East

• Proposed Settlement Bars Financing Firm From Victim Compensation Funds
• Maryland AG Overrules Past Racially Discriminatory Opinions
• City of Baltimore Sues Big Tobacco to Recover Costs of Cigarette Litter Damage
• Wildfire Mitigation Plan Would Cut 2.4 Million New Jersey Pinelands Trees

National

• Avian Flu Outbreak Wipes Out Record 50.5 Million Birds
• Private Flood Insurance Market Growing; NFIP ‘Adrift’: AM Best
• Walmart Shooting Raises Need for Violence Prevention at Work
• Climate Activists’ Attacks on Paintings Add to Insurers’ Worries About Threats to Art
• Ford Recalls 634,000 Vehicles Worldwide Over Fire Risks
• Hazard Assessments Lag at Restaurant Companies: Marsh
• FTX Was Run as ‘Personal Fiefdom,’ Faces Hacks and Missing Assets: Attorneys