Insys Agrees to $225 Million, 5-Year Settlement of U.S. Opioid Sales Claims Insys Therapeutics Inc., grappling with the prospect of bankruptcy after its founder was convicted on racketeering charges, agreed to pay... Read More
Legacy Carriers Embracing Tech with ‘Human Touch’ CHICAGO — The digital transformation of the insurance industry isn’t just for insurtech startups any more. At Allstate, 60 percent... Read More
Role of Occupational Hazards in Lung Diseases Is Under-Recognized: Researchers More than 1 in 10 people with a range of non-cancerous lung diseases may be sick as a result of... Read More
Boeing 737 Should Never Fly Again, Says Consumer Watchdog Nader Consumer advocate Ralph Nader said the larger engines mounted to the Boeing 737 Max represented a design flaw and called... Read More
Privacy Exclusion Protects Insurer from $60 Million Class Action A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a policy exclusion for invasion of privacy claims relieved an insurer of... Read More
Mounting Climate Change Fears Push Investors to Assess Geographical Risks NEW YORK — With an above-average percentage of its power generated from renewable sources and one of the largest battery... Read More
Storm Tracking Could Be a Casualty of 5G Satellites tracking water vapor in 2012 helped scientists accurately predict Superstorm Sandy’s frightening turn toward New York and New Jersey... Read More
Blackbeard’s Ship Embarks for Supreme Court in Video Piracy Case WASHINGTON — The nine black-robed justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will soon navigate the treacherous legal waters around a... Read More
Congress Passes $19 Billion in Disaster Aid, Sends Bill to Trump The House cleared a $19 billion disaster-aid plan for areas hit by hurricanes, Midwest floods and California wildfires on Monday... Read More
Facebook Must Proceed With Privacy Breach Suit, Judge Rules Facebook Inc. must defend itself in a District of Columbia lawsuit accusing the social network of failing to safeguard users’... Read More