The Virginia Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that Amazon Flex drivers are employees and not independent contractors while criticizing the company for changing its arguments after it lost in prior decisions. Amazon Logistics failed to convince the high court …

First came a dry spell that parched the land, then a spark, followed by some wind. Suddenly, swaths of South Carolina were consumed by voracious flames. More than 100 fires ignited in the state last weekend — an unusually high …

A Washington timber company was fined $114,300 for reportedly violating state and federal child labor regulations. The violations involve a 17-year-old worker, who was reportedly injured while working on one of MVR Timber Cutting Company’s logging operations. The Washington State …

More than a year after the Honolulu City Council created a program to reduce the city’s backlog of building permit applications, the city’s permitting department director said she’s close to starting the program. The delay, said Department of Planning and …

Four brush fires that broke out over the weekend on Long Island are being investigated as possible arsons. The brush fires that were driven by 35 mph winds were contained on Sunday by first responders before they could cross the …

Twenty-five victims of the Palisades Fire victims filed an inverse condemnation lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court against the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, alleging the entities failed to maintain an …

Molly Kelley was stunned to discover in June that someone she knew had used widely available “nudification” technology to create highly realistic and sexually explicit videos and images of her, using family photos that were posted on social media. “My …

A UK court blocked a class action lawsuit over allegations of the under reporting of sewage leaks by six water companies including the debt-laden Thames Water Ltd. The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal dismissed the lawsuit that alleged the six water …

A Canadian court approved a plan to settle long-running tobacco lawsuits in the country as part of which the units of three Big Tobacco companies will pay C$32.5 billion ($22.67 billion), Philip Morris and British American Tobacco said on Friday. …

Alacrity Solutions Group announced the acquisition of InspectionConnection from Latitude Subrogation Services, LLC. The transaction marks Alacrity’s 16th acquisition since 2015. InspectionConnection, founded in 2018 and based in Columbus, Ohio, is a full-service appraisal and desktop review company specializing in …

The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating Scale AI, a data labeling startup backed by tech giants Nvidia, Amazon and Meta, for its compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act, the California-based firm said on Thursday. The investigation is looking …

Texas-based iHeartMedia said it settled its legal dispute with Drake over Kendrick Lamar’s dis track “Not Like Us” after demonstrating that it “did nothing wrong.” Drake had alleged in a legal petition filed in November that iHeartMedia received illegal payments …

Liberty Mutual owes approximately $4 million to about 138,000 Louisiana policyholders after overcharging the Louisiana Property Insurance Corporation Emergency Assessment for the past four years, Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple said. Temple said the Louisiana Department of Insurance received a consumer …

A cybercrime crew stole then resold more than 900 digital tickets to Taylor Swift concerts and other pricey events on StubHub, according to prosecutors in New York. The international scam involved people working in Jamaica for a firm contracted by …

The interim chief of the US Securities and Exchange Commission says he expects a slowdown in the Wall Street regulator’s rulemaking after three-and-half “overly ambitious” years of pursuing market reforms. “The way I look at financial regulation is, we’re not …

New York State experienced 74 worker deaths in 2023, a 48% increase over 2022’s 50 deaths, according to an annual report by an occupational safety nonprofit. The report by the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH) found …

A truck driver who killed seven farmworkers when he crashed into a parked van on Interstate 5 in Oregon was sentenced on Tuesday to nearly 50 years in prison. Marion County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Wren sentenced Lincoln Smith to …

The South Carolina House of Representatives voted 109-0 Thursday in favor of a bill that would end joint-and-several liability for bars and restaurants and would incentivize additional alcohol-server training, an effort to reduce liquor liability insurance costs in the state. …

Gallagher Re, the reinsurance brokerage unit of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., announced it has launched a Cyber Risk Adjusted Rating (RAR) Index, which is designed to measure the change in reinsurance prices adjusted for expected changes to the underlying …

Zurich Insurance Group AG has amassed a substantial stake in Banco Sabadell SA, potentially giving it more influence over an important source of sales that’s facing a hostile takeover bid. The Swiss firm has increased its holding in Sabadell to …