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Uber Labor Settlement Paying Each Driver $1 Rejected by CA Judge
Uber Technologies Inc. failed to persuade a judge to approve a settlement offering 1.6 million California drivers an average of $1.08 each to dispense with alleged labor-code violations that their ...
Takata Sued by Nissan, Ford, BMW Over Faulty Airbag Losses
Nissan Motor Co., BMW of North America and Ford Motor Co. accused Takata Corp. of fraud in a lawsuit seeking to force the airbag manufacturer to cover losses they incur because of its faulty ...
Terrorism Reinsurance Fund in UK Wants to Add Cyber Cover
Britain's 6 billion pounds ($7.3 billion) terrorism reinsurance fund hopes to extend its cover to include cyber attacks on property, chief executive Julian Enoizi said. Pool Re, set up in 1993, acts ...
Fiat Chrysler Pushes for Resolution of State/Federal Diesel Emissions Case
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is still trying to win U.S. approval to sell 2017 diesel models as the U.S. government decides whether to take legal action, Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on ...
EU Pushes to Save Paris Climate Change Agreement With More Diplomacy
EU foreign ministers on Monday said the bloc would strengthen diplomacy to promote the fight against climate change in the face of a possible U.S. exit from the Paris agreement. U.S. President Donald ...
PwC, MF Global Trial Begins in New York
Publicity about both the recent Academy Awards and Wall Street hung over a Manhattan courtroom on Monday as lawyers struggled to find jurors to decide whether PricewaterhouseCoopers helped cause the ...
Progressive’s Flo Is Ready to Win Over ‘Rate Shock’ Drivers
Progressive Corp., the fourth-largest U.S. auto insurer, boosted spending on marketing this year to win customers after scaling back in the second half of 2016 when increased costs from car accidents ...
Why Workers Comp Matters as Broader Safety Net Is Weakened: WCRI Conference
After decades of managing costs for employers, it's time for workers compensation professionals and public policymakers to turn their attention to the needs of injured workers and think of themselves ...