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DOJ Drops Defense of Ban on Employee ‘Noncompete’ Agreements
President Donald Trump's administration abandoned on Friday the U.S. government's legal defense of a rule adopted under former President Joe Biden that had banned agreements commonly signed by ...
Authors Sue Apple Over Use of Books in AI Training
Technology giant Apple was accused by authors in a lawsuit on Friday of illegally using their copyrighted books to help train its artificial intelligence systems, part of an expanding legal fight ...
Nearly $13T in U.S. Homes Face Severe Climate Risks: Report
A little more than one in four homes in the U.S., representing $12.7 trillion in real estate value, are exposed to severe or extreme climate risks, according to a recent Realtor.com report. "Climate ...
New Texas Laws Ban Youth Cabins in Floodways, Require Camp Safety Plans
In the days and weeks following the death of his 9-year-old daughter, Lila, at Camp Mystic in the Texas Hill Country, Blake Bonner found himself wondering whether the tragedy was simply an ...
Tornadoes Considered Scariest Natural Disaster: Survey
New research suggests Americans consider tornadoes to be the scariest of all natural disasters. Conducted by Talker Research and commissioned by MasterLock, the survey of 2,500 Americans split evenly ...
Liability Waiver Won’t Shield Vail Resorts From $21M Ski Lift Fall Verdict
A $21 million jury verdict against Vail Resorts for a paralyzing ski lift fall shows that liability waivers — those documents often written in legalese that people must sign before taking part in ...
NOAA’s Flood Inundation Mapping Tool Now Covers 60% of U.S.
The National Weather Service (NWS) recently announced that the experimental Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM) tool has expanded to serve 60 percent of the U.S. population, up from 30 percent the ...
U.S. Sues Southern California Edison, Blames It for Eaton, Fairview Wildfires
The U.S. government filed two lawsuits against Southern California Edison on Thursday, blaming the utility's equipment for sparking two wildfires, including the Eaton Fire in January that damaged ...