Insurance
Texas Housekeeping Provider to Pay $520K Over Disability Discrimination Suit
Hospital Housekeeping Systems, LLC (HHS), a provider of housekeeping, food and facilities support to numerous industries, based in Dripping Springs, Texas, will pay $520,000 as part of the settlement of a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment …
Read More Despite Deepfake and Bias Risks, AI Is Still Useful in Finance, Firms Told
A bank uses biased artificial intelligence outputs in a mortgage lending decision. An insurance firm’s AI produces racially homogeneous advertising images. Users of an AI system complain about a bad experience. These are just a few of the potential risks …
Read More Powerful Winds Cause Destruction, Spark Wildfires in Australia’s State of Victoria
Powerful winds have killed a man and brought widespread destruction across Australia’s second-most populous state, leaving 530,000 homes and businesses without power and fanning fires that razed homes and injured five firefighters, officials said on Wednesday. Winds of up to …
Read More Mississippi Governor Announces Law Enforcement Ops to Stem Capital City Crime
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officials have surged local, state and federal resources to Mississippi’s capital city for a new operation aimed at curbing violent crime, drug trafficking and other offenses, Gov. Tate Reeves announced Tuesday. Reeves and other …
Read More Hamas-Linked Hackers Targeted Israeli Engineers Ahead of Oct. 7 Massacre: Research
A pro-Palestinian hacking group targeted Israeli software engineers as part of an attempt to dupe them into downloading malware weeks before the Oct. 7 massacre, according to findings from cybersecurity researchers at Alphabet Inc.’s Google. The attack, dubbed Blackatom, was …
Read More Georgia Senate Approves End to Direct-Action Suits vs. Truck Insurers
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia senators are moving to limit the ability of people to sue insurance companies directly in lawsuits over trucking accidents. The Senate voted 46-2 on Tuesday to pass Senate Bill 426, sending it the House for more …
Read More West Virginia Bill Stokes Fears About Pesticide-Producing Logging Facility
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia bill approved by the House of Delegates on Tuesday that limits counties from regulating agricultural operations is stoking fears that a logging company could resurrect plans to build a toxic-spewing fumigation facility in …
Read More Trial in Fatal New Mexico Movie Shooting to Focus on How Live Ammunition Got on Set
The scheduled trial next week of a movie weapons supervisor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin may hinge on an enduring mystery: How did live ammunition find its way onto the set of a film set …
Read More Oracle Women Fought 7 Years for Equity, Only to Win an Extra Paycheck or Two
Oracle Corp. female employees who fought the company in court for almost seven years over gender-pay equity reached a $25 million settlement — a small price for the software giant that amounts to one or two paychecks for most of …
Read More Bankruptcy Judge Permits Insurance Payments for Bed Bath & Beyond Executives
The directors and officers of Bed Bath & Beyond will have their legal costs related to the retailer’s bankruptcy covered under a Zurich American Insurance policy. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Vincent F. Papalia has stipulated that Zurich Insurance can issue payments …
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