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1 02, 2024

GSK Settles Another Zantac Lawsuit; Terms Confidential

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GSK said on Thursday it had agreed to settle another lawsuit in California that alleged its discontinued heartburn drug Zantac caused cancer, the latest in a series of settlements to end costly litigation. The case was set to go to …

1 02, 2024

Tesla Drops Minority-Worker Language After Musk’s Rants Over Diversity Initiatives

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Tesla Inc. removed language about minority workers and supporting employee resource groups from one of its regulatory filings after Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk’s recent comments criticizing diversity initiatives. In its latest 10-K filing released early Monday, Tesla omitted a …

1 02, 2024

Risk Strategies Acquires Michigan’s Ralph C. Wilson Agency

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Risk Strategies, a national specialty insurance brokerage and risk management firm, announced that it has acquired Ralph C. Wilson Agency, a full-service risk management and employee benefits consulting firm and insurance agency headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. Terms of the deal …

1 02, 2024

Illinois Security Company Fined $70K for Telling Muslim Employee to Shave Beard

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Blackwell Security Services, Inc. will pay $70,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC charged in its suit that Blackwell refused …

1 02, 2024

Illinois Court Fines Telemarketing Company $28M for Unsolicited Calls

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A federal district court has entered final orders against a telemarketing company and its owners, who made millions of illegal, unsolicited calls to people that were registered on the Do Not Call Registry. The Northern District Court of Illinois ordered …

1 02, 2024

Texas Sues Five Cities Over Marijuana Amnesty Policies

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched lawsuits against the cities of Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin, and Denton for adopting amnesty and non-prosecution policies that violate Texas laws concerning marijuana possession and distribution. The five municipalities adopted ordinances or …

1 02, 2024

People Moves: AXA XL Names Chia Cyber CUO, Americas; Chubb Appoints Gillston Head of North America Industry Practices; Sheckells to Lead Alera HR Team

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AXA XL Names Chia Cyber as Chief Underwriting Officer in the Americas AXA XL named Michelle Chia as chief underwriting officer for cyber in the Americas. Based in New York, Chia assumes her new role on Feb. 12. Chia joins …

1 02, 2024

Texas Men Indicted in $70M University Athletic Billing Scheme

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Four individuals, including two physicians, have been indicted in the Eastern District of Texas charged with federal violations involving a university athletic billing scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Mouzon Bass, III, also known as Muzzy Bass, 58, of …

31 01, 2024

Bayer’s Billions in Roundup Verdicts Increase Pressure for New Legal Strategy

By | January 31st, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Bayer’s Billions in Roundup Verdicts Increase Pressure for New Legal Strategy

Bayer AG faces mounting pressure to come up with a new plan for handling its Roundup weedkiller litigation after getting hammered by US jury verdicts totaling almost $4 billion over the last three months. The German conglomerate’s latest courtroom loss …

31 01, 2024

Louisiana Medical Group to Pay $480K Over Phishing Attack

By | January 31st, 2024|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Louisiana Medical Group to Pay $480K Over Phishing Attack

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), last month announced that Lafourche Medical Group, a Louisiana medical group specializing in emergency medicine, occupational medicine, and laboratory testing, agreed to a settlement over a …