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22 06, 2016

Pittsburgh Newscaster Sues Station Over Firing for Facebook Comments

By | June 22nd, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Pittsburgh Newscaster Sues Station Over Firing for Facebook Comments

A Pittsburgh newscaster fired after her comments in a Facebook post about a shooting were deemed racially insensitive sued her former employer on Monday, saying the television station let her go because she is white. Wendy Bell said her federal …

22 06, 2016

Opioid Alternatives Can Be Hard to Find and Costly

By | June 22nd, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Opioid Alternatives Can Be Hard to Find and Costly

Ken Manning’s head is held up by two metal rods, four plates, and 17 screws in his neck. Since falling off a frame at a carpentry job in the early 2000s, he has had four surgeries, leaving his tanned neck …

22 06, 2016

Russian Cyberthief Pleads Guilty in $1.6M Heist of Broadway, Yankee Tickets

By | June 22nd, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Russian Cyberthief Pleads Guilty in $1.6M Heist of Broadway, Yankee Tickets

A Russian ringleader of a group that fraudulently bought some of the hottest tickets in music, sports and theater by sneaking into StubHub users’ accounts pleaded guilty this week in a scheme involving over $1 million worth of tickets. Vadim …

22 06, 2016

Bank Selling Hiscox Cyber Insurance to Its Business Customers

By | June 22nd, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Bank Selling Hiscox Cyber Insurance to Its Business Customers

Los Angeles-based Grandpoint Bank is now selling cyber insurance policies to its business customers to provide coverage for wire-transfer and cyber fraud. Grandpoint, which does business in California, Arizona and Washington, says it is the first bank to market policies …

22 06, 2016

U.S. Issues Final Commercial Drone Regulations

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The Federal Aviation Administration has finalized the first operational rules for routine commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems or drones opening pathways towards fully integrating UAS into the nation’s airspace. The rule promises to generate more than $82 billion for …

22 06, 2016

New U.S. Rules Seen ‘Major Step’ for Drone Industry; Rules on Deliveries Still to Come

By | June 22nd, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on New U.S. Rules Seen ‘Major Step’ for Drone Industry; Rules on Deliveries Still to Come

The Obama administration is opening U.S. skies to more commercial drones with long-awaited regulations that the government hopes will spawn new businesses inspecting bridges, monitoring crops and taking aerial photography. In the most comprehensive set of rules yet for the …

22 06, 2016

AXIS’ Pesce Joins Navigators to Launch Surety Unit

By | June 22nd, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on AXIS’ Pesce Joins Navigators to Launch Surety Unit

Navigators Management Co., a division of the specialty insurance holding company The Navigators Group, has hired David Pesce to launch a new Contract and Commercial Surety department. Based in Iselin, New Jersey, Pesce will initially focus on contract and commercial …

22 06, 2016

Crawford & Co. Names Agadi President and CEO

By | June 22nd, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Crawford & Co. Names Agadi President and CEO

Atlanta-based international claims management firm Crawford & Co. has named Harsha V. Agadi president and CEO. He has served as interim president and CEO since August 2015. Agadi was named interim CEO last August when Jeffrey Bowman agreed to step …

22 06, 2016

Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Case Goes to Jury

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The recollections of Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Robert Plant about events 45 years ago were questioned a final time before jurors were asked to decide who to believe about the genesis of the band’s classic “Stairway to Heaven.” Plant …

21 06, 2016

Gunmakers Say Federal Law Sheilds Them from Sandy Hook Negligence Claims

By | June 21st, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Gunmakers Say Federal Law Sheilds Them from Sandy Hook Negligence Claims

A 2005 federal law was designed specifically to prevent gunmakers from being sued for mass killings like the one at Sandy Hook Elementary School, lawyers for the maker of the AR-15 assault weapon used in the attack told a Connecticut …