After Plane Crash, Utah Passes Law Requiring Pilot Insurance March 29, 2021 By Tim Vandenack ROY, Utah (AP) — The lawsuit from a 2017 crash of an airplane on 1900 West in Roy lingers on,...
Kentucky Senate Backs COVID Liability Shield for Businesses March 3, 2021 By Bruce Schreiner FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Legislation that would provide broad protections to shield Kentucky businesses from coronavirus-related lawsuits won approval from...
Bankruptcy Judge Refuses to Halt Weinstein Co. Plan February 22, 2021 WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The Delaware judge presiding over the Weinstein Co. bankruptcy has rejected a request by four women...
Big Tech’s Democratic Critics Discuss Ways to Strike Back With White House February 17, 2021 By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON, Feb 17 — Congressional Democrats have begun discussions with the White House on ways to crack down on Big...
Business Owners Ponder Whether to Require COVID-19 Shots February 16, 2021 By Joyce M. Rosenberg NEW YORK (AP) — As more coronavirus vaccine doses become available in the weeks and months ahead, many business owners...
Endless Boom in Blank Check Companies Is Wearing Out Insurers February 10, 2021 By Katherine Chiglinsky and Jenny Surane The SPAC boom is overwhelming a key player in the creation of a blank-check companies: insurers. Firms selling directors-and-officers liability...
U.S. Senators Propose Limiting Liability Shield for Social Media Platforms February 5, 2021 By Nandita Bose and Chris Sanders WASHINGTON — Three Democratic U.S. senators introduced a bill that would limit Section 230, a law that shields online companies...
At the Urging of Nursing Homes, a Law is Amended and COVID Court Claims are Slowed January 29, 2021 By Tom Hals Garnice Robertson wants accountability for her mother’s death from COVID-19 caught while she was living at a Kansas nursing home...
Arizona Man Wrongfully Accused of Selling LSD Settles Suit January 14, 2021 By Felicia Fonseca FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man who was wrongfully arrested on suspicion of selling LSD has reached a settlement...
Viewpoint — Another COVID-19 Worry: What is My Deadline to File Suit? January 5, 2021 By Adrian Azer and Michael Scanlon When the scope of the COVID-19 pandemic became apparent in March 2020, an avalanche of articles appeared in which many...