The European Union’s ESG framework — a shadow of its former self after a year of deep cuts — is drawing renewed threats from the US. At issue is the so-called extraterritoriality of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and the …
A Delaware firefighter who twice suffered a workplace injury has been denied workers’ compensation benefits for his second claim because of the way he settled his first claim. He was denied compensation for the second injury because it was judged …
U.S. Steel, a multinational steel and iron mining company, violated federal law when it failed to provide an employee with a reasonable accommodation for her pregnancy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. According to the …
Gallagher Taps Hughes From EY as Tax Specialist in Private Equity and M&A Practice Gallagher announced the UK appointment of specialist corporate M&A tax adviser Tom Hughes as director of Tax Insurance to its EMEA-wide Private Equity and M&A (PEMA) …
With just three days to go before Christmas, a cyberattack knocked France’s national postal service offline Monday, blocking and delaying package deliveries and online payments. The timing was miserable for millions of people at the height of the Christmas season, …
An explosion at a Pennsylvania nursing home that caused the building to collapse, took the lives of two people and injured about 20 others. The explosion occurred at Bristol Health & Rehab Center in Bristol Township in Bucks County. First …
Alphabet Inc.’s Waymo said it would strengthen its automated software to better handle power outages after its self-driving taxis froze and caused traffic jams during a major electricity failure last weekend in San Francisco. The Waymo Driver system is programmed …
A coalition of Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit on Monday seeking to prevent President Donald Trump’s administration from defunding the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by refusing to request money from the Federal Reserve. Democratic attorneys general from 21 states …
A small Mexican Navy plane transporting a young medical patient and seven others crashed Monday near Galveston, killing at least five people and setting off a search in waters along the Texas coast, officials said. Four of the people aboard …
An estimated 2.45 million cars on the road likely have their odometers rolled back, 14% more than last year, according to vehicle history provider CARFAX. There was just a 4% increase between 2023 and 2024. “Odometer rollbacks occur when someone …