Two More Circuit Courts Reject COVID-19 Business-Interruption Claims The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the coronavirus did not cause a direct physical damage or loss... Read More
$475M Settlement Proposed in Longest-Running US Oil Spill NEW ORLEANS (AP)–A New Orleans-based oil company has agreed to turn over a $432 million cleanup trust fund and pay... Read More
EPA Reviews Bayer Herbicide Blamed For Widespread US Crop Damage CHICAGO–The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is assessing whether the weed killer dicamba can be sprayed safely on soybean and cotton... Read More
Tornadoes Push 2021 Insured Losses Over $105B as Climate Change Impact Grows Devastation from tornadoes that slammed parts of the United States this month will push the insurance industry’s 2021 bill for... Read More
Sackler Ruling Could Delay Purdue’s Payment of Billions by Years OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma could be years away from paying billions of dollars to address the U.S. opioid crisis after a... Read More
Some Experts Say Too Many Work Comp Claims Are Litigated Employers may be warming up to the idea that fighting some workers’ compensation claims and medical treatments can be counterproductive,... Read More
Ransomware Persists Even as High-Profile Attacks Have Slowed WASHINGTON (AP)–In the months since President Joe Biden warned Russia’s Vladimir Putin that he needed to crack down on ransomware... Read More
Towns in Mourning While Digging Out From Deadly Tornadoes DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — Tightknit communities still digging out from the deadly tornadoes that killed dozens of people across... Read More
Engineer: Navy Warship Fire Might Be Electrical, Not Arson SAN DIEGO (AP)–An electrical engineer who examined the USS Bonhomme Richard after it was destroyed by fire last year testified... Read More
Explainer: the Security Flaw That’s Freaked Out the Internet BOSTON (AP) — Security pros say it’s one of the worst computer vulnerabilities they’ve ever seen. They say state-backed Chinese... Read More