By: Emily Field, Source: Law 360 Law360, New York (July 11, 2016, 11:24 PM ET) — Fiat Chrysler on Monday told an Illinois federal court that two drivers leading a proposed class action over an alleged defect they say could allow criminals to easily hack into their vehicles’ electronics systems agreed to arbitrate their claims

By: Joe Valenti, Source: AmericanProgress.org, Originally Published: 8.2.16 Last October, a technological glitch left more than 132,000 RushCard users separated for days from the money in their accounts. Because the prepaid RushCard often works as a bank account substitute for those who do not have or do not want a traditional bank account, many people were

“At approximately 2:30 p.m. ET today, a lightning strike occurred in a rural area of Powell County, Kentucky, impacting Kinder Morgan’s compressor station on its Tennessee Gas Pipeline system in Clay City. The company’s emergency shut down system was activated and natural gas was safely vented to the atmosphere while the area was isolated. A

By: The Editorial Board, Source: The NY Times, Originally Published: 7.25.16 To support a revision of the proposed rule so that families aren’t being taken advantage of by forced arbitration clauses, sign on to Consumer Voice’s letter here. People entering nursing homes need to know that all reasonable safeguards are in place to ensure quality care. But federal

By: Margot Roosevelt, Source: Military.com In November 2012, about 40 employees of BLB Resources, an Irvine real estate firm, gathered in a room festooned with balloons to celebrate a colleague who was deploying to Afghanistan. Kevin Ziober, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve, dug into a cake decorated with an American flag and the

By: Kenneth Rothfield, Source: OR Excellence. A conversation with OR Excellence speaker Kenneth P. Rothfield, MD, MBA, CPE, CPPS It’s disheartening, says anesthesiologist and patient safety expert Kenneth P. Rothfield, MD, MBA, CPE, CPPS, how little patient safety has improved during his lifetime. More than 400,000 U.S. citizens die from preventable medical errors each year.