Plaintiffs Win One and Lose One in COVID-19 Business-Interruption Legal Fight September 28, 2020 By Jim Sams A federal judge in Florida last week denied an insurer’s petition to dismiss a COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit, while a federal... Read More
West News Masks Are Coveted Items With Covid and Smoke Sweeping West Coast September 25, 2020 By Richard Chess Lindsey Major, wracked with asthma, crisscrossed Seattle in search of an N95 mask as wildfire smoke blanketed the West Coast.... Read More
Lawyers Eye Neo-Nazi Website Founder’s Assets for $14M Award September 25, 2020 By Michael Kunzelman Attorneys for a Montana real estate agent are eyeing the assets of a neo-Nazi website operator to collect a $14... Read More
International News Owner of Fire-Stricken Ship to Pay $1.8M for Sri Lankan Help September 25, 2020 By Bharatha Mallawarachi COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The owner of a large oil tanker that caught fire off Sri Lanka’s coast has agreed... Read More
West News Wildfires Taint West Coast Vineyards With Taste of Smoke September 25, 2020 By Andrew Selsky TURNER, Ore. — Smoke from the West Coast wildfires has tainted grapes in some of the nation’s most celebrated wine... Read More
Breach at Software Provider to Local Governments, Schools September 25, 2020 By Frank Bajak and Jake Bleiberg DALLAS — A major provider of software services for governments and schools across the United States, Tyler Technologies, told customers... Read More
Southeast News Arson Closes Wooden Bridge in Mississippi Indefinitely September 25, 2020 TUPELO, Miss. — Folks in one Mississippi county will have to find an alternate route home after a fire on... Read More
NTSB: Pilot’s Actions Likely Caused Earnhardt Plane Crash September 25, 2020 By Adrian Sainz A pilot’s inability to maintain proper airspeed and the flight crew’s decision to continue an unstable approach and landing likely... Read More
Structured Settlement Swindler With Kennedy Ties Sentenced to Prison September 25, 2020 By Jim Sams A well-connected Virginia financial advisor was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison for embezzling approximately $8 million... Read More
U.S. Justice Department Proposes Changes to Internet Platforms’ Immunity September 24, 2020 By David Shepardson and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump met with nine Republican state attorneys general on Wednesday to discuss the fate of a... Read More