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Hawaii Wildfire Victims Spared From Testifying in Last-Minute Deal Over $4B Settlement
Lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire reached a last-minute deal averting a trial that was scheduled to begin Wednesday over how to split a $4 billion settlement. The agreement ...
Claims Exec Who Defrauded Allied World Insurance Ordered to Prison, Pay $1.2M
James Keating of Paoli, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 20 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding his former employer of more than $1.4 million. ...
Companies Race to Ship Goods to the U.S. Ahead of Possible Tariffs
In recent months, plenty of business executives have said they were taking a wait-and-see approach to U.S. President Donald Trump's broad threats of tariffs. Early holiday-quarter earnings reports ...
Corporate Transparency Act on Hold After Supreme Court Lifts Injunction
Small businesses are still not required to register with an agency called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN — for now. The registration is part of the Corporate Transparency Act, ...
New OSHA Rule Requires Fitted PPE for Construction Workers
A revision to OSHA's personal protective equipment standard for construction workers went into effect on Jan. 13, 2025. The final rule explicitly requires the equipment to properly fit any ...
Unfixed Recalls Remain on More Than 58M Cars in the U.S.
Newly released data shows that 58.1 million vehicles nationwide have at least one unresolved manufacturer's recall, according to CARFAX. That's a 16 percent increase in just two years. Among vehicles ...
California Utility Reports Fault on Power Line Miles Away From Deadly Eaton Fire
Southern California Edison on Monday reported a fault on a power line connected miles away from ones located near the origin of the Eaton Fire, the deadly blaze that ignited outside of Los Angeles on ...
Insurer Uses Photo Metadata to Prove Deer Hit Claim Fraud
An arrest warrant was issued for a South Carolina woman after the deer hit claim she submitted to Progressive Northern Insurance Company was deemed to be fraudulent. In October 2023, Queen Viola ...