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22 06, 2016

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

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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

By | June 22nd, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Led Zeppelin ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Case Goes to Jury

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 …

21 06, 2016

Supreme Court Has Made Healthcare Liability Murkier

By | June 21st, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Supreme Court Has Made Healthcare Liability Murkier

The Supreme Court is supposed to take appellate cases to make the law clearer. Last week’s opinion on healthcare fraud had the opposite effect. Instead of spelling out exactly when a misrepresentation in healthcare billing counts as a legal violation, …

21 06, 2016

Google, Facebook, Twitter Sued by Father of Victim of Paris Terrorist Attack

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The father of a young woman killed in the Paris massacre last November is suing Google, Facebook and Twitter, claiming that the companies provided “material support” to extremists in violation of the law. Reynaldo Gonzalez, whose daughter Nohemi was among …

21 06, 2016

Vermont Family Sues Exterminator for Allegedly Using Banned Pesticide

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A Vermont family who said their home was made unlivable by an exterminator who used a banned pesticide has filed a civil suit against a New York pest control business. The Rutland Herald reports that Neil and Patricia Whitney filed …

21 06, 2016

Why Customer Satisfaction Is Falling for Large Auto Insurers, Rising for Small: J.D. Power

By | June 21st, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Why Customer Satisfaction Is Falling for Large Auto Insurers, Rising for Small: J.D. Power

After climbing in each of the past two years, customer satisfaction is falling among the nation’s largest auto insurers, while satisfaction is actually up a tad for small insurers. This rising dissatisfaction with large carriers is in turn driving overall …

21 06, 2016

Boston Municipal Fund Files Bondholder Class Action Against VW for Diesel Scandal

By | June 21st, 2016|Recent Articles|Comments Off on Boston Municipal Fund Files Bondholder Class Action Against VW for Diesel Scandal

Boston Retirement System, the public pension fund for Boston municipal employees, filed the first bondholders proposed class action against Volkswagen AG related to the company’s diesel emissions scandal, law firm Labaton Sucharow LLP said. The lawsuit, which also names as …