CDC Says COVID-19 Hit Meat, Poultry Plant Workers Hard In April, May The coronavirus outbreak took a heavy toll on workers at U.S. meat and poultry processing facilities, with more than 17,000... Read More
Viewpoint: Nature-Based Flood Mitigation Can Help Mississippi River Farmers The 2019 flooding of the Mississippi, Missouri and Arkansas Rivers in the United States impacted 19 states and caused $20... Read More
Bayer’s Roundup-Cancer Settlement Plan Hits Snag Bayer AG’s plan for handling future Roundup cancer claims hit a snag when the judge asked to oversee the yet-to-be... Read More
Dakota Pipeline Investors Could Face Major Hit After Adverse Ruling BOSTON/DENVER — Large investors in the Dakota Access Pipeline, including Phillips 66, could be on the hook for hundreds of... Read More
Federal Biz Interruption Bill Backed by Plaintiffs Group Introduced Last week, a U.S. lawmaker introduced a bill that would allow insurers to voluntarily pay certain COVID-related business interruption claims... Read More
Employers Find Testing Employees More Trouble Than It’s Worth From nursing homes in New York and a landfill in Utah to Disney World and the Las Vegas Strip, employers... Read More
Michigan Judge Rejects Restaurants’ COVID-19 Business Interruption Claim A trial court judge in Lansing, Michigan handed a victory to insurers in what may be the nation’s first final... Read More
Family Files Discrimination Lawsuit Against Hampton Inn WILSON, N.C. — A Black family has filed a federal lawsuit against the parent company of Hampton Inn and others... Read More
Refiner Phillips 66’s Return-to-Work Policy Stirs Unease as Virus Flares About 20 employees of U.S. oil refiner Phillips 66 tested positive at its Texas headquarters for COVID-19 in recent weeks,... Read More
Insurers May Rethink Property Risk After Unprecedented Losses From Riots The civil disturbance that started in Minneapolis after the killing by police of George Floyd spread to 20 other states... Read More