The state is warning that Eastern Washington faces a run of dust storms and wildfires in coming months, thanks to a looming drought. The Department of Ecology says the same conditions that set the stage for a drought – above-average … Source: Claims Journal

More than 400 homeowners whose property lies along the Missouri River could end up paying a $50 surcharge on their flood insurance if county officials in southeast South Dakota do not meet a federal deadline. The Federal Emergency Management Agency … Source: Claims Journal

Target Corp. agreed to settle with more than 100 million customers whose personal information may have been breached in a database hack in 2013, among the biggest to hobble retailers and banks in recent years. Others victimized by cyber assaults … Source: Claims Journal

For better or worse, the lawsuit-finance market continues to grow. Hedge funds and others speculating on litigation are making more and larger bets. Some corporate lobbyists warn that the new financial engineering encourages wasteful courtroom warfare, but investor demand for … Source: Claims Journal

Wisconsin drivers will be able to go faster in their cars, and snag free samples of hard liquor on their way home, under a pair of bills passed with bipartisan support in the Legislature on Tuesday. Both measures are limited … Source: Claims Journal

Two Broward County traffic court judges dismissed some 24,000 pending red-light camera ticket cases totaling more than $6.3 million. The judges ruled Monday that the program violates Florida law. Attorney Ted Hollander of Ticket Clinic told the South Florida Sun … Source: Claims Journal

A Senate committee has passed a bill that would allow a higher maximum speed on some Nevada highways. The Senate Transportation Committee unanimously passed SB2 on Tuesday. It now heads to the Senate floor. The bill originally called for a … Source: Claims Journal

Canadian researchers are developing less expensive ways to embed glass fibers in a stretchy elastomer that could one day be used in slip-resistant winter footwear. Winter storms dumped records amounts of snow on the East Coast and other regions of … Source: Claims Journal

New Jersey drivers who lie about where they garage and drive their vehicles to illicitly lower their auto premiums are a big step closer to facing stiff new penalties for being caught, according to the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. A … Source: Claims Journal

Four plaintiffs’ lawyers, including high-profile attorney David Boies, were appointed by a federal judge on Tuesday to lead civil litigation against Takata Corp and several car manufacturers for injuries caused by allegedly faulty airbags. U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno, who … Source: Claims Journal