West News for August 2022
- California Oks Bill Protecting Workers Who Use Marijuana at Home
- Oregon Wildfire Threatening over 7,000 Structures
- California Lawmakers Pass Landmark Fast Food Workers Bill
- Washington Judge Enters Order on Washington Insurance Commissioner’s Credit Scoring Ban
- California Faces Late-Summer Heat Wave
- Takeaways from Our Conversation with a Cannabis Investing Pro
- $480K Settlement for California Inmate Who Miscarried After Stop for Coffee
- California Social Worker Charged with Abusing Mental Hospital Patients
- Oil Spill Settlement Reached with California Businesses
- California Desert Flooding Damaged L.A. to Phoenix Highway
- Girl Awarded $26M over California School Sex Assault
- California to Phase out Gas Vehicles to Fight Climate Change
- Cosmetics Maker Sephora Settles Customer Data Privacy Suit in California
- Hawaii Food Distributor Settling Racism Lawsuit
- Record-Setting Wildfire in New Mexico Declared Contained
- Brink’s Driver Was Asleep During California Jewelry Heist, Lawsuit Says
- Walmart Ordered to Pay Oregon Man $4.4M for Racial Profiling
- Lawsuit Says Electrical Equipment Sparked Deadly California Wildfire
- California Lawmakers Allow Lawsuits Against ‘Cyber Flashers’
- Cleanup of Large Yellowstone Gasoline Spill Continues
- Data on California Prisons’ Visitors, Staff, Inmates Exposed
- New Mexico Oilfield Regulators Reach $1.8M Settlement with XTO
- Washington Regulators Fine Wireless Company After Fatal Fall
- Arizona Nightclub Wins $1.6M in COVID-19 Lockout Lawsuit
- Western Fires Outpace California’s Effort to Fill Inmate Crews
- Big Legal Battle Brews Over Nevada Dorm Blast as Students Return
- Tanker in Yellowstone Spills Nearly 5,000 Gallons of Gasoline
- Berkshire Unit Sued Over California’s Largest Wildfire of Season
- AM Best Places Credit Ratings of American Reliable in Arizona Under Review
- $18M Settlement in Lawsuit over Boy’s Death at California School
- PCF Acquires John E. Peakes Insurance Agency in California
- Former California Insurance Agent Arrested for Theft, Operating Fraudulent Agency
- California Announces $1.9M Settlement with Health Insurer
- Takeaways from Our Conversation on Economic Headwinds, Cannabis Glut
- People Moves: California Commissioner Names COIN Appointees; Alliant Adds Kaufman
- Eastern Oregon Historic Flour Mill Destroyed in Fire
- $12M in Emergency Funding for Death Valley Flood Repairs
- Deadline for Western States to Cut Colorado River Use Looming
- Two Radiation Incidents Investigated at Oregon Hospital
- Cal/OSHA Issues Heat Warning to Protect Outdoor Workers
- Oregon House Candidate Sues Massage Parlor for $450K
- California Insurance Commissioner Orders Moratorium on Cancellations, Non-Renewals Following Wildfires
- Pipeline Break Spills 45,000 Gallons of Diesel in Wyoming
- LA Dodgers Pitcher Accuser Files Countersuit to Defamation Claim
- Alleged Head of California Auto Insurance Fraud Crew Arraigned on 39 Felony Counts
- Judge Rules Walgreens Contributed to San Francisco’s Opioid Crisis
- Former Washington State Coach Files Wrongful Termination Claim
- People Moves: OIP in Nevada Names Executives; Alliant Adds Aicher
- Oregon Ski Area Sued over Washington Child’s Death
- Department of Labor Reopens Comment Period on Arizona’s OSHA Plan
- Kobe Bryant Crash Photos Lawsuit to be Heard by Los Angeles Jury
- Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Evergreen Insurance Managers in Oregon
- Coastal Washington Tribe Builds Tsunami Refuge Tower
- California’s Largest Wildfire Now 60% Contained
- PCF Insurance Acquires A Insurance in Utah
- Gabby Petito’s Family Plans to File Utah Lawsuit Alleging Police Failed Her
- When Logging Insurance Got Tough in Pacific Northwest, Firm Got Going with Its Own Program
- Flash Flooding Closed Roads in Death Valley National Park
- 2 New Mexico Counties Were Added to Wildfire Disaster Declaration
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Denver Agency in Colorado
- Oregon’s Wildfire Risk Map Emerges as Climate Flashpoint
- Fire Victims Seek $85M for Damages in Fire that Covered California and Nevada
- People Moves: SAIF Names Tindall Vice President; Insurance Office of America Adds Spell in West
- Bus in California Went off Highway, Injuring 24
- Seattle Ending COVID Hazard Pay for Grocery Store Workers
- Surveillance, Posts Lead to Arrest of California Mechanic for Workers’ Comp Fraud
- California’s Largest Wildfire Got Very Little Help from Rainfall
- Utah Man Accused of Causing Wildfire by Burning Spider
- EIS Acquires California-based Enterprise Business Solutions from Lemonade
- People Moves: Hub Names Prill Regional President; GBS in Arizona Adds Maggio
- Rent-A-Center Settles California Lawsuit Alleging Overpricing
- McKinney Fire in California Growing, Still out of Control
- Oregon Heat Wave Puts State Workplace Safety Rules to Test
- Settlement Blocks New Federal Fracking Leases in California
- California Commissioner Orders Cancellation Moratorium for Wildfires
- Flash Flooding Closes Roads into Death Valley National Park
- 2 Bodies Found Inside Vehicle in Path of Big California Wildfire
- Reports: GEICO Closing All Offices in California
- California Seeing Largest Wildfire of 2022 at 80 Square Miles
- California Insurance Commissioner: Mercury Steered ‘Good Drivers’ Toward Higher-Priced Policies
- Western U.S. Wildfires Explode in Size Amid Hot, Windy Conditions
- Under Armour Agrees to $67.49M Settlement With UCLA
- Takeaways from Our Conversation About Why Most Small-to Mid-Size Cannabis Operators Shun D&O
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