Litigation/Liability Trends
Drivers Display Effects of Recreational Pot Even When Not Intoxicated by It: Harvard Study
Recreational cannabis use affects driving ability even when drivers are not intoxicated by marijuana, according to a study from a Harvard Medical School hospital. Published in the Drug and Alcohol ...
$8B Risperdal Award Against J&J Slashed to $6.8M
A Pennsylvania judge on Friday slashed to $6.8 million from $8 billion a punitive damages award against Johnson & Johnson to a man who said it failed to warn that boys using its antipsychotic ...
Global Warming Worries Already Changing Human Behavior
From Australia's devastating wildfires to T-shirt weather in Norway at the height of winter, the latest weather events are showing the global impact of climate change. The majority of people in a new ...
Kemper $142M Arbitration Award Upheld on Appeal
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has upheld a $141.7 million arbitration award in favor of the Kemper Corp. subsidiary, Kemper Corporate Services, against Computer Sciences Corp. A ...
USAA Wins Against Wells Fargo in Mobile Deposit Tech Patent Verdict
Wells Fargo & Co. was told to pay $102.8 million after a federal jury in Texas said it infringed United Services Automobile Association's patents for a mobile deposit system. It's the second ...
Australia Bushfires Have Scorched 25.5 Million Acres; PM Proposes Inquiry
After weeks of criticism over the handling of the bushfires scorching Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday he will propose a national review into the response to the disaster, as ...
Dismissal of Lawsuits Over Missing Malaysia Air Flight Upheld on Appeal
A U.S. appeals court on Friday upheld a lower court decision to dismiss nationwide litigation over the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in which victims' families sought to hold the ...
Masimo Sues Apple, Alleging Theft of Tech for Watch
Apple Inc. is accused of stealing trade secrets and improperly using Masimo Corp. inventions related to health monitoring in its Apple Watch. Masimo, which develops signal processing technology for ...