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At Trial, Minnesota Says Juul Targets Kids
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison personally opened his state’s case against Juul Labs on Tuesday, accusing the e-cigarette maker of using “slick products, clever ads and attractive flavors” to hook children on nicotine as the first of …
Read More BHP Group Seeks to Delay $44B Brazil Dam Court Case in London
Mining group BHP Group is seeking to delay a potential 36 billion pound ($44 billion) London lawsuit over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster as it needs more time to prepare, the company’s lawyers said on Wednesday. The world’s biggest miner by …
Read More Swiss Re Faces $6.3M Claim Over Sex Discrimination, Unfair Dismissal
A former Swiss Re underwriter, who last year won a sex and maternity discrimination and unfair dismissal case, is seeking 5.1 million pounds ($6.3 million) in compensation and told a London court she wants to retrain as a Baptist pastor. …
Read More Fed Official Tells Congress Many to Blame for Silicon Valley Bank Failure
The scope of blame for Silicon Valley Bank’s failure stretches across bank executives, Federal Reserve supervisors and other regulators, the banking system’s top cop on Wednesday told U.S. lawmakers demanding answers for the lender’s swift collapse. “I think that any …
Read More Ex-Tesla Worker Testifies That Race Bias Made Him ‘Feel Less Than a Man’
A Black former elevator operator at Tesla Inc’s TSLA.O flagship California assembly plant became emotional testifying at a trial on Wednesday about the psychological toll exacted on him by a torrent of racial slurs, threats and other workplace incidents. The …
Read More AI Leaders Urge Labs to Halt Training Models More Powerful Than ChatGPT-4
Artificial intelligence experts and industry leaders, including Elon Musk, University of California Berkeley computer science professor Stuart Russell and Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Wozniak, are calling on developers to hit the pause button on training powerful AI models. More than …
Read More Toxic Connection Not Proven, Appeals Court Finds in Florida Cancer Suit vs. Raytheon
In closely watched and widely publicized toxic-tort litigation that has percolated through the courts for more than a decade, federal appeals judges this week underscored the strict standard that expert witnesses are held to when plaintiffs argue that pollution causes …
Read More Judge Rules BNSF Intentionally Violated Agreement with Washington Tribe
A judge ruled that BNSF Railway intentionally violated the terms of an easement agreement with the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in Washington by running 100-car trains carrying crude oil over the reservation. The ruling in the civil case comes after …
Read More People Moves: NavSav Appoints Uminski to New COO Role; Bolander Joins Lockton as SVP of Regional Operations
NavSav Insurance Appoints Uminski to New COO Role NavSav Insurance has appointed John Uminski as its new role of chief operating officer. Umanski comes to the Beaumont, Texas-based company following more than 25 years at Allstate. Uminski’s began his career …
Read More Texas Luxury Auto Dealership Fined $15K for Firing Employee Who Raised COVID Concerns
When an employee of a luxury auto dealership in Austin learned a co-worker had tested positive for COVID-19 in December 2020, they alerted the company’s management and requested they notify other employees immediately of their exposure risk. After the dealership …
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