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Andreessen Horowitz Leaves Delaware for Nevada, Tells Startups to Follow

The Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is reincorporating its business from Delaware to Nevada and calling for its portfolio companies to do the same — citing concerns over bias in the state “against founders and their boards.” The Read more…


Delaware Top Court Sides With Zantac Makers in Cancer Claims

The Delaware Supreme Court rejected the legitimacy of expert testimony linking the heartburn drug Zantac to cancer, in a major win for makers of the product. In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the state’s highest court agreed with the argument of Read more…


UK Arrests Four Linked to M&S, Harrods Cyberattacks

The UK’s National Crime Agency has arrested four people over a series of disruptive cyberattacks that targeted leading British retailers earlier this year. The authorities detained three teenage males and one 20-year-old female in the West Midlands and London on Read more…


Dechert Law Firm: Claims It Used Hired Hackers Resolved With No Liability Admission

Philadelphia-based law firm Dechert said on Thursday that a pair of U.S. lawsuits accusing it of using hired hackers to win in court have been resolved without any admission of liability. Dechert and others, including U.S. public relations operatives and Read more…


New Mexico Village Rebuilds All Over Again After Record-Breaking Flash

The mountain village of Ruidoso returned to the grim rituals of rebuilding after flash flooding and a deadly natural disaster, just one year after wildfire and intense flooding reshaped the popular vacation getaway and its surroundings. Broken tree limbs, twisted Read more…


People Moves: Gaines Named Acting Commissioner at Nevada Division of Insurance

The Nevada Department of Business named Ned Gaines acting commissioner at the Nevada Division of Insurance. The appointment follows the departure of Scott Kipper, who had served as commissioner since 2023. Recruitment to fill the position on a permanent basis Read more…


Extreme Heat Is Killing European Workers Despite Government Efforts

Montse Aguilar was a healthy 51-year-old woman when she started her shift cleaning streets in Barcelona at around 2:30 p.m. on June 28. The Spanish city was under alert for high temperatures amid a brutal heat wave that brought record Read more…


People Moves: Arch Insurance NA Promotes 5 to Division Presidents

Arch Insurance North America said five of its executives were named to the newly-created roles of division presidents, effective Aug. 1. Linda Fallon has been named Division President, Consumer Business, which includes the Travel, Accident & Health unit and the Read more…


CSU Hurricane Season Forecast Adjusted to ‘Slightly’ Above Normal

The team of hurricane researchers at Colorado State University shaved off a storm from its original Atlantic hurricane season forecast, and now sees a “slightly” above normal season. High levels of observed Caribbean wind shear, which break up storms, is Read more…


Deadly History of Flooding in ‘Flash Flood Alley’ Along Guadalupe River

Cindy Manley was a summer camp counselor in 1987 when a different devastating flood scarred the Texas Hill Country. The Heart O’ the Hills camp is on the Guadalupe River, where a massive search continues for more than 160 people Read more…