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18 08, 2022

California Announces $1.9M Settlement with Health Insurer

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California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a major settlement with National Health Insurance Co. The California Department of Insurance alleged that the company continuously violated California law since 2015 by failing to post a list online of covered prescription drugs …

18 08, 2022

Judges Behind ‘Kids-for-Cash’ Ordered to Pay More Than $200M

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Two Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds who fell victim to their crimes. U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner awarded $106 …

18 08, 2022

Global M&A Hits 10-Year High, Says Clyde & Co.

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The volume of global insurance industry mergers and acquisitions reached a 10-year high in the first half of 2022, up 9.5% from the same six months a year ago. According to Clyde & Co’s Insurance Growth Report mid-year update, the …

18 08, 2022

Transgender Workers’ Rights Widened in Court’s Disability Ruling

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Transgender workers will gain broadened legal protections in the wake of a recent federal appeals court decision that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Many transgender people suffer from gender dysphoria, which describes the distress caused …

18 08, 2022

AGs: Lender Heaped Insurance Plans Onto Unwitting Borrowers

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A Maryland-based lender deceived its loan customers by selling them insurance policies they didn’t ask for or know about in many cases, the attorneys general of a handful of states claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in …

17 08, 2022

Skywest Airlines Sued for Sex Discrimination at Dallas Operation

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SkyWest Airlines violated federal law by subjecting a female parts clerk to sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, explicit sexual conversations and conduct were a daily feature of …

18 08, 2022

Indiana House Explosion Victims Died of Trauma Asphyxia

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Preliminary autopsy results released Monday for the three victims of a house explosion in a southern Indiana neighborhood show they died of blunt force trauma and compression asphyxia. A married couple who lived at the center of the Wednesday explosion …

12 08, 2022

Indiana Metalworking Lubricants Company to Pay $310,000 over Clean Air Act Violations

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Indiana Department of Environmental Management announced a settlement on August 5 with Metalworking Lubricants Co. for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its used oil processing facility in Indianapolis. Under the terms …

18 08, 2022

North Dakota Recreational Pot Measure Approved for Ballot

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Supporters of legalizing recreational marijuana in North Dakota have succeeded in bringing the matter to a public vote in November. The group, New Approach North Dakota, submitted more than the required 15,582 valid petition signatures to get a measure on …

12 08, 2022

Britain’s Proposed Post-Brexit Financial Reform Explained

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Britain’s government proposed a far-reaching financial services law last month to exploit “freedoms” to write its own capital market rules since leaving the European Union. Approval of what is the biggest markets reform in two decades is expected by May …