A new Florida law designed to deter violent public demonstrations is instead unconstitutionally chilling free speech and legitimate rights to protest, a federal judge was told Monday. Attorneys for several organizations challenging the law championed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis …
A Texas group has no standing to claim that New York University illegally gives preference to women and racial minorities when selecting editors and articles for the NYU Law Review, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court …
A school board in Virginia has agreed to pay $1.3 million in legal costs to the American Civil Liberties Union after the nonprofit spent six years representing a student who sued over the board’s transgender bathroom ban. Gavin Grimm’s suit …
Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd. has completed its acquisition of Australia’s Westpac Lenders Mortgage Insurance Limited (WLMI), With the transaction complete, Arch said it will combine the operations of WLMI with its existing Australian LMI company, Arch LMI Pty Ltd. …
German companies will not be granted the right to find out whether their employees are vaccinated against COVID-19, although provisions could be made for some particularly risky workplaces, the labor minister said on Wednesday. Many countries are making vaccination mandatory …
An ever-swelling amount of space debris is threatening satellites that hover around Earth, making insurers leery of offering coverage to the devices that transmit texts, maps, videos and scientific data, industry sources said. Thousands of new satellites are being launched …
As anyone who works in insurance knows, technology is powerful enough to transform any industry. And the fine art market is no exception. “I think it’s the nature of the art world to constantly be looking to the next thing,” …
A Chilean court on Tuesday approved a plan by JX Nippon’s Caserones Mine to rectify environmental damage despite a fresh challenge to its validity raised by farmers in the country’s northern Copiapó region. The $42 million compliance plan, which has …
Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Northern California-based ASURA Risk in San Ramon, Calif. Kevin Kilty, principal with ASURA Risk, along with fellow principals Greg Miller and Jon Wheeler, and the entire ASURA team, will join Alliant and continue servicing clients …
Global regulators are teaming up to explore how to regulate blank check company listings after the vehicles earlier this year became the hottest thing in finance before being hit by increased scrutiny and a surge in lawsuits from angry investors. …