Posts Tagged ‘California’
Walmart Paying California $500K in Settlement Over Sale of Brass Knuckles
Walmart will pay half a million dollars to settle allegations from California’s Department of Justice that it was selling brass knuckles on its website, state Attorney General Rob Bonta said. Brass knuckles are classified as deadly and illegal weapons in a number of states, including California, which punishes their sale with up to a year…
Read More180-plus marijuana workers unionize in Illinois and California
More than 100 employees at Illinois marijuana stores and 80 at a California cannabis delivery service are joining unions. Teamsters Local 777 reached a tentative agreement with workers at five different marijuana stores owned by Verilife, a subsidiary of PharmaCann, in the Chicagoland area. The collective bargaining agreement covers more than 100 workers at Verilife stores in…
Read MoreMeta Hit With Record $1.3B Fine Over Data Transfers
Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead European Union privacy regulator over its handling of user information and given five months to stop transferring users’ data to the United States. The fine, imposed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), came after Meta continued to transfer data beyond…
Read MoreOfficials: 30 California Workers Getting $437K in from Food Company
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and California Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower on Monday announced the resolution of criminal charges filed against Golden Food Inc in a plea agreement in which the company admitted to a litany of labor violations, including more than $437,000 in stolen wages to be paid back to more than 30 California…
Read MoreSupreme Court Leaves Intact Social Media Liability Shield in Win for Google, Twitter
The US Supreme Court left in place a broad liability shield for social media companies for content posted by users, insulating Twitter Inc., Facebook Inc. and Google LLC from claims that they provided assistance to Islamic State terrorists. Acting in a case involving Google, the court said it wouldn’t rule on efforts to limit the…
Read MoreClients Buy Higher Limits as Q1 Cyber Increases Follow Moderation Trend: Marsh
For the fifth straight quarter, pricing increases for cyber insurance continued to fall at the start of 2023. According to a new U.S. Cyber Purchasing Trends report from broker Marsh, prices were up 11% in first quarter 2023 compared to up 28% during the last three months of 2022. “The US cyber insurance market continues to stabilize,”…
Read MoreCatalytic Theft Claims Triple in Two Years, Crime Bureau Report Finds
Insurance claims for catalytic converter thefts nationwide jumped by 288% in just two years, the National Insurance Crime Bureau said in a new report. Claims rose from 16,660 in 2020 to 64,701 in 2022. Half of the thefts were in California and Texas, the bureau found. “This new data is just a snapshot of…
Read More$1.1M Paid to Resolve Ransomware Attack On California County
A $1.1 million payment was made to resolve a ransomware attack on a California county’s law enforcement computer network, Southern California News Group reported. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced in April that a “network disruption” was being investigated by information technology staff and forensic specialists, and that the FBI and Department of…
Read MoreCalifornia Companies Pay Higher Taxes for Unemployment Debt
One potential consequence of California’s ballooning budget deficit: Higher taxes for businesses, with increases possible every year for the next decade. Business owners pay a tax on each of their workers. The money goes into a fund that states use to pay unemployment benefits when people lose their jobs. During the coronavirus pandemic, so…
Read MoreNFL Investigated by Two States Over Sex Bias, Harassment Claims
State attorney generals in New York and California on Thursday launched a joint investigation into allegations that female employees of the National Football League (NFL) have been subjected to sex discrimination and harassment. California Attorney General Rob Bonta and New York Attorney General Letitia James, both Democrats, said the investigation will examine the NFL’s…
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