Hurricane Michael is expected to cause at least $25 billion in economic losses from now until its dissipation. Bloomberg reports that about $3 billion of the total will ‘fall on the federal flood insurance program.’ Private insurers are likely to face bills ranging from $9 to $10 billion, according to disaster modeler Chuck Watson. Whatever
In an unexpected policy shift, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said Canadians working in the country’s legal cannabis industry won’t be prevented from crossing the border. The reversal follows announcement made in September. CBP and Trump administration officials then held that “as marijuana continues to be a controlled substance under United States law,
A discrimination lawsuit was recently filed against Westlake Golf and Country Club by Rabbi Philip Lefkowitz over allegations that he was a “victim of illegal discrimination because of his disability and was prevented from practicing his religion.” Lefkowitz, along with his sons, Levi and Moshe, “all use wheelchairs and live together in Westlake Golf and Country Club,” according to the complaint filed yesterday.
The national legal rating service Super Lawyers recognized several McKeen & Associates attorneys to its 2018 Super Lawyers lists.
Doctors Claim They Aren’t Influenced by Drug Companies — They Are
Sutton Loses Leadership Role, Gets Chaperone after Sexual Misconduct Complaint
A wrongful death lawsuit was recently filed by the mother of a 51-year-old mentally disabled man who was left to die in a hot car in August in West Covina. The suit itself was filed by Irene Melendez against the organizations responsible to looking after and transporting her son, John Cortinas, and include “Easterseals, San Gabriel/Pomona Valley’s Developmental Services, Holy Family Children’s Care and Emanuel Arellano, an Easterseals employee who drove Cortinas.”
A car dealership in Miami, Florida, recently paid $150,000 to settle a gender discrimination lawsuit with a former assistant parts manager. The dealership was a Miami AutoNation and the suit was filed against the dealership by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) back in September 2017. In the suit, former assistant parts manager, Jacqueline de la Torre accused AutoNation Chevrolet Coral Gables and AutoNation Inc. of “failing to promote Jacqueline to a parts manager position because she’s a woman.”
Sleeping well is highly correlated to good health and good leadership. The more your brain has to manage new knowledge instead of just dealing with repetitive situations, the more sleep deprivation puts you at risk of functioning poorly.
Christina Collins, a nurse practitioner in Knoxville, Tennessee, is accused of prescribing ‘colossal’ doses of opioids to an unsuspecting patient. According to The Tennessean, the prescription ‘began with 32 tablets of methadone, a powerful opioid painkiller, swallowed eight a time throughout the day.’ Soon thereafter, the patient was instructed to take another opioid, Roxicodone, four