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Appeals Court Reinstates Alien Tort Lawsuit Against Multinational Firms
A lawsuit against a unit of Nestle SA and two other companies alleging children were forced to work as slave labor on cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast was reinstated by a federal appeals court. The ...
Lead Paint Verdict May Set Dangerous Precedent: McArdle Viewpoint
A California judge has just ruled that manufacturers of lead paints and pigments have to pay 10 cities in California $1.1 billion to remediate lead paint used in homes there. I wrote about this last ...
Wall Street Broker Contests SEC’s Probe with Harassment Lawsuit
Companies usually keep a low profile when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigates them. Robert DePalo decided to sue. DePalo is accusing the SEC of asking investors "leading and ...
Emerging Nations Overtake West in Dumping Electronic Trash
China and other emerging economies have overtaken Western nations in dumping old electronic goods, from TVs to cellphones, and will lead a projected 33 percent surge in the amount of waste from 2012 ...
St. John’s University to Relocate Manhattan Campus
St. John's University has leased 71,000 square feet of space for its Manhattan campus at 51 Astor Place, between Third and Fourth Avenues in the East Village, Manhattan. The new location will house ...
IICF Northeast Division Announces 16 Grants, Honors Ironshore
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) Northeast division announced 16 charitable grants at its seventh annual benefit dinner on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. The total amount of the grants ...
U.S. Employees Not Rewarded for Innovation, Accenture Survey Finds
U.S. employees are hungry to be entrepreneurial, but most believe their companies don't do enough to support and reward their efforts to generate ideas, according to a new study by Accenture. More ...
U.S. Property Insurance Rates Continue to Soften Through Q3: Marsh
The surplus of capital among insurers and reinsurers continued to fueloverall softening in the U.S. property insurance market through the third quarter of 2013, Marsh said in a new report. For the ...