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Analysis: Big Business The Winner In U.S. Supreme Court Class Action Cases
In a series of rulings this year, the U.S. Supreme Court has steered a consistent course against consumers or small businesses that want to bring class action lawsuits against corporate defendants. ...
Payrolls Increased In 33 U.S. States In May Led By Ohio, Texas
Payrolls climbed in 33 U.S. states in May while the unemployment rate dropped in 25, showing employers are looking beyond fiscal headwinds to boost hiring. Ohio posted the largest gain in payrolls, ...
President Obama Speech on Climate Policy Expected Tuesday
President Barack Obama is likely to roll out a number of measures on climate policy, potentially including a strategy to limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, in a speech on ...
Towers Watson Looks Beyond Jihadi Terrorism with New Risk Model
If you ask Towers Watson's Chris Holt, one of the architects of a new terror model, what he fears when he goes to work each morning, the former British Army bomb-disposal officer will respond ...
ACE Publishes Decade’s Worth Of Large Losses By Industry, Limits Data
ACE Bermuda released its "2013 Liability Limit Benchmarks and Large Loss Profile Report" this week, an annual compilation of some of the largest third-party liability losses occurring over the last ...
Will Solar Panels Fuel New Wave Of Construction Defect Litigation?
The solar construction industry has been extremely hot in recent years. Perhaps, too hot. The sector's rapid growth has led to an oversupply of solar panels, which has turned up the heat on ...
SEC Settlement Policy May Pressure Other Agencies To Toughen Up
The decision by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to seek admissions of wrongdoing in select enforcement cases is expected to put pressure on other federal financial regulators to get ...
Energy Drinks, Office Sitting Breaks, Genetic Bias In Insurance On AMA Agenda
A group representing 225,000 U.S. doctors called for a ban on marketing energy drinks, such as those from Red Bull GmbH and Monster Beverage Corp., to youths. The American Medical Association, in a ...