All the headlines from our New York Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 9 2023 // The SEC’s new lawsuit against Coinbase Global Inc. appears best positioned among cryptocurrency cases to let the US Supreme Court finally decide if digital assets count as securities.The crypto tokens traded by...
Jun 9 2023 // New York City’s reliance on the tactic known as “stop and frisk” as part of a new initiative to combat gun violence is harming communities of color and running afoul of the law, a court-appointed federal...
Jun 8 2023 // Just as a trial was to begin, it was revealed Tuesday that Cuba Gooding Jr. has settled accusations that he raped a woman in a New York City hotel a decade ago, according to court records. The actor had insisted through...
Jun 7 2023 // New York City has joined other municipalities in suing carmakers Hyundai and Kia for not having immobilizer anti-theft technology in some of their vehicles, which the municipalities claim has resulted in record car thefts...
Jun 6 2023 // A judicial panel on Monday transferred antitrust litigation against Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed by state attorneys general back to a federal court in Texas, citing a law passed by Congress in December.The decision...
Jun 6 2023 // Zervos Retires as Regional Vice President – Underwriting Safety National has announced that Dennis Zervos is retiring as regional vice president – underwriting on June 2. Zervos has spent over 30 years in the industry,...
Jun 5 2023 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a” (Excellent) of Utica First Insurance Co., based...
Jun 5 2023 // By Andrew SimpsonA wrongful death suit has been filed on behalf of victims’ relatives, survivors and others affected by the 2022 racially-motivated shooting at Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo where 10 people were...
Jun 5 2023 // Specialty insurance provider CFC appointed Michael Phillips as Cyber Practice leader. He is based in New York.In this newly created role based out of New York, Phillips will drive CFC’s cyber underwriting strategy...
Jun 2 2023 // The unwinding of the blank-check stock frenzy, one of the hottest pandemic-era trends on Wall Street, is playing out its last act on a different stage: the courtroom.The raucous boom in special-purpose acquisition...
Jun 2 2023 // InsurTech NY has opened its application window for its Digital Managing General Agency (MGA) Lab. Applications for the cohort will be accepted through July 15.InsurTech NY brings together carriers, brokers, investors, and...
Jun 2 2023 // Buffalo Executive Walsh Elected Big I New York Chair of the BoardInsurance producer trade organization Big I New York elected Edward F. Walsh as its chair of the board for the 2023-2024 term. Walsh is chief executive...
Jun 1 2023 // Eleven former Twitter cleaning workers at its New York City offices sued the company Tuesday, saying they are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay and damages after they were abruptly fired in December.The...
Jun 1 2023 // If rising oceans aren’t worry enough, add this to the risks New York City faces: The metropolis is slowly sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, homes, asphalt and humanity itself.New research estimates the...
May 31 2023 // The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Boston Police reported they have arrested a cyber insurance attorney in connection with a series of sexual assaults and kidnappings in the Boston area about 15 years ago.At a press...
May 30 2023 // New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed into law a bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of a person’s height or weight in employment, housing, and public accommodations, with some exceptions.The New York...
May 26 2023 // A report by the New York State Inspector General alleges “egregious” abuse of a workers’ compensation loss wage benefit provision by state corrections and institution safety officers.The report blames a...
May 24 2023 // When federal enforcers alleged in 2015 that New York surgeon Feng Qin had performed scores of medically unnecessary cardiac procedures on elderly patients, they decided not to pursue a time-consuming criminal case.Instead,...
May 23 2023 // Lockton Appoints Caruso Financial Institutions Practice Leader in the NortheastLockton, based in Kansas City, Missouri, has appointed Joe Caruso as its financial institutions practice leader in the Northeast. Caruso is...
May 23 2023 // A settlement in New York in a wage theft case has resulted in two dairy farm workers receiving nearly $150,000 in back wages.The New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) said its investigators found that Lewis County...