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8 06, 2022

Massachusetts Health Firm Reports Cyber Attack

By | June 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Massachusetts Health Firm Reports Cyber Attack

A major medical imaging and outpatient surgery firm in Massachusetts has reported a cyber attack that may have compromised the medical data and identity of millions of patients. Shields Health Care Group said it recently became aware of suspicious activity …

8 06, 2022

Massachusetts Health Firm Reports Cyber Attack

By | June 8th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Massachusetts Health Firm Reports Cyber Attack

A major medical imaging and outpatient surgery firm in Massachusetts has reported a cyber attack that may have compromised the medical data and identity of millions of patients. Shields Health Care Group said it recently became aware of suspicious activity …

9 06, 2022

New Hampshire Allows Exception to Workers’ Compensationn ‘Coming and Going’ Rule

By | June 9th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on New Hampshire Allows Exception to Workers’ Compensationn ‘Coming and Going’ Rule

A worker who was injured in a car accident when he was traveling home from his job site in the middle, rather than the end, of the workday at the direction of his employer is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits, …

20 05, 2022

Texas AG Lawsuit Claims Google ‘Private Browsing’ Mode Not Really Private

By | May 20th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Texas AG Lawsuit Claims Google ‘Private Browsing’ Mode Not Really Private

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, …

20 05, 2022

Livestream Tech Firms Learn Hard Lessons from Violent Videos Tied to Mass Killings

By | May 20th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Livestream Tech Firms Learn Hard Lessons from Violent Videos Tied to Mass Killings

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 …

17 05, 2022

How Sunken Boat Insurance Claim Factors Into Vermont Murder Case

By | May 17th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on How Sunken Boat Insurance Claim Factors Into Vermont Murder Case

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 …

11 05, 2022

Court Says Federal Law Preempts in Tossing New York Suit Over Amazon Worker Safety

By | May 11th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Court Says Federal Law Preempts in Tossing New York Suit Over Amazon Worker Safety

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 …

2 05, 2022

New Jersey Court Upholds State Regulator in Dispute With Applied Underwriters

By | May 2nd, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on New Jersey Court Upholds State Regulator in Dispute With Applied Underwriters

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 …

12 04, 2022

Amended Class Action Wants NFL’s Giants, Jets to Drop ‘New York’ From Names

By | April 12th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Amended Class Action Wants NFL’s Giants, Jets to Drop ‘New York’ From Names

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 …

25 03, 2022

In 7-Eleven Case, Massachusetts High Court Rules Franchisees Can Be Employees

By | March 25th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on In 7-Eleven Case, Massachusetts High Court Rules Franchisees Can Be Employees

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 …