Automaker Ford Motor Company will pay $115,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, Ford violated federal law when …
The United States Department of Justice announced that Utica Resource Operating LLC (URO) has agreed to a settlement resolving alleged Clean Air Act violations at URO’s oil and gas production well facilities in Ohio. The settlement addresses URO’s failure to …
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Lts. will pay up to $523 million to New York State as part of a nationwide settlement of lawsuits alleging the company helped fuel the U.S. opioid epidemic. The settlement with New York adds an additional $300 …
Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well. It destroyed man-made reefs and brought along red tide, the harmful algae blooms that kill fish and birds, according to marine researchers who returned last …
Twitter Inc. was sued over Elon Musk’s plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social-media platform, which workers say the company is doing without enough notice in violation of federal and California law. A class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday …
AmTrust Financial Services Inc. acquired Contractor Managing General Insurance Agency Inc. in California. CMGIA will offer surety bonds to small to mid-size contractors across 50 states. The company is led by Stephanie Shear, a surety underwriter with more 40 years …
The Colorado city of Idaho Springs said it has agreed to pay $7 million to a 75-year-old man who said an officer used a stun gun on him without warning and dragged him from his apartment after a dispute with …
The North Carolina Rate Bureau is requesting an average 87.5% increase in insurance rates for mobile home fire policies over the next two years, and a 53.4% increase in casualty policies. The rate requests may seem large, but they are …
Pennsylvania parents who are alleged to have found but not turned over to authorities a gun believed used by their son to murder a friend are not entitled to insurance for their defense against emotional distress claims brought by the …
The derailment of six train cars and a subsequent acid leak prompted road closures and evacuations Wednesday in a Louisiana community, officials said. No injuries were reported in the derailment in the community of Paulina in St. James Parish, about …