All the headlines from our California Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 13 2019 // Johnson & Johnson must pay $29 million to a dying California woman who blamed asbestos-tainted talc for causing her cancer, the company’s latest loss over its iconic baby powder.Jurors in state court in Oakland,...
Mar 13 2019 // Uber Technologies Inc. will pay $20 million to settle California lawsuits challenging the company’s classification of drivers as independent contractors, and not employees owed the benefits of traditional...
Mar 13 2019 // A lawyer representing a man who claims Bayer AG’s Roundup weed killer caused his cancer urged jurors to imagine the scales of justice ever so slightly tilted in his favor, as if weighted by a feather, and said that...
Mar 12 2019 // Reliance Partners is acquiring Sacramento, Calif.-based CTS Insurance Agency.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The combination expands Reliance Partners’ transportation and logistics footprint to the West...
Mar 12 2019 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has named Rob Lane executive vice president at Alliant Specialty.Lane will provide client advocacy, strategic consulting, and claims resolution services to...
Mar 12 2019 // Sean Enrique O’Keefe said he started out as a “humanistic attorney,” but he became a mercenary and then a criminal who netted $700,000 a year by sending San Diego workers’ compensation claimants to...
Mar 11 2019 // California’s Santa Anita racetrack will impose new rules to scrutinize horses training on its racetrack and add a director of equine welfare following the deaths of 21 horses since Dec. 26.The main dirt track and...
Mar 11 2019 // Irvine, California-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services has promoted Maggie Lepore to vice president.Lepore continues to expand Burnham’s central coast footprint through her diverse expertise with public...
Mar 11 2019 // ClimateWorks Foundation has tapped former California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones as a distinguished fellow.In his eight years as commissioner, Jones made climate risks in the insurance industry a priority, including...
Mar 8 2019 // Fresno, Calif.-based United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has named Michael O’Dell assistant vice president of business analytics. He has been with United Valley for 19 years. He has had a range of responsibilities...
Mar 8 2019 // Mayer Brown announced that a team led by partner Kara Baysinger has joined the firm, adding to its global insurance capabilities and growing corporate and securities practice.As a partner based in Mayer Brown’s San...
Mar 7 2019 // Santa Anita racetrack in California has canceled racing indefinitely to re-examine its dirt surface after the deaths of 21 horses in the last two months.Tim Ritvo, chief operating officer of The Stronach Group, which owns...
Mar 7 2019 // After successive years of devastating wildfires, California’s fire agency has announced a plan that would dramatically increase the removal of dead trees and other forest management efforts with the help of the...
Mar 7 2019 // Mayer Brown has named Paul P. Chen a partner in the corporate and securities practice in Northern California. Chen focuses on complex transactions in the insurance, financial services and health care sectors, especially...
Mar 7 2019 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency has launched Quake Assist — a commercial earthquake program designed to help protect California business owners.Quake Assist is underwritten by Falls Lake National Insurance Co.,...
Mar 6 2019 // Earthquake insurance underwriter SIU Managers is now EQ One. The new name and brand was announced on the Los Angeles firm’s 20-year anniversary. EQ One is a difference in conditions underwriter, providing earthquake...
Mar 6 2019 // Professionals in the cyber arena could find themselves quite busy in the near future with the possibility of California consumers gaining even more power to sue corporations for mishandling personal data under two recently...
Mar 6 2019 // A federal judge is requiring PG&E Corp. to abide by rules governing how the utility operates its power lines in California, seeking to reform what he described as “dismal” management that led to a series of...
Mar 5 2019 // Relation Insurance Services has acquired Villane Ward Insurance Services Inc. in Fresno, Calif. Terms for the deal were not disclosed. Villane Ward is a privately owned and operated employee benefits brokerage that...
Mar 4 2019 // Stockton, Calif.-based M.J. Hall & Company Inc. announced that Patrick Lo, senior vice president and treasurer, retired on March 1. He is succeeded by Art Terner. Terner was previously the firm’s chief...