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New York State Ethics Commission Hit by Cyber Attack

Feb 28 2022 // ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)— New York’s ethics commission has shut down its online filing system as authorities investigate a “deliberate malicious cyberattack.”The Joint Commission on Public Ethics said late...

Palin Wants New Trial With Different Judge in New York Times Defamation Lawsuit

Feb 25 2022 // A Manhattan judge said Wednesday that lawyers for Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin are seeking a new trial on her defamation claims against The New York Times, along with his removal from the case.U.S. District Judge Jed S....

New York Governor Plans Center to Coordinate Public, Private Cybersecurity

Feb 25 2022 // New York wants to improve its cybersecurity defenses and will open a joint operations center in the coming months to coordinate between government agencies, critical businesses and utilities, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.Hochul...

Pandemic Brought Surge in Illegal Street Racing Across U.S.

Feb 24 2022 // Jaye Sanford, a 52-year-old mother of two, was driving home in suburban Atlanta on Nov. 21 when a man in a Dodge Challenger muscle car who was allegedly street racing crashed into her head-on, killing her.She is one of the...

COVID Underscores Lack of Whistleblower Protections

Feb 22 2022 // Originally posted on Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts.Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last summer walked on conveyor belts four stories high without safety harnesses,...

Officials Quarantine New York Site After Bird Flu Detected

Feb 22 2022 // A highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a non-commercial backyard flock of birds on Long Island in New York, federal authorities confirmed Saturday.Samples from the flock were tested at the Cornell...

Business Moves

Feb 21 2022 // Truist Insurance, Kensington VanguardCharlotte, North Carolina-based Insurance broker Truist Insurance Holdings Inc. agreed to acquire the national title insurance agency Kensington Vanguard National Land Services. The...

People & Places

Feb 21 2022 // Great American Insurance Group has promoted Jason M. Cohen to senior vice president and Julie F. Kadnar to divisional group president within its Property & Casualty Group.In 2006, Cohen joined the company as divisional...

Judge Says Trumps Must Testify in New York Civil Probe

Feb 18 2022 // A New York judge ruled on Thursday that former U.S. President Donald Trump and two of his adult children must answer questions under oath within 21 days in the state attorney general’s civil probe into their family...

Jury Rejects Palin’s Libel Claim Against New York Times

Feb 15 2022 // A U.S. federal jury on Tuesday ruled against Sarah Palin in her lawsuit accusing the New York Times of defaming her in a 2017 editorial that incorrectly linked her to a mass shooting, after the presiding judge said he...

Insurance Broker Hengguang Among Chinese Firms Filing Small New York IPOs

Feb 15 2022 // At least six Chinese companies have lodged documents for New York listings in recent weeks, filings showed, promising an end to a months-long freeze after an unprecedented clampdown last year by Chinese regulators.However,...

Judge Throws Out Palin Defamation Suit But Still Wants Jury to Issue Verdict

Feb 14 2022 // A U.S. judge said on Monday he will throw out Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, after concluding that an editorial in the newspaper did not maliciously link the former Alaska governor and...

Jury Deliberates Over Palin Defamation Claim Against New York Times

Feb 14 2022 // Jurors began considering whether to hold the New York Times liable for defaming Sarah Palin, after her lawyer on Friday accused the newspaper of falsely associating her in a 2017 editorial with a mass murder, a link that a...

Takeaways from Our Conversation on More M&As, Cannabis ‘Frappucinos’ on Tap for 2022

Feb 14 2022 // New Frontier Data, a producer of cannabis research and intelligence, released its “22 for 22 Report,” in January, which imparts a definitive air of optimism mixed with few cautions for the industry posed by...

Sarah Palin, New York Times Editor Take the Stand in Defamation Trial

Feb 10 2022 // Sarah Palin portrayed herself as a dedicated public servant in testimony in her defamation case against the New York Times, after a former editor who oversaw the 2017 editorial underlying her lawsuit on Wednesday denied...

Judge Dismisses Fired Amazon Worker’s Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination

Feb 9 2022 // A federal judge on Monday sided with Amazon.com Inc. in dismissing a discrimination lawsuit that workplace organizer Christian Smalls had filed against his former employer.U.S. District Judge Rachel Kovner rejected...

People Moves: Brace Underwriting Adds Dorr; Brown & Riding Expands in New York; Mead Heads Vermont Captives

Feb 8 2022 // Brace Bolsters North America Team with DorrBrace Underwriting Limited announced the appointment of Glenn Dorr as head of distribution, North America, continuing the firm’s expansion. Based in Boston, Dorr will help...

3 Firms to Pay $65M to Settle Upstate New York Water Pollution Class Action

Feb 8 2022 // HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $65 million settlement in a class action lawsuit with three companies over chemical contamination of the water supply in an upstate New York village.The Times...

Reuters Special Report: J&J’s Secret Plan to Limit Payouts to Cancer Claimants

Feb 7 2022 // Johnson & Johnson created a plan last year to limit the financial bleeding from billions of dollars in jury awards to plaintiffs who alleged the company’s Baby Powder and other talc products caused deadly...

Business Moves

Feb 7 2022 // Marsh McLennan, Affinity AgencyAssociation Member Benefits Advisors, a national affinity-based membership and marketing insurance agency, has agreed to acquire the associations business of Mercer, a business of Marsh...