Southeast News Setting Up Mobile Homes After Louisiana Storms is Slow-Going March 8, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte BATON ROUGE, La. — Six months after Hurricane Laura wrecked southwest Louisiana, the Federal Emergency Management Agency still is trying... Read More
Texas / South Central News 5th Circuit: Insurer Liable for Harvey Damage Despite ‘Creative’ Policy Language and ‘Legal Gotcha’ March 8, 2021 By Jim Sams While Hurricane Harvey dumped 60 inches of rain on the Houston area in August 2017, the authority that operates the... Read More
CoStar Drops Bid to Purchase CoreLogic, Blaming Rising Rates March 5, 2021 By Craig Giammona CoStar Group Inc. has withdrawn its bid to buy the real estate data firm CoreLogic Inc, according to a statement... Read More
International News Upstream Tailings Dams Pose Much Higher Stability Risks, Study Finds March 5, 2021 By Helen Reid and Jeff Lewis The most widespread type of dam used to store mine waste is nearly twice as unstable as the average tailings... Read More
D&O Insurer Ordered to Pay $12M in Dole Corp. Stockholder Flap March 5, 2021 By Jim Sams The Delaware Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that RSUI Indemnity Co. must pay $12,321,096 to Dole Corp. toward the cost of... Read More
Insurers Rewrite Business Policies After Pandemic Legal Tussles March 5, 2021 By Alwyn Scott NEW YORK — U.S. insurers are strengthening language in policies that cover business losses to protect them from future claims... Read More
East News Democrats Seek Closure of Youth Center Amid Abuse Claims March 5, 2021 By Holly Ramer CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Three Democratic lawmakers are asking Republican Gov. Chris Sununu to shut down the state’s youth detention... Read More
SpaceX Starship Lands Upright, Then Explodes in Latest Test March 5, 2021 By Marcia Dunn CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s futuristic Starship looked like it aced a touchdown Wednesday, but then exploded on the... Read More
West News Haz-Mat Teams Responds to Train that Derails in SoCal Desert, Leaking Alcohol March 5, 2021 LUDLOW, Calif. (AP) — A freight train derailed in the Southern California desert on Wednesday, sending more than 40 rail... Read More
Martin Shkreli Accused of Drug Monopoly Scheme by Insurer March 5, 2021 By Mike Leonard A Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate sued “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, the pharmaceutical industry’s imprisoned enfant terrible, in a Manhattan... Read More