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Commerzbank Executive Wins £300,000 in Sex Discrimination Suit A Commerzbank AG manager won more than £300,000 ($366,650) in a sex discrimination lawsuit following a long-standing legal battle with the bank. Jagruti Rajput, who was a senior compliance officer at the firm’s London office, won a sex and maternity …
POSTED MARCH 22, 2023 9:25 AM |
Google Asks London High Court to Throw Out Lawsuit Over Medical Records Google asked London’s High Court on Tuesday to throw out a lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million people over medical records provided to the tech giant by a British hospital trust. The Royal Free London NHS Trust transferred patient …
POSTED MARCH 22, 2023 8:27 AM |
Australian Lender Latitude’s Shares Slump After Hack Details Emerge Latitude Group Holdings Ltd. shares slumped as trading resumed for the Australian personal lender that disclosed details of a hack almost a week ago. The stock lost 16% as of 11:40 a.m. in Sydney trading. Hackers stole more than 103,000 …
POSTED MARCH 22, 2023 8:16 AM |
Supreme Court Divided Over Coinbase Arbitration Dispute U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared divided over a bid by cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc. to halt customer lawsuits, including by a user who sued after a scammer stole money from his account, as it pursues an effort …
POSTED MARCH 22, 2023 5:53 AM |
People Moves: WKFC Promotes Singhvi to President, Bauer to COO; AmTrust Adds Surian, White to Commercial Team WKFC Promotes Singhvi to President and Bauer to COO WKFC Underwriting Managers, Ryan Specialty’s managing general underwriter headquartered in Melville, New York, has made two promotions in its senior leadership. Ravi Singhvi has been promoted to president of WKFC underwriting …
POSTED MARCH 22, 2023 5:28 AM |
Female Gig Workers Face 32% Average Pay Gap Female gig workers in the U.S. make less than males, wear more hats, and are more worried about their futures, according to Legal & General Group research. A study sponsored by the group found that across all categories of respondents …
POSTED MARCH 22, 2023 5:20 AM |
With Sex Assault Cases on the Rise, Insurers Tighten Hospital Liability Exclusion Wording South Floridians may remember the case of a patient at Westchester General Hospital in Miami, who said she was sexually assaulted by a hospital worker on New Year’s Eve in 2019 while she was sedated. The worker’s trial is set …
POSTED MARCH 22, 2023 5:01 AM |
Teen Driver in Crash in New York That Killed 5 Children Had No License The 16-year-old driver in a crash that killed five young people did not have a driver’s license or permit and may have fallen asleep or become distracted before the SUV veered off a New York highway, officials said Monday. The …
POSTED MARCH 22, 2023 5:00 AM |
Cal/OSHA Cites Company $838K for Exposing Employees to Toxic Chemical Cal/OSHA issued 18 citations to Parter Medical Products Inc. for reportedly failing to protect its employees from overexposure to ethylene oxide, a toxic chemical. The penalties total $838,800. Six of the citations were for willful-serious violations. A willful violation is …
POSTED MARCH 22, 2023 5:00 AM |
Philadelphia Agrees to $9.25M Settlement Over 2020 Protest Lawsuits Philadelphia officials announced a $9.25 million settlement Monday with hundreds of people over several lawsuits challenging the police response to the protests and civil disorder in 2020 after George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police. Officials said the …
POSTED MARCH 22, 2023 5:00 AM |
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