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1 07, 2024

Ohio Company to Pay $23K Over Disability Discrimination Suit

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Pearl Interactive Network, Inc., a Columbus, Ohio-based telecommunications company, resolved a charge of disability discrimination filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency’s Cleveland Field Office announced. During the EEOC’s investigation, the agency found that Pearl …

11 07, 2024

Vitol, SK Settle California Fuel Rigging Probe for $50 Million

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California’s attorney general said it reached a $50 million settlement with commodity traders Vitol and SK Energy Americas Inc. after it alleged the firms acted together to manipulate local gasoline markets. It’s the latest instance in which commodity traders have …

16 07, 2024

Michigan Health Care System to Pay $30K Over Racial Discrimination Suit

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Beaumont Health (now Corewell Health), a health care system in southeast Michigan, will pay $30,000 and furnish other relief to settle a race discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced. According to …

19 07, 2024

Allstate Reports Second Quarter Pretax Catastrophe Losses of $2.1B

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Allstate Corp. said it recorded pretax catastrophe losses of about $2.1 billion in the second quarter. The Northbrook, Illinois-based insurer on July 18 said the total included $230 million of pretax catastrophe losses for the month of June from 18 …

24 07, 2024

WR Berkley CEO: Losses From Tech Outage Expected to Be ‘Manageable’

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W.R. Berkley CEO W. Robert Berkley, Jr. said the company does not see last week’s global network systems outage “being a material loss to the organization.” “I would be surprised if we didn’t have any loss activity, but we certainly …

24 07, 2024

Rivian to Face Trial in Tesla Trade Secrets Theft Case, Judge Says

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Electric car maker Rivian Automotive will go on trial over allegations that it encouraged its employees who defected from Elon Musk’s Tesla to steal trade secrets, according to a tentative ruling issued by a California judge. Judge Theodore C. Zayner …

26 07, 2024

Penn National Can’t Avoid Asbestos Coverage Payout, SC Supreme Court Says

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Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co. cannot escape the long tail of asbestos, and must cover part of the litigation losses for an asbestos installation company that went out of business more than 30 years ago, the South Carolina Supreme …

26 07, 2024

Louisiana’s $3B Coastal Restoration Project Divides Residents

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Proponents of a nearly $3 billion project to restore part of southeast Louisiana’s rapidly vanishing coastline released a study Tuesday touting the expected economic benefits of its construction, even as the project faces pushback and litigation …

1 07, 2024

California Wildfire Outlook: ‘A Challenging Season for Firefighters’

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While the historically official start to California’s wildfire season is still a ways off, the best forecast of the what’s ahead may be to look back on the year so far, and so far it’s been far busier for firefighters …

11 07, 2024

Elon Musk Beats $500 Million Severance Lawsuit by Fired Twitter Workers

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Elon Musk won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming he refused to pay at least $500 million of severance to thousands of Twitter employees he fired in mass layoffs after buying the social media company now known as X. U.S. District …