A Montana workers compensation insurer can’t sue its competitors for unfair trade practices after it claimed other insurers spread “falsehoods” about the company to potential workers comp insurance buyers.

A former New Jersey firefighter has been charged with fraudulently collecting more than $82,000 through a disability pension while teaching jiujitsu and participating in a mixed martial arts competition, the state Attorney General’s Office said.

A South Carolina woman who was shot while working as an exotic dancer is an employee, not an independent contractor, and is therefore entitled to workers compensation, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

Health and safety complaints lodged against McDonald’s Corp.-owned and franchised restaurants are the latest challenges to the longstanding business model employed by restaurant chains, experts say.