The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a “private browsing” mode, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed on Thursday, filing an amended privacy lawsuit against the Alphabet Inc. unit. Texas, …
These days, mass shooters like the one now held in the Buffalo, New York, supermarket attack don’t stop with planning out their brutal attacks. They also create marketing plans while arranging to livestream their massacres on social platforms in hopes …
A boat insurance claim denial and fraud investigation have surfaced as integral pieces of the murder case being brought against a 28-year-old Vermont man charged with killing his grandfather and mother for inheritance money. In addition to facing two murder …
A New York state appeals court on Tuesday dismissed state Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit accusing Amazon.com Inc. of failing to adequately protect thousands of workers at two New York City facilities against COVID-19. The Appellate Division in Manhattan said …
The New Jersey insurance commissioner does not have to rely upon the state’s attorney general to bring a lawsuit against out of state insurers and their affiliates that it believes are violating state laws. Rather, the insurance department can bring …
Plaintiffs upset that the National Football League teams Giants and Jets call themselves New York teams when in fact they play their games in New Jersey have amended their class action complaint to demand that the teams drop New York …
Franchisees in Massachusetts can be considered employees rather than independent contractors and thus be entitled to the state’s minimum wage, overtime rules and other state worker law protections, the state’s highest court has ruled. The ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme …
Last week, information services firm Verisk said it had taken steps that align with one investor’s call for the firm to commit to being a standalone insurance-focused business. Yesterday, Verisk promised several additional changes and publicly committed to a “pure-play” …
Insurer QBE has filed a lawsuit alleging a poaching scheme by a number of its former aviation division employees and specialty insurer Applied Underwriters. QBE’s complaint involves the resignation of a total of 13 employees in Atlanta, New York and …
Dallas-based retailer Neiman Marcus Group said it recently learned that an unauthorized party obtained personal information associated with customers’ online accounts in May. NMG said it notified law enforcement of the issue and is working with Mandiant, a cybersecurity firm, …