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Property Destruction

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natural-disasters2 years ago

Maine's Coastal Homes and Landmarks Ravaged by Severe Storms

Homes along Maine's coast have been severely damaged or destroyed by a weekend storm, with properties in Wells and Biddeford suffering significant flooding and erosion. Residents are facing the daunting task of cleaning up and rebuilding, with concerns about the vulnerability of their homes to future storms. Efforts are underway to remove eroded earth and rubble, and temporary measures are being considered to protect the properties until more permanent solutions can be implemented.

labor-law2 years ago

Supreme Court delivers multiple blows to organized labor in recent rulings.

The US Supreme Court has made it easier for employers to sue over strikes that cause property destruction, siding with a concrete business in Washington state that sued the union representing its truck drivers after a work stoppage. The 8-1 decision overturned a lower court's ruling that said the lawsuit filed by Glacier Northwest Inc against a local affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters was preempted by a US law called the National Labor Relations Act. The ruling is likely to cause confusion among lower courts about how preemption under the National Labor Relations Act should apply in future cases and risks erosion of the right to strike.