There is a lot of big equipment, people, and danger on construction site accidents. Even though risks are always being reduced, accidents still happen. When they do, workers and their families need to know how the legal process works. Falls, broken tools, electrocution, object hits, and car accidents are all types of construction mishaps. Accidents … Read more
The Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) recently launched a new Light Duty Complaint Resolution Office, for the purpose of resolving disputes over transitional and permanent job assignments for both state fund and self-insured workers’ comp claims. This is an important (and potentially problematic) development for … Read more
ELKINSVILLE, La. (AP) — A dispute over a planned ammonia plant near a historic Black town in southeastern Louisiana ratcheted up a notch with a challenge to the state’s approval process. The battle over the plant is occurring despite the fact that part of the impetus to build it is a provision in a key … Read more
An ethical minefield Since its founders started Anthropic in 2021, the company has marketed itself as one that takes an ethics- and safety-focused approach to AI development. The company differentiates itself from competitors like OpenAI by adopting what it calls responsible development practices and self-imposed ethical constraints on its models, such as its “Constitutional AI” … Read more
