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New York City’s 1,000-Lawyer Law Department Targeted by Cyber Attack

Jun 15 2021 // New York City’s law department was been hit with a cyber attack that forced officials to take the 1,000-lawyer agency offline, but Mayor Bill de Blasio said he believes no data was compromised in the hack.“To...

New York Lawsuit Over Sexual Misconduct Reporting in Jails Settled

Jun 14 2021 // New York state officials have agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the Erie County Sheriff’s Office of improperly responding to reports of sexual misconduct involving staff and inmates at the county jails,...

New York Could Try to Sue Gun Manufacturers Under Bill

Jun 10 2021 // New York’s attorney general could sue gun manufacturers under certain scenarios under a bill that passed the state Senate and Assembly on Tuesday as lawmakers continued wrapping up this year’s legislative...

N.Y. Bill Aims to Give Policyholders Private Right of Action in Unfair Claims Disputes

Jun 10 2021 // A proposed bill in New York relating to unfair claims settlement practices would provide policyholders with a private right of action against insurers who refuse or delay payment of a claim. The bill comes as many...

NRA Drops Countersuit, Will Fight New York Attorney General in State Court

Jun 8 2021 // The National Rifle Association has dropped a lawsuit accusing New York’s attorney general of suing the gun rights group last year out of political hostility, opting to challenge her through counterclaims in the same...

New York Transit Officials Confirm Cyberattack; Say Harm Limited

Jun 4 2021 // Hackers infiltrated computer systems for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York, setting off a scramble to counter a potentially crippling cyberattack against North America’s largest transit system,...

New York City, New York Counties File Suit Against McKinsey Over Opioid Crisis

Jun 3 2021 // New York City and 21 of New York’s counties on Tuesday announced a lawsuit against consulting firm McKinsey & Company, accusing the company of contributing to the opioid crisis by helping create strategies to...

Insuring Cyber: Lacewell on How New York Became a Leader in Cyber Regulation

Jun 3 2021 // New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Linda Lacewell spoke with Elizabeth Blosfield during the most recent episode of the Insuring Cyber Podcast about how she has always seen New York as a...

New York Bill Would Give Sexual Abuse Survivors New Chance to Sue

Jun 1 2021 // People sexually abused as adults would have a chance to sue the perpetrators even if the usual deadline to bring a lawsuit had expired under a bill gaining momentum in New York’s legislature.The bill, called the...

To Protect a Community from Climate Change, New York is Elevating a Park

May 25 2021 // Superstorm Sandy flooded lower Manhattan in 2012 with nearly 5 feet (1.5 m) of water, swamping the city’s subway and destroying homes and businesses.The storm and its aftermath were a wake-up call that New York City...

New York to Set Workplace Safety Standards for Airborne Diseases

May 14 2021 // State regulators in New York will soon draft rules that will require employers to protect workers from airborne infectious disease.A new state law tasks state labor and health officials with coming up with minimum...

China Insurtech Waterdrop Raises $360M in New York IPO: Reuters

May 7 2021 // Chinese online insurance technology firm Waterdrop Inc. has raised $360 million by pricing its shares at $12 a piece in its New York initial public offering (IPO), according to two sources with direct knowledge of the...

Chinese Insurtech Waterdrop Seeks $360M in New York IPO

May 3 2021 // HONG KONG — Chinese online insurance technology firm Waterdrop Inc. aims to raise up to $360 million in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, company filings show.Waterdrop, which is backed by...

Judge Wants NRA to Name Insurance Witnesses in Claims Against New York

Apr 30 2021 // A judge ordered the National Rifle Association to provide the names Lloyd’s of London agents or employees who the gun rights group says have information backing its claim that New York’s insurance regulator...

New York Begins Probe Into Toxic Metals in Baby Food

Apr 30 2021 // New York’s attorney general said on Thursday she has opened a probe into whether baby food contains arsenic and other toxic metals, and asked four manufacturers to provide information on whether their infant rice...

Officials Say New York School District Hit by Cyber Attack

Apr 28 2021 // An Albany, New York-area school district is investigating a malware attack that forced students in grades 7 through 12 into all-remote learning on Monday, district officials announced. Officials at the Guilderland Central...

New York Warns of Supply Chain Attack Dangers in Recent SolarWinds Report

Apr 28 2021 // The next great financial crisis could come from a cyber attack.At least, that’s according to New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Linda Lacewell in a statement regarding DFS’...

New York Launches Injured Workers Legal Assistance Project to Assist with Comp Claims

Apr 26 2021 // The New York State Workers’ Compensation Board has launched its first-ever legal assistance project to help injured workers obtain medical treatment, the Injured Workers Legal Assistance Project (IWLAP).Now, injured...

Alera Group Acquires New York’s The Waterford Group

Apr 23 2021 // Alera Group, a financial services and risk management company, has acquired The Waterford Group, a Rochester, New York-based retirement plan specialist providing consulting and fiduciary services to companies.Following the...

New York City Lawsuit Claims Exxon, BP, Shell Mislead Over ‘Cleaner’ Fuels

Apr 23 2021 // New York City on Thursday sued three major oil companies and the top industry trade group in state court, arguing that the companies are misrepresenting themselves by selling fuels as “cleaner” and advertising...