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Archdiocese of New York Pledges $300M to Mediate Clergy Sex Abuse Claims
The Archdiocese of New York announced it is establishing a $300 million fund that it intends to use to pay for a global settlement of most of the 1,300 lawsuits it still faces from victims of clergy ...
Estimate to Rebuild Baltimore’s Key Bridge Doubles to $5 Billion
The price tag for rebuilding Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge is now more than double what officials estimated in 2024 right after the bridge was struck by a container shop and collapsed. The ...
Two High-Profile Personal Injury Law Firms Sue… Each Other
Insurance folks tired of hearing about personal injury law firms going after those "greedy insurance companies" might want a ringside seat for this one. Two high-profile Boston-area personal injury ...
Agent Has No Duty to Tell Insured of Pending Nonrenewal: Connecticut High Court
A Connecticut insurance agent has no duty to inform clients that their home insurer intends not to renew their insurance policy, the state's high court recently affirmed in a case where the ...
Erie Insurance: ‘No Evidence’ of Ransomware in Outage; TMNA Updates
Erie Insurance said it has "seen no evidence of ransomware and there is no indication of ongoing threat actor activity" in a June 17 update on its 10-day long network outage. That statement would ...
Class Action: Drivers Sour on Lemonade for Exposing License Numbers
A new class action lawsuit alleges that digital insurer Lemonade has violated the privacy of as many as 190,000 drivers by exposing license numbers to cybercriminals through its online auto insurance ...
NYC Council Passes Bill to Lower Insurance Limits for For-Hire Vehicles
With urging from a coalition of for-hire vehicle drivers and companies including Uber, the New York City Council voted to lower a for-hire vehicles' insurance requirement in hopes of lowering ...
New Jersey Announces $450M PFAS Settlement With 3M Days Before Trial
New Jersey officials announced a landmark settlement of up to $450 million with 3M Company to resolve the state's lawsuits and address damage to the state's water and other natural resources from ...