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Judge Blocks Twitter’s Bid to Reveal Govt Surveillance Requests

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Twitter Inc will not be able to reveal surveillance requests it received from the U.S. government after a federal judge accepted government arguments that this was likely to harm national security after a near six-year long legal battle. The social … Source: Claims Journal

NCCI Excludes Payroll to Furloughed Workers From Work Comp Premiums

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Businesses that have suspended operations due to COVID-19 but continue to pay employees who are at home but not working will not have to include the payroll paid to these employees in the calculation of their workers’ compensation premium. The … Source: Claims Journal

New Rules for Nuclear Plant Workers: 12-Hour Days for Two Weeks Straight

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Nuclear power plants can now implement longer shifts for workers and delay some inspections, raising concerns that as the coronavirus pandemic upends basic operations the industry may be bending the rules too far. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is already allowing … Source: Claims Journal

Regulators and Lawmakers Introducing Workers’ Comp to COVID-19

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Sympathetic state lawmakers and regulators in states both red and blue promise to make COVID-19 a major cost driver for workers’ compensation insurers. The governors of Kentucky, Arkansas, North Dakota and Florida and state regulators in Illinois, Washington, Michigan and … Source: Claims Journal

PG&E Fire Victims Again Seek Payout Guarantee Amid Virus Tumult

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Victims counting on PG&E Corp.’s bankruptcy to compensate them for their losses in California wildfires are making a last-ditch effort for court protection against gyrations in the utility’s share price in the virus-infected stock market. Lawyers for a committee representing … Source: Claims Journal

Boeing to Limit N95 Masks For Returning Workers, Stoking Concern

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Boeing Co. faces a quandary as it reopens its Seattle-area factories: how to keep its employees safe while minimizing the use of protective gear that’s desperately needed for medical workers. The planemaker plans to limit scarce N95 masks for plant … Source: Claims Journal

Deaf Woman Sues Michigan Hospital For Not Providing Interpreter

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A deaf woman sued a Michigan hospital, alleging that it violated federal laws by failing to provide her with a sign language interpreter when she was transferred to the hospital last fall. Christine Ketola is accusing … Source: Claims Journal

Coronavirus: Hold Music, Noise Wreck Court Hearing by Phone

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ATLANTA — It was a court hearing gone awry in the time of the coronavirus: Legal arguments in a lawsuit over gun carry licenses were repeatedly interrupted by hold music, background noise and failures of the mute button. And it … Source: Claims Journal

FBI Official Says Foreign Hackers Have Targeted COVID-19 Research

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A senior cybersecurity official with the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Thursday that foreign government hackers have broken into companies conducting research into treatments for COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus. FBI Deputy Assistant Director Tonya Ugoretz … Source: Claims Journal

Hacking Against Corporations Surges as Workers Take Computers Home

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SAN FRANCISCO — Hacking activity against corporations in the United States and other countries more than doubled by some measures last month as digital thieves took advantage of security weakened by pandemic work-from-home policies, researchers said. Corporate security teams have … Source: Claims Journal