34 million settlement to students and parents exposed to toxic chemicals on a public school campus. The Seattle Times reports the district proposed the settlement in November under court seal, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreInside J&J’s Secret Plan to Cap Litigation Payouts to Cancer Victims
NEW YORK — Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and other talc products caused deadly cancers. The healthcare … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreClaims Business: Charles Taylor, Verisk and Hover, Sedgwick
Charles Taylor Teams Up With Fraud Keeper Charles Taylor has purchased a majority share in Fraud Keeper, a company based in Argentina that offers fraud detection program on a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Fraud Keeper has more than 20 years experience … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreTeva, Texas Strike Opioid Settlement Worth $225 Million
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd has reached a settlement worth $225 million to resolve claims the drugmaker fueled an opioid epidemic in Texas by improperly marketing addictive pain medications, the state’s attorney general said on Monday. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCNN Exec Zucker’s Ouster Shows Peril of Hiding Work Romance
NEW YORK (AP) — For all the potential peril of a workplace romance, the most common source of trouble, experts say, is allowing it to remain a secret. A case in point was this week’s abrupt ouster of longtime CNN … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreWinter Storm Blows Out to Sea, but Some Areas Without Power
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The winter storm that caused hundreds of thousands of power outages and contributed to hundreds of traffic accidents from Texas to Maine had moved out to sea Saturday, and while most locations were returning to normal, … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreNFL to Bolster Inclusion Policies, Probe Tanking Allegations
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell told teams Saturday that the league will look to bolster policies meant to encourage hiring of minorities, particularly as head coaches, and he pledged an investigation into tanking allegations raised by Brian Flores in his discrimination … Source: Claims Journal
Read MoreCyclone Pounds Madagascar With Torrential Winds and Rain
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Cyclone Batsirai’s torrential winds and rain are hammering Madagascar, after landing on the island’s east coast late Saturday. An estimated 45,000 people have been displaced by the tropical storm, the National Office for Risk and Disaster … Source: Claims Journal
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