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Google Owes $338.7 Million in Chromecast Patent Case, Jury Says
Alphabet’s Google violated a software developer’s patent rights with its remote-streaming technology and must pay $338.7 million in damages, a federal jury in Waco, Texas decided on Friday. The jury found that Google’s Chromecast and other devices infringe patents owned …
Read More AGCS and Local Allianz P/C Entities Now Trading as ‘Allianz Commercial’
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) together with the commercial insurance businesses of local Allianz Property & Casualty (P&C) entities have begun to trade as “Allianz Commercial” in one go-to-market business that offers insurance solutions for mid-sized businesses, large enterprises …
Read More Some Pro Sports Leagues Have Specific Anti-Hazing Policies, Others Do Not
The biggest professional sports leagues in the United States have dealt with a smattering of hazing issues over the past decade, ranging from NFL offensive lineman Richie Incognito`s bad behavior to Major League Baseball cracking down on rookies dressing up …
Read More Americans Are Moving Toward Climate Danger in Search of Cheaper Homes
A midsummer quiz: Let’s say you read about an area experiencing blistering heat for weeks on end. Heat so hot that in the day, you can’t go outside, and at nighttime it’s still above 90F. Would you cross that off …
Read More New Michigan Law Allows Alcohol to Be Sold at Public University Sports Venues
A new state law allows alcoholic drinks to be sold at college sporting events in Michigan. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation last week allowing liquor licenses to be issued to sporting venues at public universities, including Michigan State in East …
Read More Low Levels of Radioactive Tritium from Minnesota Energy Company may Be Near Mississippi River
Groundwater containing low levels of radioactive material may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River, the energy company responsible for the leak from its nuclear power plant in Monticello, Minnesota, announced on. Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, has …
Read More Acrisure Brand Roll out Reaches Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma
Acrisure said that local partners in its South Region will be rebranded as Acrisure in a continuation of the firm’s global brand roll out. As part of the roll out, Acrisure businesses in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma will now …
Read More Train Derailment in Northern Montana Spills Freight
A train derailment in northern Montana spilled freight and left 25 cars tangled up along a major east-west railroad corridor but caused no injuries. The accident comes less than a month after a railroad bridge collapse in southern Montana sent …
Read More People Moves: Arch Promotes Blois to Underwriting Mgr, Hires 3 PI U/Ws; Canopius Names CFC’s Gayle as Cyber U/W; WTW Taps Sales From Aon for Large Client GB Team
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance, Canopius, and Willis Towers Watson (WTW). A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Promotes Blois to U/W Manager, Hires 3 PI Underwriters Arch Insurance’s UK Regional Division …
Read More Protester Sues Police for Over Arrest Near Maine Home of Federalist Society’s Leo
A demonstrator arrested outside the home of conservative legal activist Leonard Leo contends police violated his First Amendment rights. Eli Durand-McDonnell, 24, of Bar Harbor, contends in a federal lawsuit filed Thursday that two police officers singled him out among …
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