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U.S. Probes Feature Allowing Drivers To Play Video Games in Moving Teslas
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened a formal investigation into the potential for Tesla drivers to play video games on a center touch screen while the vehicle is in ...
Judge Asks Who’s to Blame If Employee ‘Goes Rogue’
As the five-week trial of a Credit Suisse Group AG life insurance unit began to wind down last Thursday afternoon, the presiding judge cut to the chase. Lawyers for Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Ltd. ...
Financial Council Warns Climate Change, Stablecoins Are Systemic Risks
Climate change, the rapid growth of "stablecoins" and financial innovations that led to frenzied trading of GameStop Corp shares early this year are threats to the U.S. financial system that merit ...
Insurer Missed Deadline to Remove $1M Bad Faith Case to Federal Court
Darryl A. Vachon did not accuse Travelers of bad faith in handling his $25,000 uninsured motorist claim until after a jury found he had incurred $1,022,780 in damages. Because he didn't, the insurer ...
Update on Legal Status of Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
Tens of millions of workers across the U.S. are in limbo as federal courts have issued different rulings related to President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandates for larger private companies, ...
U.S. Govt. Wants Appeals Court to Immediately Lift Stay on COVID Workplace Vaccine Rule
The U.S. government asked a federal appeals court to immediately lift a court-ordered stay on a sweeping workplace COVID-19 vaccine rule to avoid "enormous" harm to public health, or alternatively to ...
State High Court Slams Insurer for Forum Shopping in Opioid Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court has decided that a trial court has the authority to reach across the continent and halt an insurance carrier's litigation in California, a move that could affect other ...
From Fire to Floods, Climate Change Challenges Canada’s Fragile Supply Chain
The massive rains that unleashed floods and mudslides in the Canadian province of British Columbia exposed the country's supply chain vulnerability as crucial railways and roads were severed from the ...