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Florida Gov. Scott, Insurers Vow Fight to Save PIP Law After Injunction
A Florida circuit court judge has issued a temporary injunction against certain provisions of the state's no-fault personal injury protection (PIP) law, ruling that it is no longer a "reasonable ...
Sandy Losses Wiped Out Entire U.S. Marine Premiums for 2012: IUMI
The cost of Superstorm Sandy to the global marine market has been put at between $2.5 billion and $3 billion—which effectively wipes out the entire U.S. marine premiums for 2012, according to the ...Pittsburgh Project Brings Opponents Together On Fracking Standards
Some of the nation's biggest oil and gas companies have made peace with environmentalists, agreeing to a voluntary set of tough new standards for fracking in the Northeast that could lead to a major ...
Auditor Class Actions Go Global As U.S. Suits Dwindle
Class actions against the world's largest corporate auditing firms are spreading globally as governments bolster investor protection laws in countries where the Big Four firms have previously not ...
Louisiana’s Assumption Parish Sinkhole Growing
A sinkhole in swampy Assumption Parish grew to 12 acres over the weekend, and officials said Monday they are monitoring the threat that another area nearby could liquefy into muck. Lawmakers on the ...
Imagining A Future Filled With Driverless Cars
Visions of robotic self-driving cars may appear like something from a George Lucas film but in June 2011, this vision took a giant leap toward becoming reality when Nevada became the first state to ...
Too Much Analysis Primes Whistleblower Suits: Lawyer
If your company uses a detailed analytical process to arrive at projections of growth or earnings, that process may make you particularly vulnerable to shareholder suits when forecasts don't pan out, ...Drought Conditions Improve In U.S. Plains: Report
Drought continued to retreat in many areas of the U.S. Plains last week as snow and rainfall replenished parched soils and gave farmers and ranchers an improved outlook for better crop and livestock ...