Suit settled in firing of worker who sought time off after miscarriage
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has reached a $100,000 settlement of a pregnancy discrimination case against an oil and gas testing firm that allegedly terminated a clerk after she sought...
View ArticleBP sues U.S. government over contract suspensions after oil spill
(Reuters) — BP P.L.C. is suing the U.S. government for barring the British oil giant from obtaining new federal contracts after the company pleaded guilty to charges related to the 2010 rig explosion...
View ArticleRemoving fuel rods is deadliest part of Japan's nuclear cleanup
(Reuters) — The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is preparing to remove 400 tonnes of highly irradiated spent fuel from a damaged reactor building, a dangerous operation that has...
View ArticleBoeing traces faulty fire extinguishers to supplier: WSJ
(Reuters) — Boeing Co. has traced the incorrectly assembled engine fire extinguishers on 787 Dreamliners to the manufacturing of bottles at a supplier's facility while saying there were no risks to...
View ArticleCompanies should prepare for widespread disaster disruption: Feds
A staff advisory on business continuity and disaster recovery planning issued Friday by three federal agencies, including the U.S.
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood Gulf Coast settles whistle-blower suit for $4.3M
Houston-based Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc. has paid $4.3 million to settle a whistle-blower suit in which it was charged with billing government programs for unnecessary care, said the U.S....
View ArticleHarbinger, hedge fund adviser to pay $18M, admit wrongdoing
A hedge fund and an adviser at the firm will pay more than $18 million and admit wrongdoing in settling a case in which the adviser is charged with improperly using $113.
View ArticleSandy task force suggests ways to handle future superstorms
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. task force on rebuilding after Superstorm Sandy listed dozens of recommendations on Monday to help protect communities from rising sea levels and increasingly intense storms.
View ArticleWrecked Fukushima storage tank leaking highly radioactive water
(Reuters) — Contaminated water with dangerously high levels of radiation is leaking from a storage tank at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the most serious setback to the clean up of the...
View ArticleJapan's nuclear crisis deepens, China expresses 'shock'
(Reuters) — Japan's nuclear crisis escalated to its worst level since a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled the Fukushima plant more than two years ago, with the country's nuclear watchdog saying...
View ArticleFonterra halted China-bound milk powder in May for high nitrite levels
(Reuters) — New Zealand's Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, caught up in a contamination scandal this month, said on Thursday it was also forced to withdraw 42 tonnes (46.
View ArticleCourt decertifies class action against Bayer weight-control product
A Philadelphia appeals court has decertified a class action against Bayer Healthcare L.L.C. for alleged false advertising of a weight-control product, saying that members of the class were not readily...
View ArticleConstruction worker deaths up 5% in 2012
The number of U.S. construction workers killed on the job rose 5% in 2012, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor.
View ArticleApache's Egypt quandary symbolizes tough business call
(Reuters) — Apache Corp. faces a difficult choice in Egypt: whether to sell its substantial oil and natural gas operations in the country or wait out the recent bloodshed.
View ArticleDrunkenness must contribute to worker injury to be employer defense: Court
A worker's drunkenness must contribute to the cause of his work-related injury for an employer to claim intoxication as a defense in workers compensation cases, New Hampshire's Supreme Court has ruled.
View ArticleCleveland Indians win round in negligence suit against insurance broker
An insurance brokerage that failed to obtain coverage for an inflatable slide at a Cleveland Indians event where the slide collapsed and killed a spectator can be held liable for negligence, an appeals...
View ArticleN.M. firms can't refuse services to same-sex couples: State high court
Religious objections to same-sex marriage do not give businesses in New Mexico the right to refuse services to gay and lesbian couples, the state's Supreme Court has ruled.
View ArticleDrunk patient lawsuit highlights hospital risk management issues
A recent court ruling should motivate hospital risk managers to conduct a careful periodic review of their facility's procedures and legal obligations when it comes to treating intoxicated patients.
View ArticleSafety National ordered to pay defense costs in 'groundless' lawsuit
Excess insurer Safety National Casualty Corp. must pay an employer's defense and settlement costs even though an underlying negligence lawsuit against the policyholder was “groundless,” a federal...
View ArticleInsurer groups praise NAIC support of TRIA reauthorization
Insurance industry regulators and associations are renewing calls for reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act.
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