East News for May 2023
- Maryland AG Sues 3M, DuPont, Other Manufacturers Over ‘Forever Chemicals’
- Maine Governor Wants Changes to Paid Leave Program to Ease Effects on Businesses
- Catholic Church Settles Suit by Man Who Alleged Bishop Raped Him
- Cyber Insurance Attorney Charged With Serial Rape, Kidnapping 15 Years Ago
- Families of 4 Killed on Farm Settle Wrongful Death Suit
- College Baseball Player Killed While Dismantling Unapproved Dugout
- New York City Enacts Law Banning Discrimination Based on Weight, Height
- People Moves: Jeter to Lead NFP Aviation Specialty Practice
- Eastman Chemical Resins to Pay $2.4M for Environmental Violations in Pennsylvania
- Report Alleges Workers’ Compensation Abuse in New York Correctional Unit
- Rhode Island AG Sues Manufacturers of Forever Chemicals
- Citizens Financial to Pay $9 Million to Settle Consumer-Protection Lawsuit
- Firefighting Foam Contaminates Public Water for About 9,000 in Maine
- Appeals Court Upholds Revised Admissions Policy at Elite Virginia High School
- New England Health Insurer Still Dealing With Ransomware Attack
- Time Lag Does Not End Insurer’s Duty to Defend, Court Rules
- Columnist Seeks to Add $10M to Defamation Case for Trump’s Post-Verdict Comments
- People Moves: Lockton Adds Allianz’s Caruso; Verdi Joins Alliant From Gallagher; Marsh McLennan Agency Names Moher; Bischoff Joins Harford’s IT
- New York Dairy Farm Workers Gain $150K in Unpaid Wages
- Questions Raised Over Virginia State Police Being Allowed to Investigate Itself
- University Employees Say They Were Fired for Using ‘He/Him,’ ‘She/Her’ in Emails
- Sandy Hook Families Preparing to Sue Alex Jones’ Wife, Family to Clawback Payments
- New Hampshire House Kills Bill to Make Schools Tell Parents About Transgender Kids
- Colleague’s Death Spurs Connecticut Lawmakers to Pass Wrong-Way Driver Bill
- New Jersey Allows Emergency Erosion Fixes in Defiant Town
- NRA Sues Maryland Over ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional’ Gun Laws
- Limo Service Manager Convicted of Manslaughter in New York Crash That Killed 20
- Metal Products Firm Cited as Serious Safety Violator After Amputation
- Workers’ Compensation Panel Reverses Claim Denial for Man With Two Names
- Fraudulent Filings in Massachusetts Could Be Distorting U.S. Jobless Claims Reports
- Maryland Revises Gun Laws in Response to Supreme Court’s Bruen Ruling
- Judge Blocks New Jersey Insurance Mandate and Ban on Handguns in Certain Places
- Jurors Hear Closing Statements at Trial Over Fatal New York Limo Crash That Killed 20
- U.S. Cites Another Poultry Producer in Compensation Sharing Conspiracy
- New Hampshire Governor Sununu Urges State-Run Marijuana Shops
- Delaware Supreme Court Rules Franchise Law Does Not Ban Tesla Dealership
- Rudy Giuliani Denies Woman’s Claims of $2 Million in Unpaid Wages, Forced Sexual Acts
- Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed Over Buffalo Massacre Targets Social Media
- Cyber Attack Disrupts Philadelphia Inquirer
- Broadway Theaters, Insurer Agree to End COVID-19 Business Loss Claims
- Massachusetts AG Reports $6.15M Settlement With CVS Over Workers’ Comp Drugs
- Police Seeks Witnesses to Crash That Killed 4 When SUV Rear-Ended Tractor-Trailer
- Seafood Company Denies Discrimination Claim by Immigrant Worker
- New Hampshire High Court Rejects Cat Urine Analogy in Overturning Hotels’ COVID Insurance Win
- New Hampshire Lab Error Incorrectly Led to Salad Greens Recall
- New York Apartment Fire That Killed 3 Blamed on Homemade Vape Pens
- New York AG Sues Manufacturer Over Magazine Lock Used in Buffalo Massacre
- Connecticut Lawmaker, Other Driver Both DUI in Fatal Crash
- No Chemicals Aboard 9 Freight Railcars That Derailed in Pennsylvania
- Mom of Virginia Boy Who Shot Teacher Doesn’t Know How Son Got Gun
- Jury Awards $22M in Back Pay Verdict, Biggest Ever Win by Labor Department
- Vermont Law Shields Providers of Abortion Medication, Gender Affirming Services
- Nobody Injured as Possible Meteorite Crashes Through Roof Into New Jersey Home
- Abuse Victims Prepared to Sue Baltimore Archdiocese Under New Law
- Massachusetts Lawmakers Consider Limiting Zip Code Weight in Auto Rates
- 3 Companies Fined for Millions of Fake Comments to FCC Opposing Net Neutrality
- New Hampshire Begins Search for Insurance Commissioner as Nicolopoulos to Exit
- Philip Morris Must Pay $37M to Cancer Victim, Massachusetts High Court Rules
- Trial Underway for Fatal New York Limousine Crash That Killed 20
- Officials Waiting for Insurance Adjusters at Site of Chemical Plant Explosion
- Accountant Charged With $10 Million in Construction Workers’ Compensation Fraud
- Maryland Firefighter’s Widow Wins Death Benefits Opposed by County Employer
- New York Jury Has Wide Latitude to Decide Civil Claims Against Trump
- Shipping Company to Pay $2.25M for Environmental Law Violations
- Soldier Denied New Trial to Sue Police Over Violent Stop
- State Judge Nixes Trump Damages Suit Against New York Times
- Wrongfully Convicted Massachusetts Man Gets $13M Settlement
- Worker’s Body Recovered at Site of Explosion at Massachusetts Plant With Fire History
- Mechanic Charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide in Fatal NYC Elevator Plunge
- One Worker Missing After Explosion at Massachusetts Chemical Plant
- Workers Recall ‘Rotten Egg’ Smell Before Chocolate Factory Blast
- In Reversal After NYC Transit Exit, Twitter Restores Free Access for Public Services
- Massachusetts Man Sentenced in Luxury Car Insurance Fraud Scheme
- Manhattan DA Brings Charges in Alleged Affordable Housing Construction Fraud
- People Moves: Hunter Joins Lockton Re in Stamford; Risk Strategies Names Rosenzweig in New York
- Richmond National to Expand Headquarters in Virginia
- Securities Broker Robinhood’s Fight Against Fiduciary Rule Before Massachusetts Court
- Trial Begins for Limousine Firm Operator Over New York Crash That Killed 20 in 2018
- New Jersey Man Pleads Not Guilty to Multistate Car Theft and Resale Scheme
- New Jersey Appeals Court Affirms War Exclusion Does Not Apply to Cyber Attack
- New York City Transit Halts Service Alerts on Twitter After Suspension
- Court Upholds Denial of Widow’s COVID-19 Workers’ Compensation Death Claim
- Virginia Workers’ Compensation Review Panel Clarifies COVID-19 Presumption
- Virginia Beach Tornado Causes $15M in Residential Damage; No Reports of Injuries
- OSHA Says Amazon Failed to Provide Injured Workers With Adequate Medical Care
- Maine Presses Railroad to Fix Roads, Culverts After Derailment
- Court Reinstates Criminal Charges Against Veterans’ Home Officials Over COVID Policies
- After Parking Garage Deadly Collapse, New York City Partly Shutters Four Others
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