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Washington Timber Company Fined $114K for Child Labor Violations
A Washington timber company was fined $114,300 for reportedly violating state and federal child labor regulations. The violations involve a 17-year-old worker, who was reportedly injured while working on one of MVR Timber Cutting Company’s logging operations. The Washington State …
Honolulu Allowing Some Developers to OK Their Own Projects
More than a year after the Honolulu City Council created a program to reduce the city’s backlog of building permit applications, the city’s permitting department director said she’s close to starting the program. The delay, said Department of Planning and …
Long Island Brush Fires Prompt Emergency Declaration
March 8— Multiple brush fires burned in Long Island State Pine Barrens Reserve, a wooded area near bedroom communities outside New York City, prompting Governor Kathy Hochul to declare a state of emergency. The fires in the 105,000-acre preserve in …
25 Pacific Palisades Fire Victims Sue LA and Water & Power
Twenty-five victims of the Palisades Fire victims filed an inverse condemnation lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, alleging the entities failed to maintain an …
Minnesota Bill Aims to Combat Sexually Explicit, AI-Generated Deepfakes
Molly Kelley was stunned to discover in June that someone she knew had used widely available “nudification” technology to create highly realistic and sexually explicit videos and images of her, using family photos that were posted on social media. “My …
UK Court Blocks Class Action Lawsuit Against Water Companies Over Sewage Leaks
A UK court blocked a class action lawsuit over allegations of the under reporting of sewage leaks by six water companies including the debt-laden Thames Water Ltd. The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal dismissed the lawsuit that alleged the six water …
Canada Court Approves $23 Billion Settlement to End Big Tobacco Lawsuits
A Canadian court approved a plan to settle long-running tobacco lawsuits in the country as part of which the units of three Big Tobacco companies will pay C$32.5 billion ($22.67 billion), Philip Morris and British American Tobacco said on Friday. …
Alactrity Solutions Acquires InspectionConnection
Alacrity Solutions Group announced the acquisition of InspectionConnection from Latitude Subrogation Services, LLC. The transaction marks Alacrity’s 16th acquisition since 2015. InspectionConnection, founded in 2018 and based in Columbus, Ohio, is a full-service appraisal and desktop review company specializing in …
Labor Department Investigating Nvidia, Amazon-Backed Startup Scale AI
The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating Scale AI, a data labeling startup backed by tech giants Nvidia, Amazon and Meta, for its compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, the California-based firm said on Thursday. The investigation is looking …
iHeartMedia Reveals No Payments Made to Drake in ‘Not Like Us’ Settlement
Texas-based iHeartMedia said it settled its legal dispute with Drake over Kendrick Lamar’s dis track “Not Like Us” after demonstrating that it “did nothing wrong.” Drake had alleged in a legal petition filed in November that iHeartMedia received illegal payments …
Liberty Mutual Owes $4M Refund After Overcharging Louisiana Citizens Assessments
Liberty Mutual owes approximately $4 million to about 138,000 Louisiana policyholders after overcharging the Louisiana Property Insurance Corporation Emergency Assessment for the past four years, Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple said. Temple said the Louisiana Department of Insurance received a consumer …
Prosecutors Say Taylor Swift Tickets Were Sold Then Resold in Cyber Scam
A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events on StubHub, according to prosecutors in New York. The international scam involved people working in Jamaica for a firm contracted by …