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19 05, 2023

London Court Throws Out Lawsuit Against Google Over Medical Records

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Google on Friday defeated a lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million people over medical records provided to the U.S. tech giant by a British hospital trust. The Royal Free London NHS Trust transferred patient data to Google’s artificial intelligence …

28 04, 2023

People Moves: Ryan Specialty Names Davies CEO and Smith President of PERse’s North American Operations

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Ryan Specialty Appoints Davies as CEO and Smith as President of PERse’s North American Operations Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. has made leadership appointments to its Power.Energy.Risk’s (PERse) North American operations, the Chicago, Illinois-based company’s renewable energy managing general underwriter (MGU). …

28 04, 2023

$1.6B Trial Starts Against Utility Over Fatal 2020 Oregon Wildfires

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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – A trial connected to a $1.6 billion class action lawsuit against utility PacifiCorp over the catastrophic Labor Day 2020 wildfires in Oregon started Tuesday in Portland. The fires in 2020 killed nine people, burned more than …

19 05, 2023

Staff at Top U.S. Farm Research Center File Complaint Alleging Unsafe Work Conditions

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Three employees of the largest agricultural research facility in the U.S. have filed federal whistleblower complaints alleging that the facility’s conditions are hazardous to workers and undermine their research, even as farmers are facing pressing issues like climate change, according …

19 05, 2023

The Supreme Court Handed Google and Twitter a New Line of Defense

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The US Supreme Court handed social media companies a new line of defense as they face an increasing number of lawsuits alleging their algorithms have harmed users — whether by addicting children or selling suicide kits. In a unanimous ruling, …

28 04, 2023

Suit Over Texas Woman’s Jail Death Settles for $7M

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DALLAS (AP) – A private company that ran a Texas jail where a woman allegedly went blind following days of medical neglect before her 2019 death has agreed to a $7 million lawsuit settlement along with other defendants, her family’s …

28 04, 2023

Mississippi River Flooding Prompts Evacuations, Sandbagging in Iowa

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Some residents along the swelling Upper Mississippi River evacuated their homes this week while others scrambled Wednesday to stack sandbags in preparation for what forecasters say could be near-record flooding caused by the rapid melting …

19 05, 2023

5th Circuit Clears Texas Class-Action Suit Against GEICO

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GEICO must defend itself against a class-action lawsuit that alleges it failed to include the cost of sales taxes and purchasing fees when it paid total loss auto collision claims in Texas, depriving policyholders of actual cash value. A panel …

28 04, 2023

Feds: Ohio Man Tried to Firebomb Ohio Church to Stop Drag Show

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CLEVELAND (AP) – An eastern Ohio man told investigators that he tried to burn down an Ohio church because he wanted to prevent a drag show that was scheduled to take place there, federal prosecutors allege in newly unsealed charges. …

19 05, 2023

Sanctions Continue to Pile Up for McClenny Moseley & Associates

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Even though they have been suspended from the practice of law, attorneys with McClenny Moseley & Associates continue to rack up penalties as federal judges clean up a mess created by the law firm’s mass filing of hundreds of hurricane-damage …