New You can now listen to Insurance Journal articles! The US Supreme Court rejected a multibillion-dollar appeal from Bayer AG, refusing to shield the company from potentially tens of thousands of claims that its top-selling Roundup weedkiller causes cancer. The justices, without comment, left intact a $25 million award to Edwin Hardeman, a California man … Read more
Fifteen candidates have filed their nominations for the presidential election with the papers of three of them rejected for want of proper documents, sources said on Friday. While 11 filed their nominations on the first day of filing the papers on June 15, three filed their nominations on Thursday … Read more
A rejected male applicant for a University of Cincinnati professorship can still proceed with his gender discrimination litigation even though the position he sought was never filled, a federal appeals court said Friday. Mark Charlton-Perkins, a male research scientist, applied for a professorship at the University of Cincinnati in late 2017, according to Friday’s … Read more
The Punjab government request for a probe by a sitting high court judge into the murder of singer Sidhu Moosewala has not been accepted, according to sources. The sources said a communication in this regard has been sent to the state government by the court administration. The HC administration … Read more
One River’s spot Bitcoin ETF application rejected by SEC The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) maintained its perfect record for rejecting (BTC) spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications Friday when it disapproved a rule change to allow cryptocurrency-focused hedge fund One River Digital to offer the One River Carbon Neutral Bitcoin Trust on the … Read more
Shares in THG rose as much as a quarter on Friday after the ecommerce company disclosed it had rejected a £2bn bid approach from a firm led by one of its own directors. However, the online beauty and nutrition retailer’s share price was still almost 30p below the 170p offer from Belerion Capital and King … Read more
In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Monday held that the parties, including insurance firms, cannot rely on definitions of terrorism in various penal laws to repudiate insurance claims which have to be governed by the definition of the term given in the policy. The verdict came on a … Read more
ScottOrr/E+ via Getty Images Anglo American (OTCQX:AAUKF) (OTCQX:NGLOY) falls more than 5% after Chile’s environmental regulator recommended rejecting the permitting application for the Los Bronces copper project, citing insufficient information on public health risks. Anglo (OTCQX:AAUKF) said in the event of a negative decision, the permitting process allowed for further review to evaluate a full … Read more