Insurance
Lawyers Who Blamed ChatGPT for Bogus Case Law Fined $5,000
A federal judge on Thursday imposed $5,000 fines on two lawyers and a law firm in an unprecedented instance in which ChatGPT was blamed for their submission of fictitious legal research in an aviation injury claim. Judge P. Kevin Castel …
Read More People Moves: PIIB in California Announces New COO, Appoints Board Members
The Pacific Interstate Insurance Brokers board has appointed Ashley Bernardi as vice president and chief operation officer. Bernardi has more than 14 years of experience, beginning her career at PIIB as a part-time bookkeeper and executive assistant. In 2013, she …
Read More Personal Data of 700K Retired California Workers And Beneficiaries Stolen
California pension officials say personal information of about 769,000 retired state employees and other beneficiaries – including Social Security numbers – was among data stolen by Russian cybercriminals in the breach of a popular file-transfer application. The breach of the …
Read More Home Depot Paying $72.5M to Settle California Wage Class Action
Home Depot HD.N has agreed to pay $72.5 million to end a long-running class-action lawsuit alleging the largest U.S. home improvement retailer underpaid workers in California. The preliminary settlement was filed late Thursday in a San Francisco federal court, and …
Read More Texas Cities Experience Highest Ever Recorded Temperatures in Searing Heat Wave
A searing heat wave has pushed temperatures to record highs in recent days in several cities in South and West Texas, prompting health advisories and pleas for energy conservation. Readings in Laredo, Del Rio, San Angelo and Junction were the …
Read More Here’s a Look at Some of China’s Recent Deadly and Very Common Industrial Accidents
At least 31 people were killed and seven injured when cooking gas exploded at a restaurant in Yinchuan in northwestern China. It was the latest in China’s long history of deadly industrial accidents, which occur regularly despite government pledges to …
Read More JPMorgan Agrees to Pay $290 Million to Settle Epstein Suit
JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed to pay $290 million to settle a lawsuit alleging it knowingly benefited from former client Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking, according to a court filing late Thursday. Lawyers for Epstein’s victims filed a notice of settlement …
Read More Piedmont Airlines Fined $15,000 After Alabama Worker Sucked into Engine in 2022
Piedmont Airlines failed to follow safety procedures before a worker was sucked into a jet engine and killed in December, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a $15,000 citation against the American Airlines subsidiary. “Proper training and …
Read More Atlanta City Clerk Sued for Denying ‘Stop Cop City’ Petition Lets Effort Move Forward
Facing a lawsuit from opponents of Atlanta’s proposed police and firefighter training center, the city clerk on Wednesday approved a petition that seeks to force a voter referendum on halting the complex. The approval of the petition, which the clerk …
Read More Bret Gains Strength in Caribbean as TS Cindy Follows Close Behind
A hurricane watch was issued for St. Lucia as Tropical Storm Bret barreled toward the eastern Caribbean on Thursday at near-hurricane strength. And another tropical storm, Cindy, formed in the Atlantic with a probable track aimed at the eastern United …
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