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Judge Dismisses Motion for Evidence in Malaysia Plane Tragedy, Threatens Sanctions
An Illinois judge on Monday dismissed a U.S. law firm's motion to obtain evidence of possible design and manufacturing defects from Boeing Co and Malaysian Airline System in connection with the ...
The Age of the Athlete-Student: NLRB Ruling May Create New Comp Challenges
What do March Madness and workers compensation have in common? At present, not very much. But if a recent ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) holds up, comp underwriters and claims ...
Supreme Court Appears Unlikely to Radically Change Software Patent Law
U.S. Supreme Court justices stepped gingerly into a raging debate over computer software on Monday, voicing concerns about vaguely defined patents but signaling they would avoid any radical change to ...
Forecast Models Line Up on El Niño, Possibly Cutting Down Atlantic Hurricanes: WSI
The prospect of an El Niño event is now looking likely, a meteorologist told insurance professionals last month, pointing to computer models signaling at least a weak event coming in late spring or ...
Supreme Court Preview: Is Software Eligible for Patent Protection?
The U.S. Supreme Court will on Monday delve into the hotly contested question of when software is eligible for patent protection. The nine justices will hear a one-hour oral argument in a case of ...
Small Probability of Larger Event Following Friday’s Calif. Quake
In an announcement detailing the specifics of a 5.1 magnitude earthquake that struck Southern California on Friday, AIR Worldwide said there is a 5 percent probability that the earthquake could be a ...
Analysts Sees GM Creating $3B Fund for Ignition-Switch Claims
General Motors Co. will probably create a fund of as much as $3 billion to pay claims associated with an ignition-switch flaw the automaker said is linked to the deaths of 12 people, a Barclays ...
Judge Refuses to Dismiss $1.2B ‘Pink Slime’ Defamation Suit
A South Dakota judge on Thursday refused to throw out a defamation lawsuit against ABC related to its coverage of a meat product called lean, finely textured beef, which critics have dubbed "pink ...