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Plaintiff Pao Loses California Gender Discrimination Case
A jury soundly rejected Ellen Pao's claims of gender discrimination by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, in a case that riveted Silicon Valley for weeks and exposed how women fare in the ...
Lufthansa Risks Unlimited Liability in Germanwings Crash
Deutsche Lufthansa AG may face unlimited liability for payments to families of victims of the Germanwings jet crashed by its suicidal co-pilot, according to lawyers. "The liability for the victims ...
Cyber Risks Emerging as Shipping Sector Threat: Allianz
Cyber risks are emerging as a new threat for the shipping sector even as ship losses have sunk to their lowest level in a decade, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty concluded in a new study. ...
XL Group: Teaching Spanish to Construction Site Managers Reduces Risk
After an initial pilot effort, XL Group plans to expand a program that teaches Spanish to clients' construction site managers so they can communicate the need for worker safety directly to their ...
Securities Class Action Settlements Plummet to 16-Year Low
Bringing a securities class action became less lucrative last year. According to a new Cornerstone Research report, total settlements in such cases hit their lowest point in 16 years. The aggregate ...
Chubb Warns Collectors About Restoring Damaged Work of Living Artists
Today's art collectors are younger than in the past, and their tastes have moved from paintings of Matisse and Monet to post-war and Contemporary works—a shift that means their collections include ...
Hedge Funds Gain by Gambling on Lawsuits
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 ...
U.S. House Committee Unveils ‘Threat-Sharing’ Cybersecurity Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee introduced on Tuesday long-awaited legislation intended to enhance information sharing between private companies and intelligence agencies ...