Cannabis company Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. violated federal law when it subjected female employees at the company’s Collinsville, Illinois facility to unlawful sexual harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit. According to the EEOC’s lawsuit, …
Vital Arctic sea ice shrank to tie its lowest measured level for the winter, the season when ice grows, as a warming Earth shattered records across the continents. Arctic sea ice levels, especially in the summer, are crucial to Earth’s …
Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMB) are especially at risk being struck by a new trend—a rise in cyber privacy litigation. “Privacy risk is no longer just about data breaches”, said Andy Thomas, CEO of KYND. A new report from the …
Marsh announced Ted Moynihan will become president and CEO of Marsh Management Consulting and Oliver Wyman, effective April 1. He will succeed Nick Studer, who earlier this month was appointed president and CEO of Marsh Risk. Moynihan will serve on …
The recent escalation of the Middle East war introduces geopolitical instability with potential long-lasting effects on commodities, financing conditions, global supply chains, and macro-credit conditions depending on the duration and scale of the conflict. S&P Global Ratings’ base case for …
There were allegedly five heat-related deaths over the last two summers in Texas prisons, the plaintiff’s attorneys presented on the first day of the federal trial over insufficient air conditioning in these facilities. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has …
European insurance watchdogs are taking a closer look at how the industry values its investments in private credit amid widespread concerns about the asset class. Authorities in France and Germany are among those to recently step up their scrutiny, according …
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has concluded that an individual who is the sole owner and employee of a business is not required to provide his insurance carrier with notice of his work-related injury within 120 days to qualify for workers’ …
Wars, including a widening conflict in the Middle East, are heightening risks for aviation as flight corridors are squeezed and drones become more widespread, Europe’s top aviation safety regulator told Reuters. The month-old Iran war is reshaping airspace across the …
For nearly a decade, residents of Sweetwater have been confronted by a jarring sight as they leave and enter this small West Texas town: thousands of used wind-turbine blades. The blades take up nearly 1 million square feet in a …